If you poke around Fildes' site you'll see the benefits of cropping off the
head !
Sometimes the feet look really nice !
jh
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Friends at Fly-In
> >
>> The "rule" is (or was) taught at the New England School of Photography.
>> I adhere to it or try to. If cropping the feet makes a better photo
>> it can always be done afterwards but it's difficult to add feet not in
>> the original. You may, of course, do whatever pleases you.
>>
>
>
> Sounds like the photographer used a 35mm format (2:3) which enlarges to
> 8x12, not 8x10. To make an 8x10, unless the photographer is sensitive to
> the
> needs of cropping, the feet get chopped off.
>
> I shot more than one wedding where I made that stupid mistake.
>
> AG
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