To crop or not to crop

mcbridephotos

Just got my first photo order, yipeee! Looks like the customer made no crop adjustments. The request is for 4x6 prints from hockey shots. Being a newspaper photographer ,I am trying to sresist the urge to crop in a bit and tighten up the image. Should I assume if the customer didn't put crop marks on the phots, they want them full-frame even if there a bit loose?

Thanks for any feedback.

Cliff McBride

Andy

mcbridephotos wrote:

Just got my first photo order, yipeee! Looks like the customer made no crop adjustments. The request is for 4x6 prints from hockey shots. Being a newspaper photographer ,I am trying to sresist the urge to crop in a bit and tighten up the image. Should I assume if the customer didn't put crop marks on the phots, they want them full-frame even if there a bit loose?

Thanks for any feedback.

Cliff McBride

It's really up to you. But be careful about cropping too tight - once they are put in a consumer frame (often without a matte), there isn't much breathing room between the frame and the subjects, if you go too tight.

mcbridephotos

Andy wrote:

It's really up to you. But be careful about cropping too tight - once they are put in a consumer frame (often without a matte), there isn't much breathing room between the frame and the subjects, if you go too tight.

Good point Andy about the frames, thanks for the advice.

Cliff

JimM

I try to crop them if I think they really need the crop. Some consumers don't realize their is a crop option.