Tanya, Another way to look at it, is that the subject is very close and personal when a tight cropping has occurred. When the subject warrants it, I will crop in tighter too. It really makes for a more intimate, personal photo. Anytime a photo challenges our perspective a bit, we tend to examine it more thoroughly. Both tight cropping and angled shots are less common and tend to get a stronger response than the usual head/shoulder portrait.
I, too, enjoyed the pics. Cute kids! My personal opinion is you are on the right track. Bruce Monday, January 5, 2004, 1:57:43 PM, you wrote: TMP> Thanks Shel! That means alot and like I said, I really love that shot of TMP> him, as a mum as well as a photographer - it is just so "him" iykwim? TMP> tan. TMP> ----- Original Message ----- TMP> From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TMP> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TMP> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:16 AM TMP> Subject: Cropping Heads >> I don't know where that rule came from, but it's truly too broad. >> >> Cropping the head in many situations adds a tremendous impact to a >> portrait, allowing the viewer to focus on the facial features. >> >> Tanya, that crop of your middle son is most creative. Good work! >> >> shel >> >> >> Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: >> > >> > Bruce and Lon observed: >> > >> > Bruce: "...I'm not a huge fan of cropping out part of the head" >> > >> > Lon: "I wouldn't change a thing, and this violates one "rule" I've heard TMP> of >> > never to crop a person's head in a portrait." >> > >> > Fairygirl says: >> > >> > "The best thing to do with rules is to learn them really well, and then TMP> to >> > learn how to break them even better..." >> > >> > Here's my middle son, one of my all time favourite pics, still makes me TMP> melt >> > when I see it: >> > >> > http://www.tanyamayer.com/heir/kidsgallery.html >>
