I don't use all of the paper, but I almost never crop square. Perhaps it has
something to do with the way we see the world. Our vision is basically
rectangular or, more correctly, oval. I don't know what it is, but  I rarely
find square prints pleasing to the eye.
Paul

Shel Belinkoff wrote:

> I disagree - why would you want to crop to a rectangle unless your
> framing was off.  I think there are those who just don't know how to
> maximize the format.  Square, to me, is just another way of seeing the
> world.  The windows in many houses are square <g>.
>
> Some people, it seems, just have to use the full dimensions of the
> paper, others don't mind trimming some waste and using the trim for test
> sheets.
>
> aimcompute wrote:
> >
> > That's the way I feel too!  With a square frame you are giving up real
> > estate to crop to a rectangle, which seems counter-purpose.  I personally
> > think a rectangular frame helps one think composition-wise.
>
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