Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Cropping isn't for street shooting. Cropping is for people who >forget to frame properly, which is to say it's basically a >crutch.... I don't belong to the purist camp of "never crop anything" even for street shooting. To my way of thinking, I'm looking for a pleasing or expressive picture. If a full frame photograph achieves my goal, so much the better, otherwise I'll crop to achieve what I think is the right balance in the picture. There are many occasions where what I feel is the right perspective for my subject does not coincide with what lens I have with me, where I can situate myself to frame it, etc. Cropping is an essential tool of the photographic craftsman and should not be relegated to a status as crutch. Godfrey