Re: [Leica] More on cropping! Flames afire! (and black edges)

[Ruralmopics@aol.com]

You are talking about two radically different approaches to presenting 
photographs. Arranging a show is quite different than a publication layout. 
In layout I purposely try to mix up shapes and sizes. You want the viewer to 
instantly know that one photo is more important -- or at least comes before 
another in sequence. Different shapes add interest to the layout and help 
direct your reader's eye around the page. My brain thinks in terms of layout 
and story telling. I have absolutely no feeling for doing shows. I can see 
where cropping would be problematic in an art environment. It's part of the 
communication process in journalism.

Bob (there are no rules) McEowen

In a message dated 10/27/99 6:17:36 AM, robslaurat@earthlink.net writes:

>The conundrum: let's say you are going to print a show of, say, 30
>photographs. 28 of them work as full-frame 2x3 proportion images, so
>you
>print them that way. Two need cropping, which will change the aspect
>ratio.
>
>Do you do it? Make 'em stick out like sore thumbs?
>
>I say that's worse than having a little extraneous image information
>in
>one or two frames. My whole problem with cropping is that if you
>decide
>to do it, you're equally committed to doing it regularly, to retain
>the
>consistency Mark's talking about.
>
>Then again, Bob McEowen knows what he's doing too. To each his own.
>