{"id":8788,"date":"2012-10-13T19:38:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T01:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/?p=8788"},"modified":"2018-08-22T10:53:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T16:53:07","slug":"more-cropping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/13\/more-cropping\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE CROPPING"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>I had made an <a href=\"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/cropping\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">earlier post<\/span><\/a> on the merits of cropping your image and the subject has come up again.\u00a0 I will stick to my original thoughts on the process of cropping.\u00a0 Use it if necessary!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/13\/more-cropping\/cropping01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9282\" title=\"cropping01\" src=\"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cropping01-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"CROPPING\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cropping01-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cropping01.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>I ran onto an article by David Vestal published in an old Photo Techniques magazine from 2002 that seems to sum things up very well.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSome people say that we should never crop photos.\u00a0 They\u2019re wrong.\u00a0 When cropping will help the picture, it\u2019s better to crop it than to leave it uncropped.\u00a0 If it doesn\u2019t help the picture, then why bother?\u00a0 But it is an option, and it\u2019s not a moral issue.\u00a0 We don\u2019t need anyone\u2019s permission.\u00a0 If you do it, do it well.\u201d\u00a0 *<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t have said it better. . . thank you Mr. Vestal!<\/p>\n<p>JB<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>*<em> David Vestal, Advanced B&amp;W Printing, Photo Techniques Magazine, 2002<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had made an earlier post on the merits of cropping your image and the subject has come up again.\u00a0 I will stick to my original thoughts on the process of cropping.\u00a0 Use it if necessary! 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