This is How You Should Crop a Portrait

by Chris Gampat on 03/02/2013

If you’re looking to get into portraiture then you’ll learn very quickly that sometimes a photo should be cropped in order to make it better. It’s a skill that many photo editors learn quickly. Digital Camera World just released this awesome infographic on how to crop a portrait. It covers a basic fundamental that I was taught in photo school: Don’t crop at a joint–ever! always crop a little bit above or below it.

Save this infographic for when you’re editing: print it out and put it on your wall next to your monitor–it will provide a very quick, easy and visual guide for you when editing.

Tagged as: crop, digital camera world, infographic, portrait

http://twitter.com/TheresaZphotoz Theresa Z.

Awesome, thank you. Happy Weekend!
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Peter Frailey

Looks like the green and red at the hip level are reversed??? Green line shows cropping at the knees.
- Ivan
  
  Yes, the very first thing I noticed as well. Definitely reversed.
  
  But the rule is easy to remember even without the chart: (1) never crop at a joint; (2) avoid cropping exactly half way between joints; (3) don’t allow any body part to only touch the edge of the frame – either crop it properly or leave it with some room to spare (the last one applies to general photography, not just portraits).
Samcornwell

Mind you, all these rules will only encourage people to break them.