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09/26/2006 03:56:29 PM · #1 |
I've been doing some wide-angle landscape shots, both portrait and landscape orientation. I crop them to 8x10 but they seem to lose the expanse and look a little confined. I'm not sure if it's because I look at them as 8x12 and then again at 8x10 and see the difference or what.
How does everyone else do it? Do you frame for the 8x10 crop at the time of shooting? Do you just not notice the difference between the original and the new crop? Do you avoid printing at 8x10? I'm curious!
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09/26/2006 04:03:09 PM · #2 |
| Heck I alway try to use the entire view finder, I never think about 8x10 just try to frame it right. I've found that cutting a mat to a 8x11 or 8x12 or 7 1/2 x 11 is not a bad thing to do. It's easy to cut the mat to fit the frame and make the photo look great with creative matts. Now if you are doing a wedding and the offer you give is 8x10 ratio then you'll have to leave room on the long sides to crop down. If you want to save money and still get pretty darn good prints, Sam's Club will print anywhere from 8x10 to 8x15 and I believe all are the same price of less than $2. Many times I've used my Epson R-1800 and printed 8x13" and made them look great. Best of luck. |
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09/26/2006 04:07:43 PM · #3 |
If I know I want an 8x10 out of something then I frame it in such a way in the viewfinder so I can cut away the extra.
Also, when printing at home I will expand an image to fill the page and move it around a bit in the print window to get a crop I'm happy with. Then I move the matte around on top of the image to get the best 8x10 part of the image.
Best solution, find mattes of a standard size with an 8x12 opening. |
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09/26/2006 06:10:46 PM · #4 |
On a related note. If I had this photo  and wanted to upload it to, say, smugmug. Assuming the crop brings it to a print size equal to about 10x4, how would that be done? There's no 10x4 print size and would it be right to have the buyer trim the 'extra' off?
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09/26/2006 06:23:38 PM · #5 |
| If i've got a landscape that I really want to keep the 2:3 ratio I print 8x12 or 10x15 (with mPix). The whole 'Yuan Yang' series in my portfolio I cropped down to 8x10 though, its just a matter of choosing a framing that looks good. Also, from my experience looking at an 8x10 on the computer is MUCH more square looking than an 8x10 print. |
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09/26/2006 06:28:43 PM · #6 |
i printed a 4x18 panorama at costco filled in white to 12x18
though in retrospect i would make three copies the next time ;)
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