I always try to get the shot right in the camera and not crop a photo in post production but sometimes you have to. When I do crop in post it is usually minimal. Also, when you crop an image you loose those pixels you cropped out therefore loosing detail. Today, with the sensors in most new DSLRs the loss is minimal but if you crop heavily and than print a large photo you might see the loss.
You must remember that most DSLR cameras capture the image in a 2:3 ratio where as an 8 x 10 photo is a 4:5 ratio. That doesn't work. When you print a picture from your camera, most likely it doesn't look exactly like what you see on either your camera screen or computer screen, some of the image gets cropped off.
One way to fight the crop is to shoot "loose". Don't fill the entire frame with your subject. Leave some room around your subject to anticipate the crop. Another way to fight the crop is to simply print the photo in a different size. (4×6″, 6×9″, 8×12″, 12×18″)
Now there are times when you have a project that you have to shoot for the crop. For example; I have a potential project where I need square image blocks for the photos. When I shoot the images I have to remember that the image will be cropped to a square and I have to compose the photo properly. So in this particular instance I will shoot "loose".
This here is how I want the shot to be printed;
This is how I took the shot
I composed the shot in a way to get exactly what I wanted when the image was cropped. This is a way to "cheat" the size constraints of the print.
As I said, I always try to get it right i the camera but there are always exceptions.
Thanks again for your support,
E
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