Question for the photographers...

**MichaelAncher** · 01-12-2006, 07:37 AM

max. like this one

www.glamourgirls.com

**Juilan** · 01-12-2006, 07:40 AM

About a 1/4 inch from top when looking at a print.

Erotic nude

1/2 inch for art nude sometimes

much less for fashion

**AsianDivaGirlsWebDude** · 01-12-2006, 07:44 AM

Nice examples and explanations above.

It depends on the pic. Cropping is a part of the creative process too...

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**shima** · 01-12-2006, 07:49 AM

If that hegre-archives chick has real boobs then W O W !!!!

**johnnyhey** · 01-12-2006, 07:51 AM

there are no rules really. it's whatever "works".

**spanky part 2** · 01-12-2006, 08:16 AM

Originally posted by johnnyhey

there are no rules really. it's whatever "works".

Exactly! It's called composition and it is an artistic thing that is only for you to decide.

Photography is an ART and a SCIENCE.

**SilentKnight** · 01-12-2006, 08:47 AM

I'm reminded of a college photography instructor who once told us it was a good idea to crop off hair on a model because the hairstyle 'dates' the photo.

She wasn't a shining example of a good return on my tuition. I walked out of her lab class a week later and never returned.

Cropping will vary (as others already pointed out above). Generally I go by 'if it looks good, it is good'. I eyeball it much of the time.

**Juilan** · 01-12-2006, 08:57 AM

Originally posted by ichauch

I noticed that many of the pictures I bought from a content provider have an extreme amount of free space above the models head.

Have seen the exact same problem from some content providers, not everyone starting out has a developed eye like Johnny and the other photographers who posted above do.

**HDADULT** · 01-12-2006, 09:45 AM

If you look at Playboy they consistantly cut off the head. At least the few I have flipped through recently.

**LiveDose** · 01-12-2006, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by HDADULT

If you look at Playboy they consistantly cut off the head. At least the few I have flipped through recently.

Never noticed. I only read the articles.

**SilentKnight** · 01-12-2006, 10:14 AM

Knowing how to crop well is one of the things that separates the photographers from the guys who own a camera and think that knowing where the shutter button is makes them a pro photographer.

**stickyfingerz** · 01-12-2006, 10:21 AM

Im a noob at photography, and wont try to act like I know anything, but as others have said I think it varies depending on the background, framing, and situation.

Here's one of mine I like that might be cropped a bit too low, but I like it.

**ichauch** · 01-12-2006, 11:39 AM

Thanks for the replies, guys!

I'll now go for an even closer crop at the top of the images than I originally had planned.

**ichauch** · 01-12-2006, 11:41 AM

And PS: that's a very hot babe in the last pic.

**faxxaff** · 01-12-2006, 11:48 AM

This reminds me of a picture I have taken of an retired sports personality a few years ago. They guy had no more hair on his head. It was for the cover of a European magazine.

I remember the Swedish editor calling me about the pic being on the cover of their next issue and they wanted a photo with 'more hair'. At least, that is what I understood and I was trying to explain to them that the guy had nothing but skin on his head.
A few years later I happened to meet the guy and his wife and they were cracking up laughing when they saw me .... because the editor was actually asking for a shot with more 'air' between the head of the guy and the edge of the photo and not for a photoshop job of his hair ..... funny!

**stickyfingerz** · 01-12-2006, 07:52 PM

Originally posted by ichauch

And PS: that's a very hot babe in the last pic.

Im still workin on doing a solo site with her. She is hesitant. So far did some pics for her for her portfolio.

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