Axton
10th of February 2008 (Sun), 23:26
My XTi images come out of the camera at a 2:3 ratio, which will easily give me printing ratios of 4x6, 8x12, 16x24, 20x30, and so on...
I do mainly portraits and try to compose well enough at the time of shooting to avoid cropping, which saves a lot of time.
Here's the issue - What if my client wants an 8x10 or 11x14, which are very common sizes and real easy to get precut mats & frames for? If the image is properly composed for a 2:3 ratio, and 8x10 would drastically alter the image: heads cut off, etc.
Do others leave a lot of room on the edges in case cropping has to occur? (to me this can ruin the composition if a tight crop is warranted).
Or, should I only advertise prints that correspond to a 2:3 ratio? I see over in the G&N forum that almost all the portrait images are in the 2:3 aspect ratio (I can't ask questions there yet, not enough posts).
How do you handle this if you are making different size prints for sale to your customers?
I do mainly portraits and try to compose well enough at the time of shooting to avoid cropping, which saves a lot of time.
Here's the issue - What if my client wants an 8x10 or 11x14, which are very common sizes and real easy to get precut mats & frames for? If the image is properly composed for a 2:3 ratio, and 8x10 would drastically alter the image: heads cut off, etc.
Do others leave a lot of room on the edges in case cropping has to occur? (to me this can ruin the composition if a tight crop is warranted).
Or, should I only advertise prints that correspond to a 2:3 ratio? I see over in the G&N forum that almost all the portrait images are in the 2:3 aspect ratio (I can't ask questions there yet, not enough posts).
How do you handle this if you are making different size prints for sale to your customers?