Creative Cropping

We had a beautiful but busy Spring Break for the MOST part.

Each time Brady saw the sun shining outside

he would ask to go play, or take him to the PARK...

Here are a couple of the pictures I snapped of him playing.

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I'm not sure how many of you have Photoshop CS3,

but really any editing program

can do basically the same type of thing.

THERE is NOTHING in the world that can

change a picture more than CROPPING.

Of all the tips I can give a mom, or anyone else

who is wanting to have better looking images...

CROPPING is by far and away

the thing that will make the biggest

difference in the WOW factor of your photos.

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Here are a few samples of the same image and what cropping can do.

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This is the original shot I took.

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Here it is cropped once.
The extra width gives the illusion
of the movement of the slide,
but it is a much tighter shot,
and you can see the expression on Brady's face.
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The final crop is just a focus of Brady's face.
Anytime you want to focus solely on a face or an expression
I recommend Black and White.
It removes all the places your eyes would naturally focus
and moves it to faces and expressions.
I also cropped this one even tighter than the first
and used a slight tilt to still create the movement to the slide.
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Here is another sample.
This is the original shot taken.
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This is the same picture cropped and tilted.
You should always use a slight tilt when
there is movement in a picture.
Like running, cars, or SLIDES.
It just seems to gives life to the pictures original intent.
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This is the final crop.
I again did it much tighter because I wanted
the focus to be on Brady and his face.
I also flipped it to BLACK and WHITE
to remove any distractions the eye might go to
other than his little face.
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May we all realize that behind a regular ole' shot
there is a WOW picture
underneath most every one we take.
It just needs a little cropping.