There’s something to be said about in-camera composition, of course, but that doesn’t mean you should never use the tools you have available to you in post-production, especially the ability to Crop the image to fit. If you want to improve your portraits, check out this great video tutorial that will show you three cropping tips that will quickly improve the quality of your photos.
Coming to you from Chelsea Nicole Photography, this helpful video tutorial will give you some tutorials on how to crop portrait photos to create more effective compositions using Lightroom. One particularly important piece of advice that can be easily overlooked when you’re new to photography is not to crop at the joints (wrists, elbows, knees, ankles). It creates an unnatural and distracting look, pulling the viewer’s eye away from the image and making the body look different. Instead, cut muscles along the torso, trunk, shins, or biceps; this will look much more natural and will create a much more effective composition and overall photo. It’s easy to forget this when you’re cropping a photo, but if you keep it in mind, you’ll notice an immediate improvement in your portraits. Watch the video above for the full summary.
