Cropping and Print Sizes 101

Today a crash course in how cropping sometimes changes the look and composition of your photos. Also a visual guide showing examples of various print sizes and giving you the go ahead to dream big! The print sizes guide is obviously better seen in person at actual size, but together I'm hoping the Print Sizes Guide and Cropping Guide below will be helpful.



The Crop Guide below assumes that your proof is full frame at a 4 inch x 6 inch ratio. Proofs from my studio are all sized at this ratio unless otherwise specified. Thus if you want a print of exactly what you see in your proof, you'll need to order a 4x6, 6x9, 8x12, 16x24 or 20x30 image. A 5x7 print will trim a little bit of your photo off, an 11x14 print will trim a little bit more off and so on. (Disclaimer: There is an error in the below guide- 20x30 is the same ratio as 4x6. It is depicted wrong on the guide.)

If these are helpful, fantastic. If not, just pay no mind :) Happy cropping!