anaanda
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Which type of picture do you prefer?
Square or Rectangle..or Both?
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wlewisiii
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What he said, although I haven't played with a circle mask yet. What format are you masking that way - 4x5? 🙂 Perhaps if I ever find a cheap enough RH-12 I can make a circle mask for it 😎
For pure aesthetics, I prefer a well composed square shot, but that doesn't keep me from trying all kinds of others.
William
For pure aesthetics, I prefer a well composed square shot, but that doesn't keep me from trying all kinds of others.
William
RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
I really like both, but I think the rectangle is so much more dynamic. There just seems to be more you can do with a rectangle--compositionally speaking.
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RicardoD
Well-known
I'm ready to fire the torpedos G'man. I like it.
RObert Budding
D'oh!
I like rectangles. If only Hasselblad had made a 6x7. Or even a 6x9!
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DougK
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I like them both but I enjoy shooting square more. I'm a bit tired of rectangles. Ultimately, I'll compose or crop the shot to whatever shape works for the subject.
MikeyGaGa
Established
Circle of Life
Circle of Life
Re G'mans fine shot of ship in round format-recall that george eastmans Kodak No.1 gave 100 ROUND photos per factory load!
The aesthetic I was taught was to frame in the camera as much and as often as possible(remember "verification borders"-you filed out your 35mm neg carrier to show the frame edges and sprockets,proving you composed in the camera,and not on the easel)
With my Rollei,I shoot trans for projection;so it is square all the way,but I occasionaly crop by using 645 slide mounts.
With my Widelux,no cropping,even with negs.
With 35s,always full format,unless it is a photo for someone else use,such as portraits or publicity shots.
Please see thread on the Med.Format forum about shooting square pictures.
MIKEY GAGA
Circle of Life
Re G'mans fine shot of ship in round format-recall that george eastmans Kodak No.1 gave 100 ROUND photos per factory load!
The aesthetic I was taught was to frame in the camera as much and as often as possible(remember "verification borders"-you filed out your 35mm neg carrier to show the frame edges and sprockets,proving you composed in the camera,and not on the easel)
With my Rollei,I shoot trans for projection;so it is square all the way,but I occasionaly crop by using 645 slide mounts.
With my Widelux,no cropping,even with negs.
With 35s,always full format,unless it is a photo for someone else use,such as portraits or publicity shots.
Please see thread on the Med.Format forum about shooting square pictures.
MIKEY GAGA
Zack
Screw RC
for street photos rectangle for portraits square
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RML
Guest
I crop as I please.
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
I hardly ever crop but when I do I preserve the classic 3:2 ratio of 35mm, or the 3:1 panoramic ratio. The photos look better as a set either on screen or on the wall.
If I get my Rolleicord cleaned and working I'll use that 1:1 square.
It annoys me no end when a commercial place crops my prints because they 'prefer them that way'. There is one photo I have, a panoramic, with subject matter on the extreme left and the extreme right which gives it some tension. The guy printing it thought it was too distracting so he cropped it for me. Idiot. I needed it for an exhibition and he had to redo it as a rush job.
If I get my Rolleicord cleaned and working I'll use that 1:1 square.
It annoys me no end when a commercial place crops my prints because they 'prefer them that way'. There is one photo I have, a panoramic, with subject matter on the extreme left and the extreme right which gives it some tension. The guy printing it thought it was too distracting so he cropped it for me. Idiot. I needed it for an exhibition and he had to redo it as a rush job.
Creagerj
Incidental Artist
I'm all about a rectangle, it just feels like you are getting more. Same deal with widescreen TVs. The square is well, square, but the rectangle is edgy.
Dougg
Seasoned Member
Like Doug K I'll crop a little or a lot to get a good framing for the subject. Sometimes it ends up square or nearly so, sometimes more like a panorama. I think whatever proportion the camera offers will influence the photos to be more nearly that proportion. For instance, when I shoot square format, the pics tend more to be square or nearly square. I'm trying a pano format now, and it's an interesting shift...
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
When I'm using my panoramic I like to watch a movie channel on TV and see how a film director uses a similar shape.
wdenies
wdenies
My reply would be the same as Dougg's.
The final size of my pictures is determined in the darkroom.
In 99% it never corresponds to a "standard" ratio:
My pictures tend to panoramic or square.
WARNING:
When going to a lab for prints , your pictures will be automatically resized to fit a standard paper format (lately a complete reportage was ruined that way).
Solution:
1.
For film users:
Try to have access to a prof. lab
The first stage: only film development + contact sheet (NO PRINTS)
Mark with a marker on the contact sheet the crop you want.
Ask for the final print respecting the crop.
2.
Digital users: some home work to do
In PS set the canvas size to the final paper format.
ex.
After cropping in PS you end up with a horizontal panorama with a 1:3 ratio.
You want a print on the standard 20x25cm paper format.
When doing nothing the height will be resized to 20cm , cutting off a large part of the width.
In PS resize the picture to a hor. size of 25cm (360dpi) keeping the aspect ratio.
Now set the canvas size to the paper format (20x25)
Save your work .
Print of this file: OK
Wim
The final size of my pictures is determined in the darkroom.
In 99% it never corresponds to a "standard" ratio:
My pictures tend to panoramic or square.
WARNING:
When going to a lab for prints , your pictures will be automatically resized to fit a standard paper format (lately a complete reportage was ruined that way).
Solution:
1.
For film users:
Try to have access to a prof. lab
The first stage: only film development + contact sheet (NO PRINTS)
Mark with a marker on the contact sheet the crop you want.
Ask for the final print respecting the crop.
2.
Digital users: some home work to do
In PS set the canvas size to the final paper format.
ex.
After cropping in PS you end up with a horizontal panorama with a 1:3 ratio.
You want a print on the standard 20x25cm paper format.
When doing nothing the height will be resized to 20cm , cutting off a large part of the width.
In PS resize the picture to a hor. size of 25cm (360dpi) keeping the aspect ratio.
Now set the canvas size to the paper format (20x25)
Save your work .
Print of this file: OK
Wim
anaanda
Well-known
I guess it all depends, sometimes I like the rectangle sometimes the rectangle... I feel the square takes you into the photograph where as in the pano or rectangle its seems more like you watching the scene.
pesphoto
Veteran
RML said:
Usually rectangles, but cropping happens sometimes.
