A long time ago a photographer friend and I used to shoot a lot of weddings and took pictures of people for other occasions and we always took a full length vertical shots of them and made sure we didn't cut off the feet. If the picture was of a number of people we would shoot a horizontal shot but again always included the feet. On occasions shooting more candid pictures the feet were cut off because pictures were often taken much closer up. To this day I do the same thing and if I have to cut off the feet because of space limitations or shooting distance, it always takes me awhile to ponder where to cut off the legs? If I shoot closer I usually cut people off a little below the waist. I think most photographers in the business did the same. To me cutting people off looks more like a snapshot than a more purposeful picture that people may want taken of themselves. Just my outlook on this. Jim
