What is your normal cropping guidlines that you follow?

[gsgary]

To each their own.

It makes having a good camera pointless because you never see what it is capable of

That strikes me as funny because a couple of decades ago the ultimate expression of the photographer's art was shooting to slide film and displaying slideshow... Seems pretty analogous to displaying on an HD screen. Just sayin'.

Slides were printed on cibachrome

 

[imagemaker46]

I don't follow any guidelines. I crop images how I feel brings out the best in them.

 

[W.Y.Photo]

Gary has a point guys, you never really know an image till you've seen it printed, something about viewing it as an actual physical object just changes the whole perspective and quality of it. Viewing it on the screen only is like looking at only the slides while never making a real final product.

 

[CameraClicker]

I never print, so I crop to whatever size suits what I want for my image.

However, I try to avoid square

oops - this is in a section of the forum I know nothing about - never be pro, so ignore my post

Why are you taking photos if you never print

I don't think of printing as the goal. I do prints and books, but I started out shooting slides. Prints always look dull to me. I prefer slides, transparencies, and now, monitors. The Internet is awesome, you can show your photos to people around the world. Previously you had to print them and mail them. I have a portfolio on my phone, too. I can show you my photos while standing in line, anywhere.