When you crop in portrait

[Ballistics]

How is it composed? Can you center a persons face?

Say for example, it's a picture of someone looking at the camera but their body is facing left.

 

[Robin Usagani]

You can do whatever you want. You are the artist.

 

[Ballistics]

Well, does the rule of thirds apply to portraits of people? As in, the persons chest and head fill the frame.

 

[MissCream]

Generally if you center the face there is a lot of empty space above the persons head.

 

[DiskoJoe]

too much theory makes your brain go numb. Just crop it in a way you think is cool and dont worry about thirds or what people tell you unless they say, "im not paying!" Then change it.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Well, does the rule of thirds apply to portraits of people? As in, the persons chest and head fill the frame.

When you start filling your frame with the subject, any subject, the parts that make up the subject can then be applied to the RoT and all other elements of composition. Don't always treat your subject as a whole.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

too much theory makes your brain go numb. Just crop it in a way you think is cool and dont worry about thirds or what people tell you unless they say, "im not paying!" Then change it.

This is best ignored.

 

[Ballistics]

Well, does the rule of thirds apply to portraits of people? As in, the persons chest and head fill the frame.

When you start filling your frame with the subject, any subject, the parts that make up the subject can then be applied to the RoT and all other elements of composition. Don't always treat your subject as a whole.

So in other words,in a tightly cropped picture, the subject is then divided among itself as what's more/less important to focus on ie. the eyes?

 

[Robin Usagani]

Look at bitter's avatar, his eyes are 1/3 top, his nose is about 1/3 right... close enough.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Well, does the rule of thirds apply to portraits of people? As in, the persons chest and head fill the frame.

When you start filling your frame with the subject, any subject, the parts that make up the subject can then be applied to the RoT and all other elements of composition. Don't always treat your subject as a whole.

So in other words,in a tightly cropped picture, the subject is then divided among itself as what's more/less important to focus on ie. the eyes?

Yes! It's one of the most common mistakes I see around here in regards to following the RoT's. People far too often treat the subject as a whole and never dissect it.

 

[g-fi]

So in other words,in a tightly cropped picture, the subject is then divided among itself as what's more/less important to focus on ie. the eyes?

In tight portraits, I personally always focus on the eyes, or try to line up a RoT line on the plane of the eyes, unless my composition is telling a different story. They say the eyes are the windows of the soul for a reason, IMO.

 

[pixilstudio]

why dont you post a bunch of pics and we will tell you what we think they should be

 

[Ballistics]

why dont you post a bunch of pics and we will tell you what we think they should be

Because it is in RAW format.

 

[Forkie]

If it's a tight shot compose for the eyes being on a third. If it's not that tight, place the head on a third. Which third will depend on the pose/position of the subject.

Eyes:


Head:

 

[pixilstudio]

why dont you post a bunch of pics and we will tell you what we think they should be

Because it is in RAW format.

so resize them?