Compositional Trick #5: Cropping

Cropping is a trick that photographers do all the time, even if they don't realize it. Every time a photographer chooses to cut something out of his/her frame, before they snap the photo, that is in essence cropping. We also have learned tools on Photoshop that allow us to crop an image after we have taken it. When cropping in Photoshop it is possible to improve our composition or change it completely.

The way I changed it, is by cropping out most of the background to focus more on my partner. I like the original better because you can see more of the background. There are two ways you use crop, one is to remove any unwanted objects from the picture. The second way is to improve the composition of the picture by enhancing it.