This business woman came into our studio for new corporate portraits. She is a solid social media and email marketing consultant. She offers social media and email marketing training and consulting as well as social media marketing set-up and management services.

For this shoot, Kelly had a vision for the finished branding image she wanted: colours that matched her brand and negative space to add words and promotional information. Planning out a photography session is essential in order to attain a specific result. This woman is organized and efficient and it made the job easier.

This soon-to-be mother of FOUR is generous, talented and beautiful inside and out. We laughed during this portrait photography session as she said it felt like she was doing facial gymnastics. I always try to capture my client’s “twinkle“. That special facial expression that shows who they really are. I feel the “twinkle index“ is quite high in these images.

There was no need for Kathy to add highlighter during the hair and makeup pampering session. Isn’t she radiant?

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Hair & Makeup: by the lovely Kathy of Winx Artistry
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I am often asked why certain parts of an image are cut off when a digital file is cropped to fit a 5″ x 7″, an 8″ x 10″ print size or a Facebook or LinkedIn profile size ratio of 1: 1.

This situation is also an issue for custom square format wedding albums. The camera sensor’s original size ratio is NOT proportional to those print outputs.

Here are other examples of images being cropped according to common size ratios like 5″ x 7″, 8″ x10″ and 1:1.

Below are examples of cropped portrait images. The impact of each crop will depend on how tightly photographed the original image is taken.

Another portrait example with a horizontal composition.

Notice the impact isn’t as significant for horizontal portraits showing negative space on either side of the subject.

 

What about group images such as family portraits?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Having an idea of what to shoot for helps guide the photographer with the composition. Don’t forget that you can let your photographer advise you beforehand as you map out the shoot together. She will crop the images for you for various size outputs and get the final image files ready for the print lab.