4:3 or 3:2??

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Hi all. Just a quick question...

When you are producing work for clients, which ratio do you crop to? My camera is naturally 3:2 so it seems a bit backward to crop/print 4:3 but that seems to be the more common frame dimension.

Up to now I haven't printed much work so would appreciate any advice you have.

Cheers!
 
Whatever they specify.. I don't do much client work (photographically), but what I have done there has always been a specified aspect ratio - although sometimes I've had to explain what I mean when I ask which they want. Usually because it's for a website and the page designer has chosen something specific. I've had some weird and wonderful aspect ratios to work within.
 
Thanks Alastair.

The only problem I can foresee with that approach is that it makes it quite tricky to frame the shot in camera. I would prefer to offer prints in 6x9 as it fits my crop in camera nicely. Visualising the 8x10 in camera is a little bit more tricky.

How does everyone cope with that? Just leave the framing of the subject loose and crop in during PP?
 
Learn to cut mounts/make frames and crop to some mental weird aspect ratio then when they say "We can't get a frame to suit the shape of this print" you can offer to make a custom one, at huge mark up!
 
I offer 12 x 8 and 10 x 8 at the same price, hardly anyone goes for 10 x 8.

I guess a note saying that 10 x 8 will lose some of the long edge would clear things up.
 
DataDog said:
Thanks Alastair.

The only problem I can foresee with that approach is that it makes it quite tricky to frame the shot in camera. I would prefer to offer prints in 6x9 as it fits my crop in camera nicely. Visualising the 8x10 in camera is a little bit more tricky.

How does everyone cope with that? Just leave the framing of the subject loose and crop in during PP?
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8x10 is quite easy to frame in camera, you just need to bear in mind that you will lose a little from the top and bottom.
 
I always tend to take the shot with some crop in mind anyway. Some viewfinders don't show the whole image
 
Tend to go with what the pic suits, so maybe 3:2, sometimes 5:4, maybe the odd 2:1, but in the main 3:2.
 
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