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What's the rule of thumb for cropping body parts off in portraiture photography. The reason I ask is that I am using my bedroom as a studio (a little cluttered but not too bad) Im using my 85mm lens as my portrait studio lens.
At a push I can get my girlfriend/model into the full frame but she has to stand very close to the background..........meaning the background is getting too much light. My alternative is to start cropping parts of her legs off. I could just do head and shoulders shots but eventually that will become boring so Im thinking of doing 1/2 and 3/4 length body shots so wondering where to crop off on the lower part of the body......above, below or directly in the middle of the waist and the same for the knees?
Example below
Thanks
Neil
What's the rule of thumb for cropping body parts off in portraiture photography. The reason I ask is that I am using my bedroom as a studio (a little cluttered but not too bad) Im using my 85mm lens as my portrait studio lens.
At a push I can get my girlfriend/model into the full frame but she has to stand very close to the background..........meaning the background is getting too much light. My alternative is to start cropping parts of her legs off. I could just do head and shoulders shots but eventually that will become boring so Im thinking of doing 1/2 and 3/4 length body shots so wondering where to crop off on the lower part of the body......above, below or directly in the middle of the waist and the same for the knees?
Example below
Thanks
Neil
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