[FollowingTheDao]

I always crop, but always and only 8x10. Why? Because I saw the results from my past clients. There is something about that ration, whether it is genetic or historical, that makes people feel more drawn to my photographs.

And I agree with all of his points. Modern cameras have made people focus more on the technical and less on the art. I sold a photograph I took with a point and shoot Canon A series for $150 multiple times.

[vouaobrasil]

> Modern cameras have made people focus more on the technical and less on the art.

It's not modern cameras that have done that. It's the fact that technology reduces the relevance of human experience, so that the only way for people to feel a sense of relating is by talking about gear, and that sense is superficial indeed.

[ir77]

that's not cropping, that's resizing -- you're resizing the aspect ratio of your image from its natural dimensions to 8x10. cropping would be if you cropped your image to only show 10% of that image...

[FollowingTheDao]

No, it is cropping. Because I lose some of the image by cropping it to 8x10. If I resized it it would look distorted.