Cropping Images for Social Media, Websites and more

Commercial Photographer: Your Guide to Marketing, Creativity and Growth · Jul 18, 2024 · 18m

Marcus says the show was triggered by a client he had recently who wanted images cropped in a very specific way.

Back in the days of film Marcus says it was a lot simpler and to some photographers it was a badge of honour not to crop their images. There were of course a great deal of different film sized and ratios back then including:

35mm – which were a 2x3 ratio

6cmx6cm so a 1x1 ratio

6x7 ratio was also possible for magazine covers.

Large format 5x4 was also available

There also camera specifically for panoramic images thatwere a range of formats and sizes.

Back then once you had chosen…