Crop between joints, not at them
Cropping at a joint — the knee, elbow, wrist, or ankle — reads like an amputation: the eye expects the body to continue right where its line breaks off.
Safe crop points lie BETWEEN joints: mid-thigh, mid-shin, mid-forearm.
This is a recommendation, not a law. A deliberate crop at the knee works in a dynamic shot — but first you need to learn not to do it by accident.
Lesson notes
Cropping at a joint — the knee, elbow, wrist, or ankle — reads like an amputation: the eye expects the body to continue right where its line breaks off.
Safe crop points lie BETWEEN joints: mid-thigh, mid-shin, mid-forearm.
This is a recommendation, not a law. A deliberate crop at the knee works in a dynamic shot — but first you need to learn not to do it by accident.