Composing for a 9x12 Photo
Feb 20, 2012 21:21:33 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
I volunteered to take some pictures of historic homes for a calendar project that requires the printed image to be 9x12. I thought at first this was going to be a simple task, but so far it hasn't. I found out shortly after taking a few shots that I needed to allow enough space around the house to allow for the 9x12 cropping. Even when I allowed for it the house was too far back in the picture so the detail and beauty of it was not all thsat apparent. I tried getting closer and filled the frame, but then I didn't have enough space left for the cropping. I'm using a Nikon D3100 with a 18-270mm lens and/or 18-55mm lens. How can I get those nice close-up pictures for the 9x12 print image. My camera will generate a 10x15 image, which is the entire sensor size (I believe), and then from that the image has to be cropped to 9x12. Need some help here. Hope you can provide some. Thanks in advance.
Feb 20, 2012 21:23:28 #
Maybe consider doing two or more shots and stitch together? That would give you plenty of room to crop.
Feb 20, 2012 22:20:30 #
Look on the image quality menue to see if it provides for 4 by 3 or 4x3 this will give you the correct aspect ratio. Then shoot wide at a high resolution. This should help
Feb 20, 2012 22:32:07 #
Moose wrote:
I volunteered to take some pictures of historic ho... (show quote)
Simple, just don't frame out to the edges on the sides.
(the area in white shows 9 x 12 proportions- gray is the full screen)
Shoot in Raw, adjust whatever needs adjusting, crop it at as 9 x 12 at 300ppi, save as a tif file. Check with the printer, but they'll probably want Adobe RGB for its wider color space, which you'll do in the raw processor.
Feb 20, 2012 22:41:50 #
Use Picassa (or probably any other post processing software) to crop your photo to 4x3. If you have shots that left a little too much room on the sides and top (can't see the detail in the house) then use the 4x3 crop to get the the house framed the way you want it.
Feb 20, 2012 23:01:29 #
If it works for you, we shoot at largest possible setting then crop with the dimensions needed (9x12) here. We do this for all photos. All post work needed is done first on the full image and then we crop. Have no problems at all doing it this way.
Feb 21, 2012 10:44:16 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
Unfortunately my Nikon D3100 doesn't have that option. Thanks for getting back.
2 Dog Don wrote:
Look on the image quality menue to see if it provides for 4 by 3 or 4x3 this will give you the correct aspect ratio. Then shoot wide at a high resolution. This should help
Feb 21, 2012 10:45:58 #
Moose wrote:
Unfortunately my Nikon D3100 doesn't have that option. Thanks for getting back.
2 Dog Don wrote:
Look on the image quality menue to see if it provides for 4 by 3 or 4x3 this will give you the correct aspect ratio. Then shoot wide at a high resolution. This should help
Do you have Photoshop?
Feb 21, 2012 11:23:16 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
Thanks for the suggestion, but so far I'm afraid that doing that will create even more of an editing problem (removing unwanted objects) and having one shot is enough trouble.
gmcase wrote:
Maybe consider doing two or more shots and stitch together? That would give you plenty of room to crop.
Feb 21, 2012 11:24:36 #
Feb 21, 2012 11:25:20 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
My problem is also top and bottom. When I go to resize using PSE10 Image/Resize/Canvas 9x12, it crops all four sides. I'll work on leaving more space on all sides. Thanks for your comments.
GoofyNewfie wrote:
quote=Moose I volunteered to take some pictures o... (show quote)
Feb 21, 2012 11:27:51 #
I use CS5 but I have PSE 10.
Use the crop tool and set it to 9 x 12 @ 300 ppi ( or whatever the printer requested)
Use the crop tool and set it to 9 x 12 @ 300 ppi ( or whatever the printer requested)
Feb 21, 2012 11:33:30 #
Feb 21, 2012 11:53:55 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
I have PSE10.
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Do you have Photoshop?
Moose wrote:
Unfortunately my Nikon D3100 doesn't have that option. Thanks for getting back.
2 Dog Don wrote:
Look on the image quality menue to see if it provides for 4 by 3 or 4x3 this will give you the correct aspect ratio. Then shoot wide at a high resolution. This should help
Do you have Photoshop?
Feb 21, 2012 11:57:31 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
Using PSE10, Image/Resize/Canvas 9x12, is how I found that I was not leaving enough space around all four sides.
After taking the photos again, leaving enough space, I was able to get a 9x12 without any parts of the house missing, but due to the distance from the house, the image isn't all that great.
After taking the photos again, leaving enough space, I was able to get a 9x12 without any parts of the house missing, but due to the distance from the house, the image isn't all that great.
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I use CS5 but I have PSE 10.
Use the crop tool and set it to 9 x 12 @ 300 ppi ( or whatever the printer requested)
Use the crop tool and set it to 9 x 12 @ 300 ppi ( or whatever the printer requested)
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