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8 x 10 Mandatory?
How important is it to models that TFP work come back in a specific aspect ratio? As a photographer, I want to crop to what I think is most visually impressive and that may be a completely arbitrary ratio. Is it important to you models that work come back to you in a specific ratio? If so, why? Or is it no big deal? May 01 06 11:58 pm Link Good question. I print for my book at 8x12, so I inevitably crop all my images to 8x12. May 02 06 12:00 am Link It depends on your market and your goals for the photo. I had one client require a combination of horizontals at 5x7 and verticals at 3x5. My book is 11x14, and most models' around here are 9x12. Actors need 8x10s, but the current look is to have a huge border around the full frame (2x3 ratio) image. So there are a lot of answers... May 02 06 12:15 am Link My portfolios are all 18" x 24" - all six of them - and I frame and shoot in full frame 99.999% of the time - and virtually never crop after the shot is done - the way it's shot is the way it's printed.... May 02 06 12:21 am Link Brian Diaz wrote: yep May 02 06 12:24 am Link The reason for the standard sizes is you don't want the prints sliding around in a book. Models want something they can close and carry easily. Mounting 15-20 prints makes the book too heavy to shlep around all day, day after day from one rejection to another. Every model has a preference (or their agency) but most are 9X12 because it's large enough to be impressive, but not too crazy to carry (also tearsheets are 8.5 X 11). Actors like 8X10 because it used to be the standard print size that you could order from a lab and be relatively cheap - they hand them out like flyers and talent agents using file folders can fit them in. Casting agents, don't like them much - makes the actors look too good or print is too old, so they take polaroids and put them in card files - which is easier for them to use. Photographers sometimes use boxes or fancy custom made holders - they matt or laminate them in any size they want from 20X24 (impressive, over compensation?) to 5X7 or odd sizes (artzy, independant and rebel). Anyways makes a statement. May 02 06 01:29 am Link All pictures I post have a 9x12 crop size. No since in showing the model something they canât print to a correct size IMO. May 02 06 01:35 am Link JM Dean wrote: That's no "SENSE" I hope. May 02 06 01:53 am Link Cool, thanks. 2nd question for you. I'm going to turn over a series of photos on CD to a client... they want 8x10's because they promised the models 8x10's, but I'm also going to give them my arbitrary crops as well (that I think make the best photo.) Is there an industry term for that like "on this cd are your 8x10's, and on this cd are [my non standard cropping sizes that I just cut on the photo to make it look best]." What would you say in place of the bracket in conversation? May 03 06 10:52 pm Link Dejas wrote: I wouldn't give them those photos. They asked for 8x10s, so that's what I'd deliver. May 03 06 11:01 pm Link It's not so much that they said "deliver to us 8x10's" as it was "Come shoot our event, we would like a CD for promotional material, and, oh btw, we promised the models 8x10's." My thinking is if they just want images that make the event look cool, forget about aspect ratio, I want to crop to make the picture as perfect as possible. But I also still have to give them 8x10's. So my thoughts are why not deliver both? Does this seem reasonable to you? May 03 06 11:14 pm Link ChristerArt wrote: Yeah i have to agree with you there. I come from the old school of photography. The word then was crop in the camera which is mainly what I do now. May 04 06 10:34 am Link |
