Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these acts of exclusion in the order they occur in the making of a picture.
- Releasing the shutter, which excludes every other instant
- Cropping in the enlarger or on screen
- Choosing where to stand
- Choosing the camera, and with it the aspect ratio of every frame
- Choosing the focal length, and with it how much of the view fits
Hints
- The format is fixed before the photographer leaves the house.
- Cropping is the only one that happens after the exposure.
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- Choosing the camera, and with it the aspect ratio of every frame
- Choosing where to stand
- Choosing the focal length, and with it how much of the view fits
- Releasing the shutter, which excludes every other instant
- Cropping in the enlarger or on screen
Why
Only the last one is reversible in the sense of being deferrable, and it is also the only one that costs quality. Everything above it is decided in front of the subject, which is why photographers argue about cropping in a way they never argue about aspect ratio.
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