![]() ![]() Sometimes, an 8×10 simply can’t be made without compromising the photo. The result would look very different than the original, but it would still be a great photo. A small bit of the bottom edge could be lost as well, as long as no feet are cut off in the process. What would I do if I needed to make this into an 8×10? I would take 90% of the necessary inches off the top, which will result in the tallest tower losing it’s top. The intentional composition of the original photo is really altered. See what happens when an 8×10 is made? Either the people are going to be cut out to keep the tallest tower or the tower is going to be lost to keep the people. The 4×6 is framed to intentionally have the family at the lower left corner, and to show the entire length of the towers of the incinerator in the background. ![]() Sometimes, a photo can’t be made into an 8×10 without completely altering the photo. The photo looks different than it did as a 4×6 though. Not the end of the world – all the faces are still visible. When we crop in to make an 8×10 print, we end up cropping off the arms of the dad and son. In this photo, there isn’t as much empty or “negative” space on the edges of the photo. So the end result, the 8×10 print you ordered would now look like the middle section of this photo, with the shaded areas cut off to make the 8×12 print now a 8×10. Those 2 inches can come off of either end. Now, if I wanted to make this print into an 8×10 size, that means I am going to lose 2 inches of this photo. This is what the print looked like without any cropping it came out of my camera framed like this. Here is a 4×6 photo from one of this summer’s sessions. You got it! The 8×12 inch photo has to have 2 inches cut off in order to make it an 8×10. So! What does that mean for an 8×10 inch photo? That means that an 8×12 inch print should look exactly like your 4×6 print does, except it’s just 4 times bigger.įlash back to junior high math? Each side is 2 times longer, so the whole photo is 2×2 or 4 times larger. A 4×6 print can be enlarged into an 8×12 print right? Each side is just doubled in length. That’s the most commonly printed size, so that’s why most cameras have their print ratio as a 4×6 size. ![]() Most cameras take photos that will print as perfect 4×6 sized prints. Here’s the explanation in the simplest terms I can come up with. What the heck happened, right? I’m here to tell you why that happened! Have you ever gone to print one of your photos into an 8×10″ print and when you get it back, you wonder why it looks different that the photo did in your camera? Or maybe someone on the edge of the photo was cut out of the 8×10 print? The topic is something I didn’t know until I became a photographer, and I’m guessing a lot of you may not know about it either. I’ve run into a couple situations over the past month that have inspired this blog post. Please see our disclosure policy for details.** **These posts often contain affiliate links. ![]()
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