Not only does the cropping cut out unwanted background and bring the girls closer to the viewer, the cropped image maintains the same dimensions as the original. Useful if you need to use the cropped photo in a layout that's already sized for the original photo.
Crop to Bring What's Important Closer to Viewer
Example: Cropping to change distance to subject
Before: Girls small in foreground. After: Girls come forward, get bigger with cropping.
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