Cropping Cody

Sublime image quality, with creamy skin tones

I’ve lost the plot. It’s been a while since they’ve let me me out. And, even longer since I have shot a single image worth a mention. So I thought I’d go back and look at a shoot with Cody.

Cody – Fashion Nude

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The shot above is the final crop. It took me around 2 hours and 30 mins to decide upon the it.

I used every guide that Adobe Photoshop CC2021 avails me, whilst using the crop tool. I used the thirds tool, I used the Golden Spiral tool, I referenced Bert Stern’s “The Last Sitting”, I cropped her back out, and rotated the image to add purpose to the pose. I did the old “rotate the images 180 degrees” and crop trick I learned at art college. I considered the image as a whole, abstracting myself from the image and asking what the story is?… What am I trying to say? “What does the viewer see?” “What do I want the viewer to see?”

In the end I WhatsApped Cody and asked her… She prefers the shot above… so I went with that… If you can’t trust the model to know what looks good what’s the point?

I hope you enjoy viewing the image – Colin

FYI: Below is the the alternate crop and the whole frame.

Cody Cataluffi Nude – Alternate Crop

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Cody Cataluffi Nude – Full Frame

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Photography: Colin Anthony
Model: Cody
Make Up: Viktoria Kohl
Assistant: Alasdair Sandy

What do you think tighter or wider? Leave a comment below…