Rule of thumb for cropping pictures of people
I’ve come up with a simple rule-of-thumb for cropping group pictures: Center heads horizontally, so that the left and rightmost people are the same distance from the edges of the shot. Don’t worry about torsos and legs, focus on the heads. Vertically, aim for the rule of thirds.

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June 7th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Fully facing the camera? If they’re looking one way or the other, you probably want to give them slight (very slight) lead room, too.