Creative Crop

I have found another blog that I really love. It is called I Heart Faces Photography. It is a community of people that love photography and each week they have a themed “contest”. I entered it last week and it is a lot of fun to participate. I don’t ever expect to win, but it is a nice way for me to connect with other people that are learning the art of photography and with some that have already perfected it. Each week they also post tutorials and tips about everything from camera usage to photo editing. This week’s contest is on cropping photos. This is the original photo:

And this is how I chose to crop it:

I think the rotation and the crop makes it much more dramatic and makes you focus even more on Layton’s crying face. I don’t know why, but this picture, instead of making me feel sorry for Layton, just makes me want to laugh. That is probably a sign that I am not the best of mothers because I sometimes laugh at my children when they cry. Really though, he is crying because he refuses to roll over and he wants me to do it for him. Don’t you find that funny?