Start With Crop: Strengthen Your Composition First

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When I start a photo editing workflow, I almost always begin with the crop tool — and for a very good reason. In this quick tip video, I show you a winter landscape with gently sloping snow-covered hills, a mix of evergreens and bare deciduous trees, and explain how I approach cropping to refine composition.

I’ll walk you through my thought process, why I captured this scene the way I did, and how small crop adjustments can dramatically improve your final image.

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