Cropping is a very important part of photography. There are certainways you can crop an image to make it look very attractive, then thewrong cropping can make an image unsightly.
Full Length, 3/4 length, 1/2 length, and head shot. Notice that how abad crop can make an image so horrible, and the proper cropping makesthe image pops out.
Wrong crop (feet chopped off) for full length
Right crop for full length
Wrong crop (below the knee) for 3/4 length
Right crop for 3/4 length
Wrong crop (left wrist cut off) for 1/2 length
Right crop for 1/2 length
Final headshot of model that made the magazine.
"If you are going to lose the feet, might as well lose the knee (crop above the knee, then)" If you are not going to include the entire arm, be sure to crop above the elbow.
Famous saying: Below the elbow and below the knee,
Subject looks like an amputee.