Image cropping

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Image cropping helps in presenting an image to an audience and aids how the item/issue/ object is perceived. There are three subcategories of images below including journalistic which involves presenting an image of a situation that really happened. Secondly, the illustrative image which involves presenting objects in a unique way while keeping the realistic elements. Lastly, abstract images have abstract elements or are not bound by the expectations of reality. Can be conveyed artistically.

Illustrative

The first edited version was a retro anime filter placed on the image of the trees, and the second was a vintage filter.

Fall trees along the sidewalk
Unedited fall trees along the sidewalk
Image of the College of Wooster sidewalk on the way to the Lowry Center
This is a retro anime style image of fall trees.
Vintage trees
Vintage fall trees (edited)

Adjei, Akua. “Fall trees.” 2026. Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Journalistic

The first edited image was cropped for a close up look and a vivid filter was placed on top of the image. The second edit was a “cool” filter to give the building and environment a stormy look.

Kauke Hall at the College of Wooster
Unedited image of Kauke Hall at the College of Wooster
Edited imahe of Kauke Hall at The College of Wooster
Vivid image of Kauke Hall at The College of Wooster
Cool, rainy effect on Kauke Hall
A photo of Kauke Hall on a stormy day (edited)

Adjei, Akua. “Kauke Hall.” 2026. Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Abstract

The edited image on the right was edited by cropping the image for a close up effect and repositioned on Canva. The second edit was a scrapbook filter placed on the rocks.

Rocks on the ground
Rocks on the ground captured abstractly.
Rocks on the ground
An image of Rocks captured abstractly
scrapbook version of rocks on the ground
Rocks on the ground with a scrapbook filter (edited)

Adjei, Akua. “Abstract Rocks.” 2026. Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Citations

Adjei, Akua. “Fall trees.” 2026. Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Adjei, Akua. “Kauke Hall.” 2026. Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Adjei, Akua. “Abstract Rocks.” 2026. Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Riechers, A. (2024). Visual Grammar for Photography. In The Elements of Visual Grammar: A Designer’s Guide for Writers, Scholars, and Professionals (pp. 141–161). Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.6047949.10

AI use: AI was not used to edit the photos above or for the write up.

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