In each of the prints below creative cropping, together with careful consideration of matting color, and the proper usage of the rules of composition serve to create images that are more dynamic than the ones the photographer saw through the viewfinder above.
Here are some other examples of finished glamour prints, ready for competition, that benefited from cropping and matting.
The psychology of color, its effect on people, and the power achieved by utilizing harmony of color dictate the choices in matting.
The 16x20 board on which the print is presented for competition should be of the dominant color existing in the original image.
The popular slim line mats for competition prints are universally more dynamic when a secondary or tertiary color from the original image is used as the mat color.
