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7. Don’t accidentally give your subject a bad haircut

Photo Credit: Pierre-Olivier Bourgeois
The same thing goes for cropping a head of hair. Don’t crop too close to
the subject’s hairline; leave enough hair so that the audience can fill in the
rest with their imagination. Alternatively, you can make the cut further
down away from the hairline, focusing on the subject’s face instead.

Be careful not to crop too closely to your subject’s hairline

8. It’s okay to crop for cosmetic reasons

Photo Credit: Daniela Vladimirova

You want your subjects to look their best, so don’t feel guilty about
making crops for cosmetic purposes. The crop tool may not be the
most refined tool in your photo restoration toolkit—you’re probably
not going to be able to use it to remove a blemish from someone’s
face. But it gets the job done when it comes to the big stuff like
removing a mustard stain from a shirt.
Don’t be afraid to crop out glaring flaws, like the obvious stain on this
man’s shirt