I have just submitted a request for the format of the photos associated with the collections in our shops to be changed to the same format as is used across the rest of Folksy. I have spent hours taking an cropping my photos so that they look good in a square format only to find that when used for the “collection” image they have been re-cropped.
Here is my request if anyone feels they would like to vote for it 
Great idea, I’ll go and vote for it now
Iv voted it’s a good idea
I’ve voted for you. It would look so much better
I shall pop over and vote , from a design perspective it would look much better too.
Good idea.
I have just given it three votes.
You have my votes
This is the first time I voted.
Yes, frustrating and confusing for customers. I have seen this problem on some other websites too.
They might say that the collections are a ‘flavour’ of the image, to entice the customer, but I say it would look a whole lot better in a consistent square format.
If you have a rectangular item you can always put it in a square format, just means there is more of a margin around it on two of the sides.
Ron
Didn’t know this suggestion and voting section existed. Thanks, it’s a good idea, I’ve added my vote.
I have also voted for this suggestion.
I suppose it makes the “Collections” section more compact - but I totally agree, it makes a horrid mess of our images.
If we can’t have them square, what I’d like to see is a way for us to specify the image associated with each of our categories - that way we could do a generic image for each that would not depend on grabbing a random pic from our listings.
I don’t want to have to mess about cropping any of my photo’s so or have them messed up by other’s software trying to squish the them either 
Good idea. You’ve got my 3 votes
Shame we have to fiddle about with them full stop! But will go vote, anything to help improve our users shopping.
Hi! I know this thread is old, but I wondered what happened with the query? I was just looking at my shop front & thinking the preview of the collections looks a bit rubbish - I crop all my photos to square so because the preview photo is landscape it’s chopped bits off & doesn’t look very professional! Thought I’d search in here & found this thread! Sorry if it’s been answered elsewhere but couldn’t see any other relevant ones 
Or am I doing my photos wrong - I thought cropping them square would be easier as I can see exactly how the image will appear…
Thanks,
Dee x
There was another thread that included complaints about the rectangular photos just the other day (still no answers yet though)
You could add your votes to this request, too:
all of my paintings are rectangular and I actually dislike the square format as it means I have to have a margin around them I cannot do an edge to edge photo as it crops it to be square and removes some of the detail, which to an artist is important.
Thanks @konyskiw Glad to know it’s not just me that’s bothered by it! Hopefully it will get picked up then 
xx