An imaging device for automated image cropping, the imaging device comprising: an image capture module to capture a digital image; a subject recognition module to recognize a first subject and a second subject represented in the digital image; a social network module to: determine a first social network group to which the first subject is associated; and determine a second social network group to which the second subject is associated, wherein the first subject is not associated with the second social network group and the second subject is not associated with the first social network group; an image crop module to crop, based on a composition rule policy, the digital image to: generate a first sub-image including the first subject and excluding the second subject, the composition rule policy comprising a set of rules that define the composition of the first sub-image based on the recognized first subject, and generate a second sub-image including the second subject and excluding the first subject, the composition rule policy comprising a set of rules that define the composition of the second sub-image based on the recognized second subject; and an image sharing module to: share the first sub-image with the first social network group; and share the second sub-image with the second social network group. an image capture module to capture a digital image; a subject recognition module to recognize a first subject and a second subject represented in the digital image; a social network module to: determine a first social network group to which the first subject is associated; and determine a second social network group to which the second subject is associated, wherein the first subject is not associated with the second social network group and the second subject is not associated with the first social network group; determine a first social network group to which the first subject is associated; and determine a second social network group to which the second subject is associated, wherein the first subject is not associated with the second social network group and the second subject is not associated with the first social network group; an image crop module to crop, based on a composition rule policy, the digital image to: generate a first sub-image including the first subject and excluding the second subject, the composition rule policy comprising a set of rules that define the composition of the first sub-image based on the recognized first subject, and generate a second sub-image including the second subject and excluding the first subject, the composition rule policy comprising a set of rules that define the composition of the second sub-image based on the recognized second subject; and generate a first sub-image including the first subject and excluding the second subject, the composition rule policy comprising a set of rules that define the composition of the first sub-image based on the recognized first subject, and generate a second sub-image including the second subject and excluding the first subject, the composition rule policy comprising a set of rules that define the composition of the second sub-image based on the recognized second subject; and an image sharing module to: share the first sub-image with the first social network group; and share the second sub-image with the second social network group. share the first sub-image with the first social network group; and share the second sub-image with the second social network group.