moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

I've never used a view camera, but those who do say that the upside down view one sees is an aid to composing. Don't know if it's also reversed left to right, but I've always tried to view my subject matter as shapes, and compose--whether in camera or in PP, accordingly.

prayingmantis

MAANDERSON, You have brought up an issue of right versus left brain dominance and the capacities of each hemisphere of the brain of which there is quite a bit known. That whole field of knowledge has become quite important over the last 4 decades in determining how best to teach students to use their entire brain. The whole science which elucidated the functional differences between the left and right hemispheres was fortuitous when it was discovered that there is a rare congenital defect in which a large bundle of nerve fibers known as the corpus callosum and which connects the two hemispheres is absent in those individuals. As a result the two hemispheres have been tested individually with regard to a whole battery of psychological capacities. This was done by showing the subjects separate screens with a barrier in the middle such that information being fed to the left hemisphere was isolated from the right hemisphere by the placement of a barrier. Some of what has been determined is relevant to this discussion. Right handed individuals who make up the majority of mankind (Obama is the only exception, LOL) are left brain dominant and left handed individuals are usually right brain dominant. The left brain dominant individuals who are the majority are more capable of seeing the greater picture and its component parts and also better with verbal processing and verbal skills. The left brain is said to think linearly, coming to a final conclusion in solving a problem in a step wise fashion. On the other hand the right brain sees the parts of the whole and is more adept at the synthesis of the whole from its parts. It is said to function in parallel while the left brain in series.
The right brain has hardly any function with regard to verbal processing however it is heavily involved in visual and spatial information and can create abstractions which the left brain is incapable of carrying out. It is said to be the hemisphere which dominates the artistic side of the individual. No one individual is entirely right brain or left brain functionally however they are rarely equally capable on both sides. There are educators now who have been for quite some time trying to create curriculums that address and strengthen the skills of each side of the brain. It is believed by some that current curriculums give advantages to one side or the other.
To PhotosBySteve, I have actually displayed a couple of my photos in a gallery upside down from the way it was taken. I found it more effective that way although I rarely flip them in Photoshop and look at them. One of the images I did it with was a reflection in a reflecting pool in the castle known as the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. I have also flipped a reflected image in Yosemite and displayed it that way. The reaction of patrons was interesting.

moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

Is it the right brain or the left brain that tells us when to use paragraphs?

prayingmantis

That would probably be the left brain. I just let the info flow without any editing.

moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

Fair enough--It's just that it makes both sides of my brain hurt...

:lol: :lol:

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

Why not make it really flow and make it all one sentence? :thumbdown:

djenrette Loc: Philadelphia

The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body. We are mostly right handed. By writing, drawing, or painting with the right hand we can more easily see what we are doing. Therefor left to right.

djenrette Loc: Philadelphia

The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body. We are mostly right handed. By writing, drawing, or painting with the right hand we can more easily see what we are doing. Therefor left to right.

Shutter Bugger

Go to a Chinese restaurant and check out if the waiters and cooks are predominately right
handed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjWkO9A-Ckk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hvAfQqWAL4 :thumbup:


The left half of your brain controls the right half of your body,
and the right half of your brain controls the left half of your body.

So, only left handed people are in their right minds. ;-)

Shutter Bugger

:-)

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

Hmmm. I don't know if this is apropos to the discussion but DaVinci wrote his studies in "mirror" script which is to say he wrote from right to left and with the letters reversed as well.

My daughter does this. I've observed her write and there is no concerted effort so I doubt that it is an affectation.

prayingmantis

When I first learned to write I had the pencil automatically placed in my right hand. I started to write my name with the letters flipped from left to right. For example the name SCOTT was not spelled TTOCS but rather with the letters in the right order but with the S and the C flipped left to right. The letters O and T were written correctly as they are symmetrical. My parents took me to a learning disorder specialist (this would be about 1955) and he told my parent I was probably left handed. I was then instructed to use my left hand and the disorder was solved. Given how long ago that consult occurred it amazes me that the therapist got it correct. It might be something to look into for your daughter.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

She has finished college...so I don't know....

But thanks.