Photographer Test - Are you left or right brained?

This little test supposedly tells if you are left or right brained:

http://www.news.com.au …C22556678-23272%2C00.html


But, I don't know if it really works or not...

How does this relate to photographic lighting? Well, my observations are that the majority of forums, demonstration videos and how-to books on photographic lighting seem to teach to left-brained people that are detailed oriented instead of right-brained people that are more context oriented.

I might be forming the opinion that a conflict arises because most artists and/or self-employed photographers (that I've encountered) tend to be more right brained oriented. So there might be some room for improvement in the approach to teaching and discussing photography within the industry. And also room for possibly new forums/media taking a different kind of approach to looking and talking about photography.

Ok, so how exactly does this relate to photographic lighting? Right brained photographers take into account the "mood" of a particular lighting scenario when setting it up. Yet, almost none of the demonstration videos, books and forums seem to discuss the mood of lighting very much at all. The common approach to teaching lighting is sort of the charts and diagrams approach. That's cool...but we should also be taking into account the emotions and vibes that might be evoked when the audience views these lighting scenarios. The idea might be to look at possible lighting approaches with a bit less emphasis on formula and a bit more emphasis on intuition.

The main reason that this possible issue has been drawn to my attention is because of the conflicts and fights that often take place in forums. I'm wondering if part of this miscommunication be attributed to the left/right brain thing...but how knows...I could be totally on the wrong track...

Anyhow, I'm curious to see what kind of results people around here get when doing the short test. Or if this test even works at all? Maybe it's just the silhouette of the naked girl that appealed to me.

Very interesting link, IMO. Thanks for that.

I see her turning clockwise = Right Brain

I feel the attributes listed do, in fact, describe me pretty well...

I especially like the characteristic "Gets It..." (meaning)
I can usually pull the intended meaning out of some pretty obscure images and perspectives

Yep - I came up with the same results as you did...

Interesting. I can see both! At first I was left brained, but then I looked away and now it's all right brain. How screwed up am I?

Rudi wrote in post #6582044
Interesting. I can see both! At first I was left brained, but then I looked away and now it's all right brain. How screwed up am I?

"Abby somebody... Abby Normal..."

Rudi wrote in post #6582044
Interesting. I can see both! At first I was left brained, but then I looked away and now it's all right brain. How screwed up am I?

You're not screwed up! That might just mean that you can ride the fence between the two types of thinking...maybe you're a peacemaker...I've often thought that a lot of photojournalists ride the fence right in between left-right brained since they can often do well in academic university and a rigid deadlines-oriented newspaper environment yet still talk like a fruit artist when it comes to taking a picture. Anyhow, I don't think that is a bad thing at all

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #6582049
"Abby somebody... Abby Normal..."

hahaha

She's turning? Looks like she's pole dancing to me.

Seriously though I don't consider that test to be worth a damn.

I know for a fact I have no feeling so I can't be right brained. I'm more logic-based than bleeding heart, and yet I see her spinning clockwise.

cdifoto wrote in post #6582126
She's turning? Looks like she's pole dancing to me.

Does that mean your answer is "none of the above" or "neither" ?

I can change the way she is spinning in my mind. I don't think it really gives a clear indication of anything. It's all about perception and whether or not you think she is spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise. Think about it whilst looking at it and you will soon discover that you can change the way she is spinning.

cdifoto wrote in post #6582134
I know for a fact I have no feeling so I can't be right brained. I'm more logic-based than bleeding heart, and yet I see her spinning clockwise.

No feeling? Do you mean feeling towards others? That's still a feeling because it's the feeling of self-love over all else. That's classic Narcissism. Has anybody ever accused you of being that before?

"Bleeding heart" is often a negative term used to describe people of the political left. The fact that it's a negative term means it's emotion based and not factual. So is your "logic based" on an emotion? If so, the argument could be made that you're right-brained for using an emotional term to describe your perceived antithesis.

Just having some fun

I think the test is flawed - I've always known I was very left-centric, and yet I cannot even conceive of how the dancer could be seen as turning anti-clockwise..

cdifoto wrote in post #6582134
I'm more logic-based than bleeding heart, and yet I see her spinning clockwise.

Ditto...

Gentleman Villain wrote in post #6582205
No feeling? Do you mean feeling towards others? That's still a feeling because it's the feeling of self-love over all else. That's classic Narcissism. Has anybody ever accused you of being that before?

Yes - other internet psychologists on forums. Actually, I think it was on here. Maybe it was you.

I was being saracastic anyway. I do have feeling, but I'll take facts over a crying jag.

AdamC wrote in post #6582218
I cannot even conceive of how the dancer could be seen as turning anti-clockwise..

Me either. I even tried to "force" her to spin the other way. She refused.