I liked this short article on how scientific research on the way we look at the world can improve our photography. Short depth of field, good contrast, lines, faces and shiny things, just to name a few. I like the reasoning behind though.
The Photographer's Guide to the Eye
"SURPRISE
In principle: Surprise is the strongest known attractor of human attention. The Bayesian Theory of Surprise provides a mathematical framework for quantifying the degree of incompatible data in an image. The scientific definition of surprise? A relationship between objects that changes your beliefs about the world.
In practice: Depict the unexpected, whether you stumble across it
(a good reason always to have a camera with you) or set it up."
Thursday, July 31, 2008
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