Dear Tipsters, There has been some interesting work on left- and right-face portraits. For example, McManus and Humphrey (1973) found that the left side of the face was shown more than the right, and even more so for women.
Humphrey, N., & McManus, C. (1973). Status and the left cheek. New Scientist, 59, 437-439. For more recent work, see Chatterjee, a. (2002). Portrait profiles and the notion of agency. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 20, 33-41. For some work on side of face and recognition, see yours truly: McKelvie, S. J. (1983). Effects of lateral reversal on recognition memory for photographs of faces. British Journal of Psychology, 74, 391-4-7. Sincerely, Stuart ______________________________ "Rectu Cultus Pectora Roborant" Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke (Borough of Lennoxville), QC J1M 1Z7, Canada. "Floreat Labore" ______________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Mike Wiliams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 2:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re:[tips] Want to appear more rational? Put your right cheek forward. I also recall this from various photography books. It is called the Three-quarter shot. Rather than full-on 100%, only 75% of the face is shown. You tell the subject to face away at 90 degrees from the camera. Then smile and turn toward the camera. You take the shot when the eyes meet the camera. You will notice that 90% of professional portraits, even painted portraits are done this way. It produces the most attractive angle and lighting. Mike Williams On 8/18/12 1:00 AM, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest wrote: > Subject: Re: Want to appear more rational? Put your right cheek forward. > From: Ken Steele<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:32:24 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 11 > > > As a former photographer/photograpic assistant who was involved in > taking official portraits, I was trained that straight-on shots were > considered "aggressive" and revealed any asymmetries in the face. You > posed your subject to show more of one side of the face to hide facial > asymmetry. We tended to use the same side of the face across people > so that we didn't need to change the position of the lights/strobes. > > Ken > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Kenneth M. Steele, > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Professor > Department of > Psychologyhttp://www.psych.appstate.edu > Appalachian State University > Boone, NC 28608 > USA > --------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3&n=T&l=tips&o=19822 or send a blank email to leave-19822-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-19822-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19826 or send a blank email to leave-19826-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
