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Left and Right Brain
In my previous article, Understanding the Left & Right Brain, posted on the site in October 2013, I discussed two major differences between the Left & Right Brain:

The Left hemisphere is sequential, while the right hemisphere is simultaneous.
Motoric skills of one side of the body are controlled by the contralateral part of the brain.

In that article I gave an example of image and showed how the affect of leading lines cater to our Left Brain rather than the Right and the optimal direction when choosing a composition would be to direct the viewers gaze from Left to Right which makes us prefer the image on the left below where the leading lines are directing our gaze from left to right rather than the flipped mirrored image.
 
Capilano Suspension Bridge
I received quite a few responses to my article were people asked to make the claim that maybe we prefer this direction (left to right) due to our language in the west of reading from left to right.  I ...

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Sharon Tenenbaum was educated as a Civil Engineer in Israel, and practicing as a Professional Engineer in Vancouver Canada. In late 2007 she made a decision to part from engineering in order to pursue her passion for photography after being inspired by a life-changing journey to South East Asia. Her passion for photography started with street photojournalism, yet combined with her original background as a Civil Engineer, her work covers a wide gamut of subject matter from ‘in the moment’ Photojournalism to Fine Art Architectural Photography which is a perfect marriage of her engineering and artistic sides. In a relative short period she has managed to define an artistic direction and distinctive style in her work, acquiring international recognition in the process. Sharon has numerous fine art international awards and her work has been published in several magazines including National Geographic. As a Photographer, Tenenbaum is a self-taught artist, having learned her craft through personal research and practical experience behind the camera. In her work she incorporates a Long Exposure technique to expand the expressive dimensions of her art. Although an artist at heart, Sharon enjoys teaching and sharing with others her photography techniques and vision. She teaches Fine Art Photography Workshops around the world and has produced two video tutorials and written two ebooks. One on ‘How to Create Long Exposure Fine art Photography’ and the second: ‘Left & Right Brain, A photographers understanding of these mindsets and how the affect our visual interpretation of art’.
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