DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DOMINANT EYE IS AND HOW IT INFLUENCES YOUR WAY OF TAKING PICTURES? FIND OUT

Today I will talk about something that normally nobody talks about or few people consider. This is the dominant eye, which is usually the one you look through the viewfinder to take your pictures. Could you tell me right now, without much thought, with what eye is it with which you look? Surely you will have to think about it a bit because it is something that we do not usually be aware of. However, it can be a subject that affects our ergonomics and comfort when shooting. Do you want to stay to discover it?

WHAT IS THE DOMINANT EYE?

The first thing is to place ourselves. What does dominant eye mean? The dominant eye is the one with the greatest visual acuity and also controls the depth. The other will handle peripheral and spatial vision. The sum of both information is what allows us a three-dimensional vision. Knowing what your dominant eye is can also help you at other times or situations, for example, when looking through a microscope, bowling, archery, etc.

HOW DOES IT AFFECT PHOTOGRAPHY?

If your dominant eye is the right one, when looking through the viewfinder with it you may not notice anything strange. However, if it is the left one, you will find moments when your nose will hinder you, for example, when using the buttons or rear wheels of the camera. I often asked myself why when I saw other people taking pictures it seemed so easy and when shooting I looked a little duck, it was a bit unsightly and uncomfortable. And it seemed that I was hiding behind the camera.

When you hide behind the camera and not because of shyness

Then I discovered this from the dominant eye and felt less clumsy , there was an explanation and that calmed me down. At the same time it helped me. It will also depend on the type of camera you use, where the manual controls are located, etc. I speak from my experience;). And it is that without wanting it, as nobody tells you which eye you have to look at (this does not usually come in the instruction manual ), your dominant eye tends to appropriate the viewfinder, although not always. Sometimes first and sometimes little by little. And it happens unconsciously. Surely you don't even remember how you started looking through that eye, right?

CHECK YOUR DOMINANT EYE

Do you want to know what your dominant eye is? There are several ways, I tell you two:

Locate an object that is about two meters away. Point it out with your index finger. Now close one eye and see if the finger keeps pointing at the object or is displaced. Then wink the other eye. The eye you have open when your finger is still pointing at the object is the dominant one.
This is not suitable for you can not wink both eyes (as a servant who only knows how to wink right). Stretch your arms and form a triangle with the thumbs and index of both hands. Frame a motif through that triangle that is at least two meters away. First wink. Then the other. The eye you have open while the motive remains framed will be the dominant one.

You can repeat the exercise as many times as you want, you will see how the same thing always happens;).

LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED?

Although you can think about it, nothing has to do if you are left-handed so that your dominant eye is the right or the left. I am right-handed myself, and yet my dominant eye is the left. Sometimes it matches and sometimes it doesn't. The odds are high, 50%;).

SOLUTION

If it does not cause you any problem or inconvenience and being the left or the right your dominant eye you shoot comfortably, because you do not have to solve anything. But if it happens to me like I was fighting with my nose and buttons there is an easy, easy solution: to look with the right keeping both eyes open. The right looks through the viewfinder, the left open controls the entire scene. Yes, it requires a bit of training, but when you catch the trick you will see the advantages and most likely you don't want to shoot with the left again;).

One solution is to look with the right keeping the left open

There are also those who use a grip or grip for comfort or who finds their ideal camera, with the buttons just where you need them. In the end, the most important thing is that you find your most comfortable way to shoot. It may seem silly but it isn't. The comfort when taking pictures is a decisive factor. If you are distracted by small details that should not be relevant, you can mislead the main objective, the photo, a good composition, focus well and capture the right moment. That is why it is important that you find your comfort and that nothing distracts you when it comes to capturing photographs. If you found it useful or you think you know someone who may be interested in this information, please share it on your favorite social networks, surely someone thanks you. Thank you and see you soon!

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