10/18/2022
As I predicted, the most popular image was number one.
And as I mentioned before, what we like to see is still subjective but here are the things that draw us in, universally.
The one, I most personally find beautiful is the Fibonacci spiral or golden spiral. It’s what some of us called, sacred geometry. It’s the spiral shape in many things in nature. Snail shells, flowers and many things microscopic. We are drawn to it because it’s natural and it indicates a sense of life. It works best for us if it lands on a vertical or horizontal axis, rather than an angle.
The second thing that most of us are drawn to, is we like to see shadows drop to the bottom right of images. We also, in our culture, that reads left to right, prefer our light source coming from the left. The shadow on the right side holds our attention as though there is a boundary that keeps us in the image, simply because our eyes are drawn to lighter parts of images.
Some of the other things, you each commented on individually, are also correct. Simply, because that’s what you saw and that’s what worked for you.
This is the beauty of art. As individuals, we bring our own experiences and they shape what we see. Really, it is the viewer who is truly the artist.
If however, you are taking photographs for marketing, some of the more common experiences will give you a greater range of audience. But if you want to be a bit of a wild artist, like some of my more graphic and bold work, you might want to deliberately create discomfort, which I do on purpose. The discomfort makes people stop, question and take another look.
So both techniques can work!
