Probably because of Hollywood - for some reason they always seem to shake with their left hands, which always stands out to me
I’m not sure what the reason is, but I’m sure it’s related
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orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Why do stock images always have the left hand shaking and not the right?
theneverfox@pawb.social 4 days ago
knightly@pawb.social 4 days ago
To oversimplify, it makes the image seem more balanced.
The audience for this image is folks who can read English and are therefore habituated to parse text and images from left to right. By having the hand-shaker on the left use their distant hand, they avoid becoming the dominant figure in the image, thus emphasizing the figure on the right and leading the eye toward it.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
That’s bat-crazy to me.
knightly@pawb.social 4 days ago
Yeah, once you know to look for gaze-directing design you’ll start seeing it everywhere. In movies and shows especially, a big factor in cinematography lies in how well the director can lead the audience’s focus.