How Image Quality Effects the Impression Created by Facial Photographs

摘要

This research investigated the effects that image quality exerts on how the personality of the subject in a photograph is estimated. We changed the image quality of photographs of the same subjects, and assessed their personalities using the SD method. The results of our investigations revealed that three factors emerge in the perception of personalities. The fact that image quality also exerts an influence on the impression created of the subject was also confirmed. A comparison between photographs of a male and a female revealed the interesting result that while brightness and contrast have similar effects on both, sharpness exerts varying influences.