Title :
Measuring the perceived aesthetic quality of photographic images
Author :
Cerosaletti, Cathleen Daniels ; Loui, Alexander C.
Author_Institution :
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
There have been few studies that empirically assess the perception of aesthetics in photography. This study addressed a few image attributes that were hypothesized to be important to the perception of aesthetics. Thirty consumer photographers evaluated 450 images in a repeated measures factorial experiment and provided artistic quality ratings on a 0 to 100-point scale. The image set balanced main subject size, images with people and without people, and the type of perspective cue. Three first-party scenes supplied by each observer were evaluated by all observers in the study. Study results indicate that aesthetic preferences were mediated by all three of the study variables as a significant threeway interaction. Principal component and cluster analyses provided further insight into other features that impact aesthetic preference. Images in this study formed a continuum of quality ranging from low aesthetic and low technical quality to high aesthetic and high technical quality.
Keywords :
digital photography; image resolution; principal component analysis; visual perception; artistic quality ratings; cluster analysis; consumer photographers; first-party scenes; image attributes; perceived aesthetic quality; perspective cue; photographic images; principal component analysis; technical quality; Animals; Art; Design for experiments; Layout; Painting; Photography; Production; aesthetic; photography; psychology; user modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Quality of Multimedia Experience, 2009. QoMEx 2009. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4370-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4370-3
DOI :
10.1109/QOMEX.2009.5246977