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Jason Theodor

Jason Theodor (aka jted) is a Creative Consultant, Creative Director, Creative Writer, Creative Speaker, Creative Teacher.

The Creative Method and Systems is the culmination of 5 years thought on the subject of creativity, with the aim to take ideas to the next level and actualize them.

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August 18th, 12:09pm 0 comments

Human Field of View

The human visual system has a field of view of around 135 x 200 degrees, but a typical compact camera has a field of view of only 35 x 50 degrees.

How much information are we MISSING by viewing/capturing everything on our digital devices? When I filmed my son's preschool graduation ceremony I felt like I wasn't even there, that I watched it all on a 3" screen instead. When Barack Obama was inaugurated, I noticed that his youngest oldest daughter Sasha Malia never lifted her eyes from the back of her point-and-shoot camera (Kodak EasyShare M893). We are editing out our peripheral experiences.

The quote at the top of this post comes from an application site that many of my friends (like @drelabre) are trying out on their iPhones: AutoStitch. It won't replace the human visual system, but it might give us more to remember.

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