I've been taking a lot of photographs lately, and all that looking at my camera made me aware of something; it is designed for use by right handed people. The majority of controls are on the right side of the camera body.

I wondered if left handers have trouble working a camera? Are there left handed cameras?

My daughter is left handed so I have some familiarity with the challenges can be a part of the left handed life. But I'm also aware of how often leftys are actually more ambidextrous than purely left handed. Is this because they've had to be or is there more to it?

Some researching showed that most ambidextrous people have either been forced into it, as back when schools forced left handed children to do everything right handed, or have they chosen it on their own to adapt to the right handed world they live in. The truly ambidextrous person is rare. The highest percentage of ambidextrous people are usually left dominant by nature.

My daughter does many things right handed because she just adapted to the right handed implements in the world, but I will say that she did it with an ease that surprised me. I'm an ambidextrous fencer even though I am definitely a righty. I started practicing both ways right from the start so that I wouldn't build up muscles on one side of my body but not on the other. When I received a fencing injury to my right hand, I was able to keep fencing while it healed, discovering that I was as good left handed as right.

Have you ever tried to use your week hand? Did you have much success?