wrong-handed spanking

I'm used to seeing both left-handed and right-handed spankers, and often a spanker will switch to their worse hand for the sake of the practise; or, during a caning, to ensure that my left cheek takes a turn at receiving the brunt of the impact (because they're so kind and fair like that). It works both ways - sometimes a spanker who wants to train up their weaker hand will spank less hard at first no matter how hard they try, and I can enjoy the slight reprise. (And secretly laugh at them. Haha, just kidding.) But switching sides during a caning makes it hurt much more - my left cheek is more sensitive than my right, having been the victim of far fewer cane-tip impacts in its time, and not had as much opportunity to toughen up.

In all these cases, however, the spanker switches their or my position to compensate for the change in direction. I've never heard of a spanker, say, using their right hand for a spanking where the spankee is also facing right. However, that's exactly what seems to be happening in these vintage spanking pics:





Is the pose in the first photo simply an attempt at an interesting composition? Is the second because the whip is too long to be used in the correct hand - and is it actually likely to be effective from that position, or is this just an implausible tableau?¹

It's not just a feature of vintage photos, either:



(thanks to the Spank Statement for this image)

1. I do love the way the spankee is arranged across the three chairs, though - implausible or not, it's a really hot image. Particularly the spanker's expression. Mmmm :)