DEFINITIONS OF THE "ART PHOTO" by R.L.Huffstutter

THE DEFINITION OF THE "ART PHOTO"

by R.L.Huffstutter

Almost everyone has an album or a box full of snapshots taken throughout the years.

In each album and within every box of these images of times past, there is an art photo, a photograph that is a favorite, a photo for whatever reason appeals to one's senses. That's to say, there is an image that fills the viewer with emotion. The emotion might be one of joy, one of sorrow, an image that returns one's mind to another place, another time.

The art photo is one that was taken to express the moment; this photo makes an impression. The art photo that is like a painting that is one of impressionism and expressionism, the photo that is the personal masterpiece of the photographer that took the picture. The photographer is the artist, the picture is the "art photo."

Art photos, then, are not French postcards with images of scantily-clad or naked women. The art photo, the American picture, the masterpiece within the box or in the album.

MEMORIES OF ENOSHIMA

MEMORIES OF ENOSHIMA

paintprogram illustration by R.L.Huffstutter

BACKYARD CRITTERS IN THE MIDWEST

MY GRANDSON'S LAB CORNERED A CRITTER

IN THE GIANT MAPLE TREE AND BARKED HALF THE NIGHT. IT WAS A VIRTUAL GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK WITHIN THE COVER OF A TREE ALREADY HOME TO HALF A DOZEN SQUIRREL FAMILIES AND SUSPICIOUS OTHER CRITTERS OF

VARIED SIZES AND SORTS. IT MADE A GREAT NIGHT

OF SHOOTING RACOONS

WITH HIS DIGITAL

CANON.

THERE WERE MANY OTHER IMAGES BUT FOR SOME

REASON, EACH IMAGE APPEARED THE SAME; IN EACH IMAGE

TWO WHITE DOTS, THE EYES OF THE ANXIOUS CRITTER, LOOKED ALMOST THE SAME, A LITTLE LARGER EACH TIME UNTIL THE RACOON

MADE A BREAK AND ESCAPED TO THE FREEDOM OF HIS NIGHT.

pencils with magical properties

AS IN THE BEGINNING

by R.L.Huffstutter

"...as in all things, there must be a beginning and that beginning begins upon one's first joy from viewing what another person has defined as art," stated Earl R. Stonebridge in a recent interview. "What I enjoy about art is the difference between opinions."

DEFINITIONS OF THE ART PHOTOGRAPH

By Earl R. Stonebridge

TIME OUT FROM A WORKOUT By R.L.Huffstutter

TIME OUT FOR REST AND

RENEWING BODY AND SPIRIT

photo by R.L.Huffstutter

IT'S A GREAT MESSAGE...In today's fast-paced society with so much emphasis centered on the right nutrition and physical excellence, it was pleasant to view an attractive and physically fit young woman taking time out from her jogging to relax the muscles. Certainly, she was the focus of more than a few admiring glances and a minimum of scowls, but my congratulation to this lady for being intelligent and uninhibited enough to rest her body and renew her energy.