HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH

HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH
Read About Van Gogh's Secret Visit to Japan

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN
IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME IN MY LIFETIME

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...
Watercolor by R.L.Huffstutter

COMPARISONS IN ART

COMPARISONS IN ART
HIROSHIGE'S WORK ON LEFT, VAN GOGH'S ON RIGHT

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW
Shot with my Petri in Yokohama 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962
I took this with my PETRI in Kanagawa Prefecture

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

MY SINCERE THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO YOU

MY SINCERE THANKS AND GRATITUDE
TO YOU, THE MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE PERMITTED
ME TO EXHIBIT THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS IN OUR BLOG,
BLOGABOUTJAPAN
THANK YOU
Robert L. Huffstutter

JAPAN 1961


JAPAN 1961
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter
SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING IN JAPAN, I PURCHASED A PETRI at the Navy Exchange in Yokohama. It had the "new magic eye" or built-in light meter, a feature I thought would make a great difference in that I would not have to worry about Fstops and all the technical aspects. It was, in reality, a forerunner of the AUTOMATIC FEATURE. In other words, it was a point and shoot.

I shot many slides to begin with due to the high cost of color film. Hopefully, they are still in good shape, and I will be able to transfer them into photos and thus transfer them to my Flickr photostream. If there is a method for using a scanner to enlarge slides and get them into my system, I have not yet figured it out.

Through a contact in Flickr, I have been presented a Petri and am eagerly awaiting its arrival to see if it is still as fascinating as I recall. The best way to prove this, however, would be through board a JAL for Tokyo and then start shooting great photos. Maybe, sometime, I hope to return. It would be a second adventure of a lifetime.......Robert

Superset


Superset
Originally uploaded by David Kyle Craig
THIS MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPH, by David Kyle Craig, is one of my favorite photographs of a "rising sun." Although it was taken somewhere up in the California mountains where my friend, David, resides, it reminds me of a rising sun I have so often seen and remember when I lived in Japan many years ago. David Kyle Craig is truly one of America's best photographers. I suggest that all who see this image take the time to view his many magnificent photographs of the USA. Editor, Robert L. Huffstutter'
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Uploaded by David Kyle Craig on 12 May 09, 12.51PM PDT.