Jeffrey Stoner
Fine Art Photography
August 9, 2012Vol 11, Issue 2
Wild Phlox Trail
Just Think Outside
...the place for creativity
Welcome

Greetings!   

 

Serendipity is the act of finding something valuable not sought for.

 

The images featured in this newsletter are ones that I found on the way from or to my planned photography destination.  I always consider these images very special since they were not sought but I had the good luck to find.

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The Townsend Artisan Guild Exhibition at the Emporium in Knoxville began with a reception this past Friday evening.  I have four pieces in the show which is running through August 31st.

        

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The cover story in the August issue of A! Magazine for the Arts is on Fine Art Photography.  I was one of three photographers interviewed for the story which compares and contrasts our styles and the methods we use to create our fine art images. 

 

I believe you will enjoy reading this article.

  

 

Take care,

Jeffrey

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Creativity
The Hills are Alive
News and Gallery Updates
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Xanadu Gallery - Scottsdale AZ

Twigs and Leaves - Waynesville, NC 


Picture This - New Cumberland PA


Gallery Mallory - Abingdon, VA 

 

One Block East - Roanoke, VA  

 

RiverMill Art Gallery - Westfield, NJ 

The Art Association of Harrisburg, PA 

Robin's on Roan - Johnson City, TN 
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Creativity

 

Mountain Slide   

Mountain Slide
 
 

"One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else." 


                                                                     - Lawrence Block

 

Serendipitous

  

 Renewal

 Renewal 

 

This is my most recent serendipitous image.

 

I have always been attracted to "lone trees".  I was driving home after photographing steam locomotives for the previous four days when I spotted this tree.  I made a U-turn, pulled off the road, unloaded my camera and tripod and made this image.    

 

 

 Morning Colors           

Morning Colors

I was at a state park to photograph a sunrise balloon launch.  The balloons were late to arrive so I wandered down to the lake.  I saw these colorful boats lined up in a row with the sun just about to rise.  I set up my tripod, lined up the image and waited for the sun to appear over the trees.      

 

 

Reaching for the Best  

 Reaching for the Best 

 
I was biking around Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountains on the lookout for possible landscape shots.  Instead of a landscape I spotted this dear on it's hind legs nibbling at the dew covered leaves. 
 

 

 

Entwined Design   

 Entwined Design

 

Enlightened

Enlightened 

 

My plan was to hike the Big Bald area along the Appalachian Trail on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina.  The weather was cold and windy and after hiking for a while and realizing the weather wasn't going to clear I decided to look for somewhere else to photograph.  I left the area and drove along some back roads where I spotted the vehicles in the above images.       

Gallery  / Exhibition Updates

Destination Townsend

Knoxville Emporium Center, Tennessee  

August 3 through 31

 

I have four images in this exhibition by the members of the Townsend Artisian Guild.     

Emporium Flyer 

 

 

The Meaning in Trees

Panoramic Gallery of the William King Museum, Abingdon VA

October 30 through December 1, 2012

  

Trees are an integral part of many of my images. From a tree standing alone in the landscape to a tree-lined trail through the woods they elicit feelings of wonder, strength and comfort.

 

I invite you to view The Meaning in Trees and to join me for an artist's reception on Thursday evening November 1st.  This is also the same night as Abingdon's "First Thursday" when the other art venues in town are open late.   

 

 

 

I greatly appreciate your interest in my photography and for subscribing to Just Think Outside

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Stoner
Fine Art Photography
423-367-5850