Then they may think they are arty photos because they think they are supposed to think that.

For example. I love b&w. Just about anything I shoot for me I convert to b&w, unless there is a really good reason to leave it color. Why do I love b&w? It's more me, more my style.

Some people think b&w is strictly for fine art type stuff. Why on earth would you want a picture of your kid in b&w? Wouldn't you lose so much detail (color)? Look at that really neat SpongeBob shirt! That would look much better in color (frankly, I don't think they ever look good!)

So for them, anything in b&w is automatically going to fall into an "arty" catagory, as opposed to maybe just family photos. Whereas for me, 90% of my family photos are b&w.

Same goes with blur. If it's something out of the ordinary for someone, they are more likely to comment on it.

So the blurry photos maybe are preconcieved as arty photos, whether or not you intended them to be something more than just playing around.

Did that make sense?

adina