I'm still working on the compositional issues.....
Photo of the day: Freeway neighborhood
Series updates
For my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip, I just received permission from Simon Denison to quote him from the Introduction of his book Quarry Land for my artistic statement. I have complete about 50% of my sanity check on the printing and titles to the images of the series. My web site, which has about 50%... Continue Reading →
Photo of the Day: Freeway series
You may have noticed a slight change in my postings recently, that is the "Photo of the Day". This is three fold, first being that I was kinda burned out with the completion of the Bad Trip - Sad Trip series. Second was that I was not sure that I had anything meaningful to add... Continue Reading →
ArtBiz101 – Marketing the Product
When most folks think about the Product that they are marketing, they usually thing of tangibles. Something that you can hold and feel. For an artist, a real tangible woud be an original painting or prehaps a framed and matted photograph or print. The actual image on the print may be my own creation, or perhaps I work under contract... Continue Reading →
Viva Las Vegas
Actually this is yesterday's photo of the day, but not able to process and upload until I returned to our studio this afternoon. We did a quick sprint to Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon to help pack out and move a very good friend of ours (yes, it was 105 degrees F, Yikes), finishing late last... Continue Reading →
CS3: ACR 4.1 with JPEG
Brussels, Dusk I have one image that I made at dusk while walking through Brussels that I keep aside for trying new image manipulation "tricks". My issue is the sky; blank and overexposed, lost. One of those JPEG images that I made before turning to RAW. I really like what was happening on the street, especially as... Continue Reading →
OCMA auction item
Tired Bones copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale - My framed and matted image Tired Bones is now available for bid in conjunction with the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) non-profit fund rasing art auction. I created a large special edition print for this fund raising auction, with an image size of 15" x 32-1/2", printed with pigment... Continue Reading →
Larry Surfing
Having mentioned my surfing safari at San Onofre, I thought that I would share with perhaps the best image of the batch. I printed a small bunch of other images from the shoot in color photographs for my sister and brother in law, Larry, but I liked this one enough to try my Black & White mojo.... Continue Reading →
Grandfather’s Clock
While reviewing some of the images that I had made on my Napa trip last month, I remembered this image that I had made when dining at Bouchon's in Yountville. As I sat in this corner booth, I looked up to see a clock that was almost identical to my Grandfather's basement clock. After my Grandfather passed... Continue Reading →
