Looking at one photograph at a time
Sandstone Creek, Vail, February 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past week was a holiday vacation for a bit of skiing in Colorado, which was a ton of fun. We had great skiing conditions as well as some "braille" skiing in almost white-out conditions, which was a bit tough when I choose the wrong trail and... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Gardening for Ordnance) 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale First the good news; I have the Hasselblad back and I am resuming my photographic adventures with film again. The image with this post, untitled at the moment, is from the first roll for a camera/lens check as my first opportunity to test my used 120 mm... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, Bookdummy Proof of Concept, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale When I found myself in the midst of developing the Middle Ground project, I also went into a book development phase. I know that a photobook of some sort was where I would eventually end up with one at least aspect of the project. I... Continue Reading →
Super Blue Blood Moon, January 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale So I set the alarm for this morning to see the lunar eclipse of the Blue moon that would create the Blood Moon this morning, then set up the tripod as I expected a longer exposure. A bit too long of an exposure as probably the... Continue Reading →
Columbia boots, Oso Creek, January 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale After my leather Merrill hiking books bit the dust last week, I was in the market for some new books; waterproof, not necessarily leather, mid-ankle, not a low rider and although primarily for the terrain of Southern California, needed to work over a short duration in... Continue Reading →
Interesting Photobooks for 2017 selection by TPBJ staff 2017 photo copyright Douglas Stockdale Interesting and unexpected news this weekend; while working on the Middle Ground book dummy I received an email that stated my other photo-blog The PhotoBook Journal was named one of the top 20 blogs about photobooks. Very cool! Then it got better, much,... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, trimming for book dummy, January 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale So with the WH rhetoric back in full gear about the absurd Trumpian-wall, a good kick in the behind to finish my Middle Ground project! As I posted yesterday, while posting my seven day black & white challenge that in the studio I was... Continue Reading →
Arroyo Trabuco trail, December* 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale In addition to my new routine of morning walks during which I venture into the adjacent arroyo, back in the studio I have continued to work on my Middle Ground project. At the moment the Middle Ground project is not going include any black & white images... Continue Reading →
Tijeras Creek trail, December* 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale First off, I hope you were not thinking that I was including in my morning walks a visit to McDonald's, as I have enough troubles with shedding the last few pounds, least I indulge in a quarter-pounder with cheese. Sorry, although I don't want to offend any... Continue Reading →
Arroyo Trabuco trail, Orange County, December 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale This is the last day for the Seven Day Black & White Challenge, as if I was not going to create anymore black and white photographs again. yuk, yuk. I think that it was an opportunity to experiment a bit with some images that perhaps... Continue Reading →
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