Gardening for Ordnance series, copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale - Yesterday, I posted my lament about living in Southern California with the constant sunny days and corresponding blue skies. A very warm and cheerful place to reside, but potentially problematic if one wants to create dark and stormy photographs. Just no clouds to add to any... Continue Reading →
Blue sky Blues
I do enjoy living in Southern California. I really do. The beautiful blue sky was one of the many delights as a result of our move from the Midwest where the presence of a sunny day might be measured in terms of minutes per day. It is just that when someone suggests that there should... Continue Reading →
Gardening for Ordnance – book-dummy
The past two weekends have been pretty intense, the first being the LACP Exposure Weekend immediately followed by subsequent weekend that was an extended workshop on self-examination. So you could saw that one weekend was listening to others and the other was listening to myself. And both weekends are impacting how I examine my project... Continue Reading →
Mini Portfolio effective alternative at Portfolio Reviews
This is a quick assessment following up on my recent article about preparing for a Portfolio Review, which I had the pleasure (and angst) to be sitting on both sides of the review table. I just returned from the LACP 2019 Exposure Weekend in Marina del Rey in which I was a portfolio reviewer and... Continue Reading →
LACP Portfolio Review prep
The LACP Exposure Weekend will start tomorrow morning here in Los Angeles and I am getting the last minute preparations completed. At some moments, the above photograph, Disassociation, may well visually describe how I am feeling; a bit frantic with what seems like still too many things to do. Even with my background in project management... Continue Reading →
Sunset – Route 159 – Nevada
When I was recently provided the opportunity to offer some of my photographs for sale at my gallery, Fabrik Projects, one of the photographs I found myself thinking about was Sunset, Nevada State Route 159, above. This is from my Roadside Remembrance Memorials series. I was intrigued about relooking at this image due in big... Continue Reading →
Cascade – Spring – Placerita Canyon – Take two
I recently discussed that I will have a series of photographic prints for sale at my gallery, Fabrik Projects, in Los Angeles. The photograph I featured in that post was from my Foundations project, Cascade, Spring, Placerita Canyon that I photographed in 2006 with the Hasselblad using Kodak color negative film. I have made a... Continue Reading →
Contemporary Landscape Photography – Winter Field – JiaShan at Fabrik Projects
As I discussed a few days ago, I am creating a series of loose, un-matted photographic prints for sale at my gallery, Fabrik Projects, located in Los Angeles. One of the loose photographs that I have been thinking about making available at Fabrik Projects is the featured photograph above, Winter Field, JiaShan. This photograph has been a... Continue Reading →
Selling loose prints at Fabrik Projects
Note: Regretfully the Fabric Projects gallery in Los Angeles, CA, closed during COVID-19. These prints are still available directly from me. My gallery, Fabrik Projects, has started making available loose, unmated prints available for sale. When I was asked to submit a few photographs my initial response was if I were to participate, which ones?... Continue Reading →
Fabrik Projects – Artist of the Day
I found a nice surprise this morning when checking out Facebook; I am the Artist of the Day for Fabrik Projects gallery, featuring my photograph Ghost from my Memory Pods project. I did not expect to see that, but then again I know that Betsy Enzensberger, the new Gallery Manager at Fabrik Projects, is very... Continue Reading →