Looking at one photograph at a time
CA-241 Tollroad, Coto de Coza, California Copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale Some may call it serendipity, while Christians would say that this is the quiet voice of the Lord, but an odd chain of events started this last Saturday when I received a unsolicted photobook, Afterwards, edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer, for a potential review on my blog The PhotoBook. As I stated... Continue Reading →
Oregon route 30, copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale This was a mixed day working on my project In Passing; tweaking photographis, printing for my revised book dummy, which I now have all of the photographic prints in the straight black & white mode to start the sequencing and pairing design process. I have also finished linking up all... Continue Reading →
Tollroad, Rancho Santa Margarita Copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale For me, it is always interesting how one thing may lead to another. Last week I finally started the re-work of my project Insomnia: Hotel Noir, specifically to remove the blue tint from the images and return to Black & White basics. While printing the Insomnia images for... Continue Reading →
California State Route 241, Rancho Santa Margarita (Roadside Remembrance) copyright 2009 Douglas Stockdale I have been continuing to work on the thorny problem of 1) selling my self-published books, 2) the high cost of the Blurb published books if I publish something really nice with them, and the 3) potentially limited distribution channels because of... Continue Reading →
I am very pleased to announce that my hardcover book In Passing will continue to be available at the 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, OR. This is the first gallery bookstore that one of my books is available at. nice. So now I need to add this information to my web site and figure how to continue to promote... Continue Reading →
Last night I received the nice news that the second edition of my book In Passingwas juried into the Photo+Book exhibition at the 23 Sandy Galleryin Portland, OR. The exhibition will run the month of March, which coincides with my book making workshop at the 23 Sandy Gallery in mid-March. Okay, coincidence that my book... Continue Reading →
After I had recevied my first copy of the Second Edition In Passing, I realized that I had missed a formatting mistake on one page. So then I had to decide, do I want to correct the mistake and reload it back up to Blurb which will result in getting a new locator number or not. I am... Continue Reading →
I received my "production proof", or the first printed copy of In Passing from Blurb a couple of days ago, so I have been going over it in detail. So first thoughts: larger size is very impressive, as is the image-wrap hardcover book. At 80 pages (40 sheets), it is on the minimum size for... Continue Reading →
In Passing, Second Edition, Blurb, 2008 by Douglas Stockdale I had thought that the next book that I was going to publish was going to be my Sharpening book. Surprise! It turns out to be the second edition of my series, In Passing. First the good news. New size, the Blurb large horizontal 13 x 11",... Continue Reading →
Seems that the fourth revision, but second edition, to my book In Passing is moving along at a brisk pace. For those who have not followed along for the past year, my very first printed (version) proof was a mess. But out that publishing experience came my how-to book, Sharpening Photographs for Blurb Printing. nice. My second version... Continue Reading →
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