Crosses at Santa Rosa Pass (from the project In Passing) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale One of the outcomes from having my project In Passing  (Bad Trip - Sad Trip) published in LensWork, is being able to see what my images would look like published in a small book.  Granted, I will have a slightly larger image in... Continue Reading →

Last week after my return from China, I had my interview with Brooks Jensen, the Co-Editor of LensWork magazine in preparation for the LensWork Extended DVD and print editions. I am always fastinated with the reactions that I receive from my images, and this conversation was no exception.  I knew that Brooks would want to... Continue Reading →

Ok, so what about LensWork, issue 74, to be published January/February 2008?  Because that is going to be the issue that my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip (subsequently titled In Passing) is going to be published in!! I received notification from LensWork earlier this week while I was in JiaXing. I have scheduled the... Continue Reading →

Heart Broken Fence  (from the originally titiled project: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale This is the other Victorville road side tribute memorial that is located about 150 feet from the Halloween Costume image I made earlier this week.   The other memorial you can see from the I-15 freeway, but this one is not really... Continue Reading →

One of the points that Brooks Jensen was making when he was suggesting to work on a body of work as a series/project, is also consider what the end game is (okay, that's my paraphrase, not a quote).  One option is to exhibit the series and another is to publish it. I have a strong... Continue Reading →

Culver Exit - San Diego Freeway  (From the originally titled project: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale I don't know how long this tiny memorial has been hiding in the shadows of these pine trees, but it is one of those small memorials hiding in plain site.  I saw it for the first... Continue Reading →

Wildflowers  (from the original titled project Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale The modifications to this image were two fold, the obvious (to me in retrospect) was to lighten the overly dark upper sky (bring back the blue slider in the B&W adjustment layer) and the subtle (after last nights dinner of leftover fried Crow) was adjusting the shadows (curve adjustment layer) to... Continue Reading →

Oi!, my IT guy has me back on line, so this should have been posted yesterday as the Photo of the Day, but I think you'll understand;- ) Best regards, Doug