Looking at one photograph at a time
Surf-Rider II, Cyanotype, copyright 2012 Douglas Stockdale – Yesterday I wrote that I had worked all of the bugs out of my solar cyanotype printing process and that might ALMOST be the whole truth. That solar cyanotype that I featured was very much on the darker side, a ton of stuff going on in the shadows. After... Continue Reading →
Insomnia, Cyanotype, copyright 2012 Douglas Stockdale – Yesterday as I stated in my post, I printed a cyanotype, above, that confirms that I have my solar cyanotype printing process in a predictable amount of control. I liken this to my earlier zone system work when I was trying to have a film exposure-development combination that allowed me... Continue Reading →
Sea Palm I, Prismacolor over cyanotype, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale - At the moment, I am waiting for the results of today's solar cyanotype printing to dry-down, as I find the final results for a cyanotype print are not fully revealed until the following day. Something about that dry-down process. This is going to be... Continue Reading →
Ella copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale One of the interesting outcomes from publishing my artist book The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadows is a renewed interest in creating portraits. This artist book includes a series of staged self-portraits and some photographs of others who could represent me and others in the process of transitioning. A... Continue Reading →
Sea Palm I, #1 in a series of 5 (solar Cyanotype), copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale - As I started down the road of cyanotype printing, I have concurrently been reading a lot of articles related to the number of prints an artist might want to consider for a limited edition of that artwork. This print... Continue Reading →
Wo Zhi KanKan (I am Just Looking) (JiaShan, China) Copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale - Another morning in which I woke up with a list of plans and just like Charlie Brown, I wonder off and find myself working on sometime different. I just can't seem to stay on the reservation. That darn creative muse, eh?... Continue Reading →
Book reader (San Clemente Beach) 2021 copyright Douglas Stockdale - Always a wonderful way to start the morning when you find that you are being featured in a (virtual) photo magazine, which in my case, is The Eye of Photography (L'Oeil de la Photographie) published in France, for my series of book readers observed reading... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis: The Last Iceberg - copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale - I just love submission deadlines; these just seem to inspire me to actually get something done. LoL. In this case, it's a submission deadline for a singular project to Lenscratch by January 6th. And at the moment, I have more than one artist project... Continue Reading →
The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow - copyright Douglas Stockdale At the end of the year, I think it is both a healthy and great way to end one year and indirectly prepare for the next with a recap of the year's accomplishments. So a really quick overview of what has happened in 2022,... Continue Reading →
Copyright Douglas Stockdale - Another series I am planning to continue working on in 2023 is a derivative of my Quantum Elements body of work that I started due to the isolation issues of the COVID-19 when I was in self-quarantine in 2020. As a result of a happy accident, I became intrigued to start... Continue Reading →
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