Looking at one photograph at a time
I am continuing to muddle over the comments regarding Contemporary Landscape Photography and the idea of appearing neutral in the presentation of the visual facts. And perhaps what it means to be objective. Taking this from a different mental perspective may help me, that is, what is a Great Landscape Photograph? I think that the use... Continue Reading →
I have not seen anyone else mention this, but Brooks Jensen in the recent issue of LensWork (No. 75 Mar-April 2008) announced that this was the last issue of the magazine that will be available for purchase in bookstores. From here on out, you will obtain your copies of LensWork either by subscription or single issue purchase before the subscription issues are... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Transition, Winter Storm, China) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale - This is the part that drives me crazy. (which is dangerous to say when you live in Southern California). I come up with a great idea for a series, which in this case is a working title of Wo Zhi Kankan (I'm Just Looking) a... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Road to PingHu, Winter, China) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale One of the responses to the question, "what makes a Contemporary Landscape Photography?", was the need for it to be viewed as 'objective'. I think that objectivity is what we want from a judge, to be detached from the proceedings and ensure no bias. Which is a good thing... Continue Reading →
Winter Field, JiaShan, China (Wo Zhi KanKan - I am just Looking) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale - When I read a question asked by Miguel Garcia-Guzman on his blog Exposure Compensation (2014 update: the Exposure Compensation blog has been removed and has a new owner) regarding what constitutes Contemporary Great Portrait Photography, that started a kernel of thinking as... Continue Reading →
Since my visit to China, and specifically here in PingHu, was very brief, very much a cultural snapshot, a brief slice of time. Thus, I was unable to tell by looking at this family owned business, which came first, the development of the industrial park, or were they just lucky that the government did not allow their small factory... Continue Reading →
While wandering around in this new industrial complex that was recently built in PingHu, I found this room. It was a large room in size, not neccessarily in height, part of a clean room area for future medical device assembly. The Chinese have a number of windows in their facilities, but they are usually masked with... Continue Reading →
What I am realizing is that my series Open During Construction (Zhao Chang Ying Ye) is getting a little more complex than some of my earlier work as it relates to scope. Most of my earlier projects were united under a theme and althought they did change over time, but remained realitivly one dimensional. I had an... Continue Reading →
I thought that this made a better blog title than quit being lazy! I have found that as I work a series of photographs, I have been doing some shortcut evaluations and not really taking the images to where I can fully evaluate them. Such that I was going from camera, to RAW editor, to Photoshop... Continue Reading →
Okay, so sometimes when titling an image, I get a little carried away and think that I have a visual pun. Part of this is pretty obvious, eh? So at the moment, I am not sure what the title of this will be, but I have in this image in consideration for my series Open... Continue Reading →
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