We did a little family trip to the Long Beach Aquarium (Aquarium of the Pacific) today, which was a lot of fun and with an adult to child ration of 1:1, just about right! They have a bunch of kid oriented areas, with the usually touch the fish stuff, but they also have a small bird... Continue Reading →
Editioned Folio: In Passing
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 →
2007 Goals assessment
Copyright Douglas Stockdale • I think that is a great idea to spend a little time to reflect on how well I have accomplished my goals for the past year, both for a learning experience and also to be able to pat my self on the back a little. I had a couple of modest... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and I am wishing you all the very best for the holidays! Warmest regards, Doug
Reflecting on 2007
As I end the year 2007, it is a time of reflection, about all of the events that occured and the experiences that I had. Did the year 2007 go as planned? NOPE Is that a bad thing or a good thing? Good thing, as it went better than I had planned;- ) My professional background... Continue Reading →
LensWork #74 update – In Passing
Canyon Tracks, Nevada from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip & published in LensWork #74 I just recieved my advance copy of LensWork #74 and it looks wonderful! I am one of four photographers, the others being Josef Hoflehner, Ann Miller and Barry Wolf. There are 21 images from my series in the print edition, the full... Continue Reading →
PingHu China: Placid Lake
After the first of the year, I will be returning to China for another two to three weeks. This time I will be at PingHu in the Zhejiang Providence, which is actually near JiaXing where I was at in October - Novemeber. You have to know which Providence for PingHu, as there are about six cities... Continue Reading →
Art is a Verb
Well, first, I am not sure that I have fully bought into the 'Art is a Verb' thing. So I thought I might take a very big liberty and quote Colin from our off-line discussion about an image that I had posted on Stills for comments. But after thinking about this, I do not feel that is not... Continue Reading →
Open to possibilities
Expecting rain today, so I planned to stay off the dirt roads. But no rain (yet), but it has made as far South as LA county. Surprise, instead there was fog! Last night, since I was expecting rain, I also thought I could sleep in a little more as there probably be not much to... Continue Reading →
Palm Lane
Palm Lane is another image that is being considered for my series Transitional Seam. And I find myself reconsidering what my intent is for this project as I keep proceeding. I had expected to create an equal amount of images of the new homes and businesses in this area. But lately it seems like I have... Continue Reading →