Bluewater Shore, limited edition artist book, copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale Another of my projects this summer has been getting Bluewater Shore into bookstores here in the U.S. as well as in Europe. As is discussed at length in the Indie Photobook Publishing Guide that I posted yesterday, once your book is self-published, there can be... Continue Reading →
Beta Reader & Editor – The Indie Photobook Publishing Guide
copyright Eanna de Freine (The Velvet Cell) 2017 One of my summer projects has been working with Eanna de Freine on the development of his Indie Photobook Publishing Guide as a beta reader, editor as well as providing a self-publishing Case Study (one of 10) for my Bluewater Shore artist books. A number of friends have... Continue Reading →
Solving “Crunchy” photographs
Seaweed, San Clemente beach, June 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale A month ago I was discussing about my on-going summer beach series that I was posting on Instagram and when I was looking at the resulting print from this post, it appeared kind of "crunchy" (below). The foreground where the seaweed was has some odd halos and the... Continue Reading →
The Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion
Maria Piscopo – The Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion While developing my Marketing Your Photo Book workshop, I came across Maria Piscopo’s The Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion. Since this title was in its fifth edition I figured that this book has stood the test of time and photographer have kept buying it... Continue Reading →
Portfolio Reviewer for LACP last weekend
Dawn Watson, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, CA copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale This last weekend I was a guest portfolio reviewer for the LACP EXPOSURE 2017 portfolio reviews and on Saturday I was held at the dnj Gallery in Santa Monica's Bergamont (Arts) Station. Overall it was a great experience as a portfolio reviewer as I... Continue Reading →
LACP Book Marketing workshop schedule change!
I was just notified by LACP (Los Angeles Center of Photography) of a schedule conflict for my Marketing Your Photo Book one-day workshop that it has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 29th. This workshop will NOT occur on Saturday, July 22nd as previously announced. The good news is that all of my workshop materials and... Continue Reading →
Marketing Your Photo Book – Workshop at LACP
Photograph 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale Just a brief followup reminder from my earlier announcement in April that there is still space available for the LACP (Los Angles Center of Photography) workshop Marketing Your Photo Book which I am leading. Marketing and selling a photobook has similarities to photographic prints but there are enough nuances that if not addressed can end up... Continue Reading →
Seaweed, San Clemente beach
Seaweed, San Clemente beach, June 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale One of my recent experiment/fun projects has been to investigate photographic possibilities at the beach, which regretfully as a genre is a mine field of cliche photographs. So rather run from the obvious as I attempt to skirt around these cliches, the rather wonderful aspect of... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore PR photo do-over
Ready for a Holiday (Bluewater Shore) 2017 Douglas Stockdale Earlier in June I had set up the studio lights to re-photograph the interior of my limited edition artist book Bluewater Shore for some bookstore submissions. Recently looking at the resulting images, one of which is below, I realized that as a result of how I... Continue Reading →
Fathers Day & remembering Dad
Two rods, Newport Beach, June 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past weekend was Father's Day, a time to celebrate Dads and for some of us, to remember their Dad's who are no longer with us. In my case it was the later as my Dad had passed almost thirty years ago. Yesterday in honor of... Continue Reading →