Looking at one photograph at a time
So our COVID-19 saga continues, thus my working title for this photograph is Turbulent Times, and the fourth in this daily series, with #3 here (Photo #3). I foresaw the potential for this photograph in both color as well as black & white, mostly due to the monotone colors of the foreground weeds. You can... Continue Reading →
For a group of local photographers during these COVID-19 days as a slight diversion, we are posting five photographs during the week for others to provide comments on. We have setup a private Facebook group to facilitate this which anybody can easy emulate. FYI, why "private" is only to keep the discussion within the small... Continue Reading →
I will have to say that the COVID-19 concerns is taking an emotional toll and one solution to my anxiety is to take a long walk in the adjacent canyon. Since I was one of the few people walking (or bike riding) in the canyon, I was doing my part for social distancing. Minimal social... Continue Reading →
Copyright Douglas Stockdale - I have been writing a series of articles about landscape photography, which I think is equally applicable to nature or urban landscape genres. Most recently I had been surprised by some of my photographic results and then with that new knowledge, I was able to then able to pre-visualize and photograph similar... Continue Reading →
Over the past week, I published two articles, experimental/play and covid-19 impact, in conjunction with using a new series of photographs that I have been creating. I am trying to get my head around this new series of experimental photographs that appear like an organic versions of the Abstract Expressionist movement form the 1950's and... Continue Reading →
The social changes being made as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted all of my events over the next coupe of months. The book workshop is in the process of being rescheduled for sometime next Fall and once that is sorted out, then the date for the book lecture will be announced as... Continue Reading →
Recently when I wrote about being surprised when I returned to the studio to find a totally unexpected as well as unimaginable landscape, I was poked about being surprised about the resulting images. If I were on a commercial shoot, I would probably being evaluating each frame, as a client is not going to pay... Continue Reading →
As we have seen in recent days, there are a lot of adjustments being made to public events here in the United States, as well as the rest of the world, due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) concerns. Today Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) rescheduled the opening reception of their Faculty exhibition, being... Continue Reading →
Ann Mitchell, a local friend of mine, just announced her photographic exhibit in Sacramento and discusses her imagined landscape photographs that comprise her body of work. I was very intrigued by her describing black and white landscapes in this context as being imagined and perhaps this resonated with me for a reason; I think that... Continue Reading →
I will have to admit, my Middle Ground project took off faster than I was prepared for that in quick succession I was offered a solo exhibition, which then required the production/launch of my artist book. In retrospect, I think I knew who my audience was, but maybe not as well as I could have.... Continue Reading →
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