Looking at one photograph at a time
Book making equipment, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale Last weekend was pretty intense; Saturday was the first day of my two day Intro to Photo Book Design workshop, which included the drive from south Orange County up to mid-town Los Angeles and back. Then Sunday back up to LA to judge the International Photo Book Competition... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale A couple of years ago I thought that I should try to establish a formal networking newsletter to update friends, family, photographers and gallery owners as to my recent accomplishments and news. So I signed up for the free version of MailChimp. Regretfully perhaps I was not in the best state... Continue Reading →
Ready for a Holiday (Bluewater Shore, artist book, self-published, 2017) copyright Douglas Stockdale Very exciting news; last week I have a sponsor for my limited edition artist book Bluewater Shore! For the past six days I have radically shifted gears to finalize the development of my project: book & cover design (same as Pine Lake), tweaked... Continue Reading →
Trubuco Canyon 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale This week one of the photographic groups I attend, The Photographers Exchange, is having the annual print exchange meeting (at IFAC on Thursday, March 16 starting at 5:30pm). Except with a slight twist; everyone who brings a print will leave with some else's print, it is just the print... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, San Diego, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale I have enjoyed a short breather from my Middle Ground project, an investigation of "Fortress America", a sarcastic visual parody of the current political desire to build a HUGE wall to protect America from the desperadoes of the South. I touched on this project briefly during my... Continue Reading →
Today I was featured on Aline Smithson's Lenscratch in the Mixtape "profiles of movers and shakers in the fine art photography world, often reviewers at portfolio events and taste makers in their own right". This is the third time I have been featured on Lenscratch by the wonderful Aline. I think that this honor is mostly... Continue Reading →
San Clemente, CA 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale So my latest experiment-fun that I have been playing around with is photographing the ocean, surf & sky when I happen to be driving near and subsequently posting on Instagram (@douglasstockdale) as my Weather & Surf Report. As you might imagine, we live close by and my daughter lives... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale So if life is not crazy enough, I might be also looking to self-publish in 2017 my photobook Bluewater Shore, the second in my series of Holiday Snaps project (the first being Pine Lake). Honestly, this project took a little holiday when (1) it took a lot of energy... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Middle Ground) copyright 2016 Douglas Stockdale Something that has not really captured my attention for some time is working with video. I am of that generation in which movies were made with super-8mm film, a real bear to edit (actually had to physically splice the film together) and trying to add sound was an... Continue Reading →
untitled (Middle Ground), copyright 2016 Douglas Stockdale - While working on my current project, Middle Ground, I have thinking that I might want to consider using my Hasselblad and start shooting this with color 120 film in 2017. My biggest issue is that I do not have an equivalent Hasselblad lens for the digital gear I... Continue Reading →
