Untitled (Rock Theater, San Onofre, CA April 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale While we were spending Easter Sunday on the San Onofre Beach, Ella and Zach started an interchange that might be best described as Rock Theater. This photograph has an interesting amount of ambiguity and seems ripe for interpretation. Something was obviously transpiring, but... Continue Reading →
Ella – San Onofre
. Untitled (Ella, San Onofre, April 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale This is the start of a new portrait project that I am being drawn into. To be honest, even though I have photographed a fair number of individuals, it is very difficult for me to approach someone, especially a stranger, and ask if they... Continue Reading →
Instant Nomad – Santa Ana
. Untitled (Santa Ana, CA April 15, 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. Today was my day for jury duty. I was summoned to the Superior Court of California in Orange County. As always, I figured that this would be an interesting experience. Usually is. In the past, I have found that the court system is... Continue Reading →
Instant Nomad – In Transit March 2014
I made this observation during one of my frequent trips. A common perspective for those on flights. I am intrigued in this variant of portraiture and I have been making a series of these passenger portraits as a possible part of my Instant Nomad series. Cheers! Untitled (Orange County to Atlanta, March 2014) copyright 2014... Continue Reading →
Instant Nomad – Hunt Valley
Untitled (Hunt Valley, Maryland, March 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale Late last month I posted an urban landscape photograph made from this same vantage point. These two photographs have a very different appearance that might be best explained that they originated from two different digital capture systems. The photograph above is from my Canon 5D,... Continue Reading →
Instant Nomad – Anaheim
untitled (Anaheim, CA) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale - I have been continuing to think about what makes the wider format of the Samsung 4 cellphone camera images so intriguing. Perhaps it finally dawned on me and maybe I'm the last to figure this out but it's a similar wide ratio as to my high-def t.v.... Continue Reading →
Field notes – 02-05-14
untitled (Aliso Viejo, CA, February 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. Continuing to look at urban landscapes using a wider than "normal" perspective. Now thinking that the term panoramic implies too wide of a perspective for these photographs. Image cropped to a traditional 10x8 format below. Also thinking I should also consider a 6x6 square image... Continue Reading →
New project in the making
untitled (Aliso Viejo, CA, January 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. Another interesting series of events that appear to be leading into a new photobook project. First, I have been using the wide format Samsung IV camera-phone to see what things looked like in these almost panoramic photographs. Then I was inspired to take some "documentary"... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore & 2014 LA Art Book Fair
untitled (Bluewater Shore, maquette interior) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale Attending the 2014 LA Art Book Fair with regard to spending some show and tell time with the Bluewater Shore maquette was a bit anticlimactic. First, I attended on a Friday knowing that for these three day weekend events, Friday should be a little slower with... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore – next generation Maquette
untitled (Bluewater Shore, interior with binding) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale A little update on my Bluewater Shore artist book. After the really nice feedback from friends while at photo l.a. a couple of weeks ago, my plan was to proceed to the next generation of the maquette and have it ready for another round of... Continue Reading →