Looking at one photograph at a time
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
untitled (San Francisco Airport, CA, January 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. While looking at these two alternatives as potentials for my Instant Nomad series, the panoramic above is more in line with my intent. With a traditional format camera, I would have definitely wanted to step back to include the multifaceted perspective. Each window is... Continue Reading →
untitled (Industrial Yard, Corona, CA December 2013) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. Continuing to look at my panoramic photographs as a part of my Instant Nomad project. And continuing to be interested in how these particular kind of panoramatic formatted photographs look. I choose the cropping of the 10 x 8 format below to isolated and... Continue Reading →
Untitled (In n Out, Corona, CA December 2013) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale Oh where to begin? Firstly, this is another photograph that may or may not be in my Instant Nomad photobook but IS included in the project, if that makes sense. I have a ton of images I will consider as I edit, but... Continue Reading →
Artist photobook maquette, Bluewater Shore, copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. As I stated earlier this month, one of my short term objectives to finish my first maquette for this artist book was to obtain some feedback on book concept & design during photo l.a. this weekend. In fact, I did manage to obtain a bunch of... Continue Reading →
10x10 American Photobooks exhibiton catalog, copyright 2013 10x10 Photobooks Today was a bit of virtual housekeeping day, as with all of the events that crashed into the end of the year, there were some things that I did not complete that I should have. Most of these tasks are related to my personal self promotion... Continue Reading →
Artist photobook maquette cover, Bluewater Shore, copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. A couple of days ago I started a discussion about my next artist photobook for 2014, Bluewater Shore, which I have just finished the first maquette in preparation of getting some feedback from friends at photo l.a. next week. First, in the photo of the... Continue Reading →
