Looking at one photograph at a time
Untitled, Insomnia - Hotel Noirseries, photograph copyright Douglas Stockdale While discussing with Titarenko about his book, he was always emphasizing the region of warmth that he had brought into his photographs as metaphoric Hope of the Russian people. Then after my discussion with the French photographer Fleuret about his photographic (book) story Landmasses and Railroads, I realized that I could... Continue Reading →
Gas Station, Valencia CA photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale In between the Steelers winning and the Eagles losing their respective football games, I have continued to work on my series Insomnia. And on top of that, I should really be writing on my latest book on how to develop a photographic POD book. I think that... Continue Reading →
Insomnia - Hotel Noir, photographic series, Douglas Stockdale I have spent a lot of the day printing variations of my photographs for the series Insomnia. I am still experiementing with the blue undertone and a spot of a warm tone selectively applied to bring to mind a feeling. But that means printing a bunch of variations... Continue Reading →
One of the take aways from my discussion with Titarenko last weekend at photo l.a. has been the reserection of my earlier series Insomnia - Hotel Noir. This series was developed somewhat concurrently with In Passing, with In Passing more of a window, while Insomnia leaning more towards an introspective mirror. Perhaps I am somewhere in between... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of the year, it seems like it is always a nice idea to think ahead about what you might want to try to accomplish and establish some goals. Being a project guy, I find if you have at least a idea of where you want to go, you usually have a better... Continue Reading →
After I had recevied my first copy of the Second Edition In Passing, I realized that I had missed a formatting mistake on one page. So then I had to decide, do I want to correct the mistake and reload it back up to Blurb which will result in getting a new locator number or not. I am... Continue Reading →
untitled, Xitang, China 2008 copyright of Douglas Stockdale Just to let you all know that I will be writing a little less frequently, while I take some time to enjoy the Holidays with my family. Currently working on a slightly different body of work from China, urban landscapes of Xitang (Xi Tang), a water village... Continue Reading →
Untitled, JiaShan, China, 2008 copyright of Douglas Stockdale Words can have an emtional impact and I am guilt of sometimes not paying close enough attention. Such that when I am working on a body of work, this case the photographs from China, I sometimes interchange the two words project and series. For most, probably not a big... Continue Reading →
momentarily untitled, JiaShan, China 2008 by Douglas Stockdale At the moment, I just seem to be floating. Probably a little spent, having just published the second editions of both of my current books, In Passing and Sharpening Photographs for POD Publishing. Perhaps feeling that same kind of let down after SoFoBoMo 2008. Not that I... Continue Reading →
First, this is not about how to creatively use transparency, which is an interesting subject in itself, but about the transparency of my own creative process. For those who have been reading along, you all know that I write about my ups and downs of creating a photographic series. For some folks, they need to cloak their creative... Continue Reading →
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