I received my "production proof", or the first printed copy of In Passing from Blurb a couple of days ago, so I have been going over it in detail. So first thoughts: larger size is very impressive, as is the image-wrap hardcover book. At 80 pages (40 sheets), it is on the minimum size for... Continue Reading →
Conceptually Innovative
Riverside County, CA 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale In thinking about my post yesterday regarding my attempts to deal with Pictorial Space, I think the idea of just trying to work with the spacial aspect was that it just is not exactly conceptually innovative. Nothing new, eh? And not exactly innovative or cutting edge. At... Continue Reading →
In Passing – Second Blurb Edition published
In Passing, Second Edition, Blurb, 2008 by Douglas Stockdale I had thought that the next book that I was going to publish was going to be my Sharpening book. Surprise! It turns out to be the second edition of my series, In Passing. First the good news. New size, the Blurb large horizontal 13 x 11",... Continue Reading →
In Passing – revised Introduction
Seems that the fourth revision, but second edition, to my book In Passing is moving along at a brisk pace. For those who have not followed along for the past year, my very first printed (version) proof was a mess. But out that publishing experience came my how-to book, Sharpening Photographs for Blurb Printing. nice. My second version... Continue Reading →
Sharpening book – Final edits
Dave Olmstead is now completing the final edits of my revised Sharpening book for POD publishing. So in the mean time, I have been working on a new how-to publish with POD and the revision of my book In Passing. I had been thinking of removing the first edtion of the Sharpening book off Blurb, since... Continue Reading →
Exposure Compensation kudos
Hutong ReDevelopment #7, 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale Catching up on my reading and I found that I had received some really nice comments by Miguel Garcia-Guzman on his blog, Exposure Compensation regarding my Un-Critical Mass submission, Re:Development. I really like his description of my work and to quote Miguel: "Doug’s work highlights a beautiful sense of space, patterns and... Continue Reading →
UnCritical Mass acceptance
Urban Redevelopment #10, 2008, copyright of Douglas Stockdale Well from the ashes of defeat, a really nice post-submission group exhibit. I was "juried In" to the group exhibit, UnCritical Mass, by Liz Kuball, who also had an UnCritical Mass submission. And from a review of those of us that did not get pass the first cut,... Continue Reading →
How do you finish a project?
Nevada State Route 159 (Randy), 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale How do you finish a photographic project? I am begining to think that I don't know this answer. I guess that there are many ways to find closure on something, whether it is events in your personal life or during a photographic project. Then there are those things... Continue Reading →
Fragility of our existence
I am working on the photographs from my Roadside Remembrance Memorials series and I find myself thinking about the essence of these various sites. The way things are progressing I have completed a major redo of a half dozen images from the series and I will probably also re-publish my Blurb book-dummy as well. That being... Continue Reading →
October 13 – more tonal adjustments
Another day of making more tonal adjustments for mu series In Passing on the Harman FB Mp papers. (FYI; 11/18/09 Update: Second edition of In Passing is now published and available here.) What I am realizing is that I am not detecting the slightly greenish hue in the printed image until the paper really dries down. When I... Continue Reading →
Singular Images 