Looking at one photograph at a time
Another take away from my SoFoBoMo book Places Amongst Us has been the relatively feel in my hands of the Blurb square 6-3/4 x 6-3/4" softcover book. Perhaps a little too small. My square images appear to be stuffed in it. Admittedly, I use the LensWork magazine (also softcover & pefect bound) as my "gold standard"... Continue Reading →
I am glad that I let my V1.1 update for my Sharpen Photographs for Blurb Printing rest overnight before uploading the template to Blurb. I think that I still found about half dozen additional edits to complete. This just confirms for me that I usually need some time after completing a project to come back and look... Continue Reading →
Places Amongst Us by Douglas Stockdale Yesterday afternoon I received my "printing proof" of my SoFoBoMo book Places Amongst Us, my softbound printed by Blurb. And of course, its one of those good news, bad news things. First the bad news. I am a goof. Okay, the very first thought as I open the Burb mailer;... Continue Reading →
As I worked on my project Places Amongst Us, there was the frustration that photographs that I really liked were on film and due to my image process, did not make the final cut. But I also see that I missed a short term goal, there is still the long term journey, of which this series... Continue Reading →
Having just completed my SoFoBoMo book it is probably a good time to reflect while the memories of this project are still fresh. So in very random order: Deciding to try this with film and scanning was a mistake for ME. My film processing, scanning and image processing work-flow is too slow. Digital work flow... Continue Reading →
My SoFoBoMo for 2008 is complete! I just uploaded my Blurb BookSmart template and did all of the neccessary things and ordered my production proof of Places Amongst Us. And so it is now out there. Done for the moment. And I feel it almost was not going to happen and in retrospect, choosing to... Continue Reading →
It does appear that I am going to finish my SoFoBoMo project in the Month of May. I just did the last edit on my project Places Amongst Us in my Blurb book template. So tomorrow morning, I will give it another review and then upload to Blurb and order my first copy. The way... Continue Reading →
"Walkway IV" from the series Places Amongst Us, Tijeras Creek, copyright of Douglas Stockdale a SoFoBoMo 2008 production I am still plodding along. The picture taking part is done, or as much done as I feel warrented at the moment. Now into some serious picture tweaking, with a lot of time in dust removal from... Continue Reading →
"Neighbors VII" from the series Tijeras Creek, photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale A SoFoBoMo 2008 production Best regards, Doug Note: the title to this photograph may change, as this was the working title and I have bee rethinking some of the image titles again for this series. At this time, the earlier Observation Bench titles are... Continue Reading →
"Observation Bench III" from the Tijeras Creek series, copyright of Douglas Stockdale A SoFoBoMo 2008 production Best regards, Doug
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