Looking at one photograph at a time
Buckwheat, Trabuco Flats 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale As an artist, sometimes a little stress can be a good thing once in a while, but constant stress can be a killer, in more ways than one. Recently I contributed a few photogaphs to Tara Wary's Too Tired for Sunshine project on Instagram. I had reviewed her... Continue Reading →
Untitled, Trabuco Flats 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale Although I am spending more time with working on "straight" photographs for my Trabuco Flats project I continue to experimental/play with some of the images. Not entirely giving up on how I might incorporate some abstracted images into this project, but exactly how I do it is not... Continue Reading →
Untitled, Trabuco Flats, 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale While working on my project Trabuco Flats, I have been doing a lot of experimenting with how I process the image. Such as this landscape photograph above, I posted an earlier color version that I had really tweaked the contents. In my last post on this project, I... Continue Reading →
Mysterious Circumstance site 9, Trabuco Flats, 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale Another aspect of experimental/play with my Trabuco Flats project is creating a pure black and white version, that would of course be my noir (dark) version. Why not? Or maybe a slight color tint to a black & white? So this long weekend while attending... Continue Reading →
Landscape study, Trabuco Flats, copyright 2018 Douglas Stockdale Last night I received a little more feedback that was a bit varied from my earlier showing, also a slight change in the participants. Since my printer was down due to a lack of ink, the only image I had for discussion was the Trabuco Flats landscape that... Continue Reading →
study, Mystery on Trabuco Flats 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale One of the aspects of this Mystery that I am exploring are the various alternatives to utilize in how I narrate this story. In one respect, this photograph is also a mash-up of the real and my imagination that results in something that might described as... Continue Reading →
Untitled, Trabuco Flats 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale From time to time I am going to feature the evolving landscape of Trabuco Flats as I develop this book project. For most of my landscape photographs I pay close attention to any horizon lines as it seems that my photographs have a tendency to dip down just... Continue Reading →
Sacred datura, Mystery on Trabuco Flats, 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale For my project Mystery on Trabuco Flats, as well as another project Gardening for Ordnance, I have been photographing a local wild weed that blooms during the summer. The small vine-like bushes with their white flowers make for an interesting visual contrast in the wild... Continue Reading →
Mystery on Trabuco Flats 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past week I have slightly modified my current project name that I have in progress, from Mystery on the Plano Trabuco to Mystery on Trabuco Flats. Okay, so why? Primary reason is that for my work of fiction I had been using the name of an... Continue Reading →
Buzzards, Mystery on the Plano Trabuco 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale In the Southwest the sight of circling buzzards is not a good omen as it foretells of something that might be dying or perhaps already passed on to its afterlife. I realized that an image of circling buzzards would make a great image for my... Continue Reading →
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