Looking at one photograph at a time
Weathered Rock, CA photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale Just a quick note that I finished the last draft of the revised Introduction for my Limited Edition folio, Foundations. Okay, now I need to print everything for the folios themselves. Now and then, I find myself thinking about grouping all of my landscapes photographs together for a... Continue Reading →
Reflections from the project Insomnia: Hotel Noirphotography copyright of Douglas Stockdale I have been reading and assessing a lot of photographic books recently to publish on The Photo Book, and to a lesser extent, photographic reviews at galleries, but still looking a ton of images on the Internet. One aspect of these reviews that I bring with me, probably... Continue Reading →
Country Road, Texas from the project In Passingphotography copyright of Douglas Stockdale I have been looking for an elegant way to complete the Limited Edition book and photograph for In Passing. At the moment, it appears that the print will probably be the easier of the two, but I want to do a little more than just shrink... Continue Reading →
Untitled from the project Insomnia: Hotel Noircopyright of Douglas Stockdale I have not discussed that much about writing and publishing my book reviews over on The Photo Book. Probably because of how those reviews and the blog in particular is evolving. And for me, the whole thing is evolving in an unplanned but excellent ways. By background, I... Continue Reading →
Open Ended - from the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir copyright 2009 Douglas Stockdale One of the outcomes of gaining clarity of a project or series, is that all of a sudden, there are seeming less decisions to be made. As to what I need to do just seems so obvious. I am also realizing that with a cinematic story, in... Continue Reading →
I have been sitting on the fence as to self-publish or make submissions to the established publishers for my project, Insomnia. There are some pros and cons for each alternative. But the biggest draw back to self publishing is the ability to distribution of the book after all of the investments have been made. One of the... Continue Reading →
California State Route 241, Rancho Santa Margarita (Roadside Remembrance) copyright 2009 Douglas Stockdale I have been continuing to work on the thorny problem of 1) selling my self-published books, 2) the high cost of the Blurb published books if I publish something really nice with them, and the 3) potentially limited distribution channels because of... Continue Reading →
Photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale I just realized that I have been publishing this for two years as of this month. nice. Thank you all for your support, feedback and comments, I appreciated it very much. Best regards, Doug BTW I forgot to mention that this was my Chinese birthday cake that the hotel in JiaXing had prepared and... Continue Reading →
I have been thinking more about my intent for Insomnia: Hotel Noir and why I might not be taking some of my own advice, and now what I have done about it. So first things first. I have been advocating that when working on a project or series that one of the intents is to have publish... Continue Reading →
The workshop went really well yesterday at the LBCC PhotoFest09, great participation (like they had a choice with my workshop breakout assignments!) and super enthusiasm. The best part was all the personal feedback on how they were able to betterconceptualize their projects that they had envisioned, but had struggled to get their arms (minds) around. nice. Jeff Smeding and... Continue Reading →
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