I am very pleased to announce that my hardcover book In Passing will continue to be available at the 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, OR. This is the first gallery bookstore that one of my books is available at. nice. So now I need to add this information to my web site and figure how to continue to promote... Continue Reading →
Andy Goldsworthy and SoFoBoMo 2009
When I signed up for SoFoBoMo 2009, I had no idea what my photographic project was going to be. So it was a DaDa moment and I just arbitrarily made up a weird title as a place holder. Hopefully no harm done, eh? And perhaps today is a convergence of ongoing thoughts and random occurrences.... Continue Reading →
Foundations – Limited Edition folio updates
Old Snow, Big Bear Mountain, 1978 copyright of Douglas Stockdale I have been inventorying my existing photograph prints regarding my re-embracement of Limited Editions. For the silver gelatin prints that I have made over the last twenty five years, that continues to be daunting, as another one resurfaces every now and then as I dig through my piles of... Continue Reading →
Series – Project with Flow
Yesterday, Wayne's comment regarding my article about the Swallows Day Parade as a potential new "series" has led me to further redefine my intent with the use of the word "series". Why and how I use that word to characterize a group of photographs. Which is a pretty good idea before I stand before the 60 or so folks at the LBCC PhotoFest... Continue Reading →
Swallows Day Parade – Another series in the making?
Two Little Gunslingers, San Juan Capistrano, March 2009 photography copyright of Douglas Stockdale Sometimes it seems that when I start thinking about taking photographs, I start thinking about them in the context of creating a series. Which was the case today at the annual San Juan Capistrano Swallows Day Parade. This was the second year... Continue Reading →
LBCC PhotoFest – Developing a Photo Project – Full
JiaShan Waterway with Hutong Boat photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale Last night we had the annual print exchange at the monthly Photographers Exchange meeting at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, which was a lot of fun. I donated a small limited edition photograph of JiaShan Waterway with Hutong Boat that included my personal chop mark (chop mark not... Continue Reading →
Oceanside CA
Oceanside photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale After the trip to Portland last weekend, I was really enjoy the SoutherCal sunshine. Today, we had a chance to meetup with some family from Florida and Kansas who were staying at a time-share in San Diego. So we met about half way in Oceanside, which with the sunny... Continue Reading →
Workshop notes
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR My Developing a Print on Demand Book Workshopin Portland at the 23 Sandy Gallery over the weekend went very well. The more normal Portland weather for this time of year, overcast and spitting rain and drizzle, made for a great day to be in doors. Since the workshop occurred during the Photo+Book exhibition... Continue Reading →
In Portland
We are now in Portland, sorta of getting prepared for tomorrow's workshop by spending the day going wine tasting for Pinot Noir. But the weather has changed to more of what you would expect in Portland at this time of year, wet & cold. The last couple of days have been sunny & wonderful, with a... Continue Reading →
Why certain series seem to work
I received a comment this evening on a much earlier post, but following it back I encountered a very interesting article on the blog Photography, Psychiatry and the Nonexistence of Time, about the difference between how our brains might process black & white images differently from how it might process color images. This might help with me understanding why black & white continues to maintain an... Continue Reading →