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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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