I just received word from Laura that my workshop for next weekend is Sold Out and then some. nice. I spend most of yesterday finishing the workshop PowerPoints and printing them off as handouts. When I woke up this morning, I had some inspiration about a couple of more things to add to the presentations. So I... Continue Reading →
Workshop prep 2-fer
Transitional from the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir photograph copyright Douglas Stockdale It is nice sometimes when you get an opportunity to work on a single task but accomplish two things, what we would call a 2-fer. Which was the case as I was completing my book workshop presentation for Portland in about a week. In... Continue Reading →
Stock Photgraphy – Fine Print
Okay, this is part two following on from yesterday's article about the potential for shooting Stock Photography, which is one more post than I planned, but I am on a roll. As Gordon had reminded me off-line, beware of the fine print with a potential stock agency. And the fine print includes, who takes on the copyright of... Continue Reading →
Stock photograpy
King Ludwig II's Bavarian castle, Neuschwanstein, Germany Gordon McGregor recently wrote about his fleeting experiences with selling some of his photographs on alamy.com, a stock photographic agency. We have continued this dicussion off line, but I thought I would like to share my previous experiences, and perhaps obtain some recommendations for a course of action.... Continue Reading →
Shamelessly Self-promoting myself
One of the things you are suppose to do, if you want to be noticed and eventually sell a print or book or get a gallery representation, is to promote yourself. And in a round about way, I have been. And then again, I have not been really diligent in this area. sigh As I read other blogs... Continue Reading →
Working on my Workshop
Not much to say recently as I need to finish the materials for my book-making workshop at the 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland for next month. So at the moment my series Insomnia is kinda on hold, I am thinking about it, but any time available is really needed to finish this workshop. I think it is going... Continue Reading →
Featured on Lenscratch
Just a quick note to mention that I was the featured Westcoast Photographer on Lenscratch today! Which was a real delight to find on my return from another trip away from home. Aline posted images from both my current in-process series Insomnia, as well as some from my series Re:Development about the current changes and subsequent effects that... Continue Reading →
What am I thinking – Feb 22, 2009
Okay, that lead in, what am I thinking, can be taken a number of ways, maybe it is a Twitter or Facebook moment, eh? I find myself working on my Insomnia series, drawn back into a black & white photographic series that is vagually about a place, and more about a place of mind. It seems... Continue Reading →
Insomnia – feedback
In Transit 2 (version 2) from the series Insomnia - Hotel Noir photograph by Douglas Stockdale One of the tests that I do for my series when it is getting fairly well developed is to show five prints at the Photographers Exchange meeting. And unusually it is a mix of prints that I am very comfortable with and... Continue Reading →
Bittersweet vacations
When we set off for our annual skiing vacation, I had thought that I would continue working on a series that I initiated last year. As always, it seems that your creative work goes a little bit easier if you have a goal in mind, e.g. what the heck are you trying to accomplish kinda of... Continue Reading →
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