In Transit, photograph by Douglas Stockdale First, because of a really nice suggestion, I am going to provide my working titles for my images on this journal. Just do not hold me to them, okay. While I was journaling about my series Insomnia, one of my questions was when and where does the disassociation and the realization of being separated really... Continue Reading →
Metaphoric Hope
Untitled, Insomnia - Hotel Noirseries, photograph copyright Douglas Stockdale While discussing with Titarenko about his book, he was always emphasizing the region of warmth that he had brought into his photographs as metaphoric Hope of the Russian people. Then after my discussion with the French photographer Fleuret about his photographic (book) story Landmasses and Railroads, I realized that I could... Continue Reading →
Gas Station
Gas Station, Valencia CA photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale In between the Steelers winning and the Eagles losing their respective football games, I have continued to work on my series Insomnia. And on top of that, I should really be writing on my latest book on how to develop a photographic POD book. I think that... Continue Reading →
Insomnia series – development of a story
Insomnia - Hotel Noir, photographic series, Douglas Stockdale I have spent a lot of the day printing variations of my photographs for the series Insomnia. I am still experiementing with the blue undertone and a spot of a warm tone selectively applied to bring to mind a feeling. But that means printing a bunch of variations... Continue Reading →
Introspective Mirror
One of the take aways from my discussion with Titarenko last weekend at photo l.a. has been the reserection of my earlier series Insomnia - Hotel Noir. This series was developed somewhat concurrently with In Passing, with In Passing more of a window, while Insomnia leaning more towards an introspective mirror. Perhaps I am somewhere in between... Continue Reading →
Post photo la
After a relatively intense day last Friday at photo la, I guess it is not unusal to have a little post event let down. I had provided a quick assessment as an update with my earlier post, but now I am in the mode of prolonged post-event reflection. One take away: be true to myself. There are... Continue Reading →
Friday at photo l.a.
At the moment, I am making plans for a day in Santa Monica and at photo l.a. Laura Russell and I are meeting for morning coffee to put finishing touches on the workshop at her gallery in March. Then I want to head over to Bergamont Station in Santa Monica for the rest of the morning to... Continue Reading →
Photograhic POD Book Workshop in Portland
Laural Russel at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, Oregon, has just formally announced my workshop for Developing a Photographic Print on Demand (POD) Book, which will be a one-day workshop on Sunday, March 15th at her gallery. You can find out more information about the workshop and complete the registration here. It should be a lot... Continue Reading →
New Year Goals – 2009
At the beginning of the year, it seems like it is always a nice idea to think ahead about what you might want to try to accomplish and establish some goals. Being a project guy, I find if you have at least a idea of where you want to go, you usually have a better... Continue Reading →
In Passing – Blurb 2nd Edition Tweaks
After I had recevied my first copy of the Second Edition In Passing, I realized that I had missed a formatting mistake on one page. So then I had to decide, do I want to correct the mistake and reload it back up to Blurb which will result in getting a new locator number or not. I am... Continue Reading →