Looking at one photograph at a time
Untitled, 2008 by Douglas Stockdale I hope that you all are having a nice holiday season, as those that celebrate the New Year in a couple of days, the very best for your New Year. Don't forget to take it one day at a time. I have been recharging my batteries and taking some time... Continue Reading →
untitled, Xitang, China 2008 copyright of Douglas Stockdale Just to let you all know that I will be writing a little less frequently, while I take some time to enjoy the Holidays with my family. Currently working on a slightly different body of work from China, urban landscapes of Xitang (Xi Tang), a water village... Continue Reading →
Untitled, JiaShan, China, 2008 copyright of Douglas Stockdale Words can have an emtional impact and I am guilt of sometimes not paying close enough attention. Such that when I am working on a body of work, this case the photographs from China, I sometimes interchange the two words project and series. For most, probably not a big... Continue Reading →
The fuzzy month for SoFoBoMo 2009 have been selected, which will allow for the 30 days of maddness to occur between the begining of May until the end of June, 2009. So I have some time to think if I will join in this year, probably depending on a suitable series that has my attention at... Continue Reading →
momentarily untitled, JiaShan, China 2008 by Douglas Stockdale At the moment, I just seem to be floating. Probably a little spent, having just published the second editions of both of my current books, In Passing and Sharpening Photographs for POD Publishing. Perhaps feeling that same kind of let down after SoFoBoMo 2008. Not that I... Continue Reading →
I am very happy to announce that the second edition of my sharpening book for POD publishing has been completed, uploaded and now available for purchase here. Even though I have changed the title a wee bit, it is still my second edition Sharpening book nevertheless. I had the wonderful editorial help from my friend Dave Olmstead to eliminate... Continue Reading →
First, this is not about how to creatively use transparency, which is an interesting subject in itself, but about the transparency of my own creative process. For those who have been reading along, you all know that I write about my ups and downs of creating a photographic series. For some folks, they need to cloak their creative... Continue Reading →
I received my "production proof", or the first printed copy of In Passing from Blurb a couple of days ago, so I have been going over it in detail. So first thoughts: larger size is very impressive, as is the image-wrap hardcover book. At 80 pages (40 sheets), it is on the minimum size for... Continue Reading →
Riverside County, CA 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale In thinking about my post yesterday regarding my attempts to deal with Pictorial Space, I think the idea of just trying to work with the spacial aspect was that it just is not exactly conceptually innovative. Nothing new, eh? And not exactly innovative or cutting edge. At... Continue Reading →
Riverside County, 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale - As I pull back to re-examine my Riverside project, I also finding myself thinking not so much about what the project is per se, but more about the pictorial space that I am confronting. Which is to say, how I use a camera/lens to create and capture the... Continue Reading →
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