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 →
Conceptually Innovative
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 →
Pictorial space
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 →
Content
untitled, Riverside County, California, 2007, copyright of Douglas Stockdale Here in the United States, we are about to celebrate a holiday we call Thanksgiving. This holiday is from a celebration by the very early settlers in the U.S., that they were still alive and giving thanks for all that they had. I do not usually get... Continue Reading →
Always options
Tree Grove, Indiana, 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale Finishing my book In Passing and now waiting for the first proof (suppose to ship tomorrow) I found myself with that "in between" feeling. Somewhat similar to the "let down" that many of the SoFoBoMo book publishers felt after an intense 30 days of creating, developing and... Continue Reading →
Critical Mass submissions
Over the weekend, I received the all of the Critical Mass submission's on CD. I believe that there are about 640 submissions, which then had to be reduced to 175 for the final determination of 50. I have two takes on this CD, first if I was in the shoes of one who was juring, and second... Continue Reading →
In Passing – Second Blurb Edition published
In Passing, Second Edition, Blurb, 2008 by Douglas Stockdale I had thought that the next book that I was going to publish was going to be my Sharpening book. Surprise! It turns out to be the second edition of my series, In Passing. First the good news. New size, the Blurb large horizontal 13 x 11",... Continue Reading →
In Passing – revised Introduction
Seems that the fourth revision, but second edition, to my book In Passing is moving along at a brisk pace. For those who have not followed along for the past year, my very first printed (version) proof was a mess. But out that publishing experience came my how-to book, Sharpening Photographs for Blurb Printing. nice. My second version... Continue Reading →
Sharpening book – Final edits
Dave Olmstead is now completing the final edits of my revised Sharpening book for POD publishing. So in the mean time, I have been working on a new how-to publish with POD and the revision of my book In Passing. I had been thinking of removing the first edtion of the Sharpening book off Blurb, since... Continue Reading →
Reflection time
Puerto Rico, November 2008, copyright by Douglas Stockdale I just completed a quickie trip to Puerto Rico to give a half day workshop. Fly all day from SoCal, get into PR at night, wake up at hotel at gawdawfall 0-dark early (4 hours time change), then off to a conference room to teach. That evening, small group of... Continue Reading →
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