Here in the US, you just gotta luv Halloween! This "unofficial" holiday is a really fun, for the kids and parent alike. And of course it's about costumes and the CANDY. The kids come up with the greatest ideas for the costumes, which is what I started off photographing. I take a ton of photos... Continue Reading →
UnCritical Mass acceptance
Urban Redevelopment #10, 2008, copyright of Douglas Stockdale Well from the ashes of defeat, a really nice post-submission group exhibit. I was "juried In" to the group exhibit, UnCritical Mass, by Liz Kuball, who also had an UnCritical Mass submission. And from a review of those of us that did not get pass the first cut,... Continue Reading →
Sharpening for POD printing
Just a quick update. While I was preparing my workshop materials for the pending POD (Print on Demand) class in Portland, I was reviewing some of my earlier postings about creating a POD book. And then I received a call from Laura Russel about my book, Sharpening Photographs for Blurb Printing. You may not know that I wrote... Continue Reading →
A POD Workshop in development
detail, Hutong Re:Development #17, 2008 copyright of Douglas Stockdale I have been working off line with Laura Russel, 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, OR, who asked if I would provide a Print on Demand (POD) photographic book workshop next Spring at her gallery. She has been the third person who has approached me about providing something... Continue Reading →
How do you finish a project?
Nevada State Route 159 (Randy), 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale How do you finish a photographic project? I am begining to think that I don't know this answer. I guess that there are many ways to find closure on something, whether it is events in your personal life or during a photographic project. Then there are those things... Continue Reading →
Fragility of our existence
I am working on the photographs from my Roadside Remembrance Memorials series and I find myself thinking about the essence of these various sites. The way things are progressing I have completed a major redo of a half dozen images from the series and I will probably also re-publish my Blurb book-dummy as well. That being... Continue Reading →
October 13 – more tonal adjustments
Another day of making more tonal adjustments for mu series In Passing on the Harman FB Mp papers. (FYI; 11/18/09 Update: Second edition of In Passing is now published and available here.) What I am realizing is that I am not detecting the slightly greenish hue in the printed image until the paper really dries down. When I... Continue Reading →
In Passing – Special Edition
In Passing, Speical Edition, Artist Proof (A/P) I by Douglas Stockdale Seems like a number of things have been coming together this week. First, as a result of publishing The Photo Book and linking a number of publishers and gallery bookstores to my journal, I now have an accepted gallery industry trade name for what I... Continue Reading →
In Passing – more than image tweaking
Detoriating Wreath, Texas, 2006, copyright Douglas Stockdale Initially I thought that converting my folio to the Harman FB Mp paper from the Moab Entrada was just going to entail a little bit of image tweaking. Now in my book, to tweak an image means making some minor adjustments, that probably mean a lot more to... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, Oct 7th
I am so all over the map. So today, just to publish some follow up stuff, I did buy some more of the Harman FB Mp, both bright and warmtone, and Calumet was very gracious and took two boxes of my unopened Moab Entrada back in trade. Nice that when you have an account, they... Continue Reading →