Well, its finally turning into a nice day. Yes, some wonderful sunshine. I had decided to treat myself to some Lemon Souffle Cakes over at the local bakery since it was appearing like another overcast day. I had loaded the film scanner and was off. I was even taken in by the chance of some... Continue Reading →
SoFoBoMo day 8
I don't have an image to post with this as I am a little behind in scanning the film. For some reason, the second scan went into slooooow mode and tied up the computer/film scanner for about four hours. Quick look at the scanned file, everything seems okay. So keep pressing on.... So at this... Continue Reading →
And so SoFoBoMo starts
Nothing earth shartering today. The last group of us procrstonators get to try our hand at SoFoBoMo starting today. Or for you real die-hard procrastonators, next week? Okay, I started with writing of two draft introductory statements. Eh? So my first SoFoBoMo idea was to work on the urban landscape around the Newport Beach strand. Thats the wide merandering... Continue Reading →
May 1st – unofficial SoFoBoMo procrastenators start date
Okay, tomorrow is May 1st, the last date that the SoFoBoMo procrastenators have to get a full 31 days of their SoFoBoMo project and book completed. I can hear the groans. I can see the goofy smiles of all of those who finished their SoFoBoMo projects in April. I can not see the bewildered look of those who think... Continue Reading →
This week – SoFoBoMo prep
Since my goal is to use Blurb as the foundation to carry my SoFoBoMo project (yes, starting May 1 for me, I get to maximize the 31 days, which I may need each and ever one), I became very diligent on trying to finish my first Blurb book, In Passing. So how is that going,... Continue Reading →
SoFoBoMo – Editioned Book
I have continued to muddle on about what to do with the SoFoBoMo project and the resulting book. I think that I have come up with a possible solution. One of the things that Laurie Frank had said at the Palm Springs Photo Festival last night was that many of the artists in her gallery... Continue Reading →
1st year anniversary – this blog
Somewhere in Transit, Copyright Douglas Stockdale With not a lot to write about at the moment, I thought today would be a good time to make a quick announcement about having survived my first year of this blog. Like my projects, writing and publishing my articles has not turned out as I had expected and seems to have... Continue Reading →
Photographic Projects – Part II
Yesterday, in writing about photography projects, I develed more into why do a photographic project. I think a lot of folks know a good reason to do a project, but then comes WHICH project? I think that this is the part that gets a little messy in as there is no easy or correct answer.... Continue Reading →
Photography Projects
In Passing (I Love You), hand-colored cyanotype, copyright 2007/2023 Douglas Stockdale - One question that seems to come up often with regard to my photography; how do you come up with your photography projects? This was a frequent question during the development of my published project In Passing (working title Bad Trip - Sad Trip),... Continue Reading →
Color Management – Web
For this post, I am guessing that many of you are not going to need to read it. And it is one of those good news - bad news things, at least for me. So to save some of your some trouble, the bottom line is that if you want to get your images looking... Continue Reading →
Singular Images 