While I was in China, I did see the notice that SoPoBoMo (aka Solo Photo Book Month) was formerly announced and launched. I see a lot of familiar names in the list of willing participants, including Anita Jesse, Guy Yates, Colin Jago, Paul Lester, Rosie Perera, Kjell Andersen, Matt Alofs, Martin Doonan and of course... Continue Reading →
More changes
One of the nice things about 13 hours of flying, you have more than enough time to reflect. And I have accepted that with my blog, that I am going to share those thoughts. Kinda of getting comfortable with my own skin sorta thing. From time to time, I create color images from my color... Continue Reading →
Shanghai – Jiashan – Pinghu – Xitang
My third trip to China took me into Shanghai, then South to Jiashan, Pinghu and a side trip to Xitang. For the most part of the three weeks, I was staying at a hotel (World Expo hotel, not recommended) in Jiashan and working in Pinghu, getting to the lake at Pinghu only once for a... Continue Reading →
Back in the USA
Just a quick note that I have returned from my recent three weeks in China, where they have a blog block, but never the less, I did take some photographs. More about all of that in the coming days, but it is nice to be home! Best regards, Doug
On Assignment
I will be off -line for a couple of weeks due to an assignement that I need to complete. I will not be making any posts or responses to blog comments, although I will try to monitor them from time to time. Please take the opportunity to review my 300 posts that I have made over the last nine months,... Continue Reading →
Perception
I found myself thinking about perception again, as it relates to how I photography, what I see and equally as important, perhaps what I don't see. As to how we are raised, we start to get 'programmed', not perhaps in the evil sense of this word, but the idea that our language and customs get... Continue Reading →
Hahnemuhle printing issue
While printing my Foundations folio, I have had only one issue with the Hahnemuhle Photo Rag (308gm), which is with the Hahnemulhle feeding through my Epson 4800. This is a modest size printing project, as I needed to print only 130 cut sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" for the first printing of this folio. I had heard about paper... Continue Reading →
Memorial Shrine
I drive by this memorial shrine frequently on my daily commute and other side trips that I need to be on the 241 tollroad, thus I have continued to watch this memorial evolve. I had made my image of this memorial last Spring for my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip and although not published in... Continue Reading →
Comfort Zone
I think we all have those safe places where we can work comfortably. Sometimes we need to press that to help get out of a rut, to try something different, to go after a stretch goal. I know, enough of the pom-pom stuff. But the idea of doing something different may have a very positive effect... Continue Reading →
Looking – the first step
Sometimes it seems very obvious, in order to 'see' or preceive, you have to 'look'. Looking is an act, that is the start of the engagement of the mind to focus in on a certain subject or thing. Duh. But how often we cruise throught life, not even looking. I get that way when... Continue Reading →