Great intentions but just flat out ran out of time! I saw a great potential for my series Transition Seam on the way through Corona and Norco (stands for North Corona) on Sunday, but I was running out of time for making Victorville and the memorial that I wanted to photograph before dark. So I had... Continue Reading →
Objectivity
As I work on my latest project, Transitional Seam, I also find myself questioning my objectivity in what I photograph. I will also admit that at times this same questions of being objective were also present while working on the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip. For both of these projects, I seem to be... Continue Reading →
Photo of the day: Halloween Costume
I-15 Frontage Road, Victorville, California, 2007 Halloween Costume (From the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright Douglas Stockdale I have not been as consumed with taking more images for my roadside remembrance memorial series, working title of Bad Trip - Sad Trip, and in fact, I think of it as being relatively complete. I have... Continue Reading →
My Hand Made Book – Step 5
Santa Suzanna Pass (from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) With the delivery of the Moab Entrada Natural, I have printed the first eight pages (4 sheets/leaves) of the dummy book. I also have a blank dummy that I had used earlier for determing the total of amount of pages, which I am now using to... Continue Reading →
Creative Camera
Suitcase on the Bed (from the series Insomnia - Hotel Noir) I have noticed recently that I have been having some visits to my blog from a web site called Weeping Ash, hosted by Roy Hammans. Upon checking out why I was getting linked in (ya all remember my interesting foray with the Large Format group),... Continue Reading →
Photo of the week: Vacant Lot
Vacant Lot (from the series: Transitional Seam)
Printing your own work
Night Flag (from the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir) I was recently exchanging emails with Paul Lester regarding why buy and do your own printing, when in an unrelated comment from Martin the Doonster, I thought that this may be worth repeating. Doing your own printing is not about economics and saving money. Its about a desire to... Continue Reading →
Broken Fence; re-do
Broken Fence (from the series: Transitional Seam) One of my advantages on this new series, Transitional Seam, is the ability to work on an image and then realize that it could be a little bit better. I can then head back out again for a re-shoot, a photograhers Mulligan. Now I can not control the sky and clouds,... Continue Reading →
Photo of the Day: Mobile Home
Trailer Mobile Home (from the series: Transitional Seam) I have given up trying to get my image from my portable to upload and display for this post. So this was done on my studio desktop and this weekend I will work with the portable and try to determine the issue. I am suspecting it has... Continue Reading →
Photo of the Day; alternative view
Three New Communities (From the series: Transitional Seam) The image posted above, was made just after the image below in my earlier post today. I'm still looking at the two images to determine which provides the best rendition of what I was trying to capture, the transitional state of this region of the California Inland Empire. ... Continue Reading →
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