Looking at one photograph at a time
I received a request for a photograph of myself from Photo Techniques Magazine and realized that it has been a long time since I had a photograph of the "creative" Doug Stockdale. Thus my self assignment this morning was to create a reasonable self portrait, and now you understand why it is that I usually take... Continue Reading →
Culver Exit - San Diego Freeway (From the originally titled project: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale I don't know how long this tiny memorial has been hiding in the shadows of these pine trees, but it is one of those small memorials hiding in plain site. I saw it for the first... Continue Reading →
Wildflowers (from the original titled project Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale The modifications to this image were two fold, the obvious (to me in retrospect) was to lighten the overly dark upper sky (bring back the blue slider in the B&W adjustment layer) and the subtle (after last nights dinner of leftover fried Crow) was adjusting the shadows (curve adjustment layer) to... Continue Reading →
Insomnia (from the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir) Earlier this year I had submitted images for the Texas Photographic Society (TPS) 15th National Competition. Although I did not get juried into this exhibit, I did become a member of TPS, and you can find my link on their members page. I think that you will get... Continue Reading →
Patio Decks (From the series; A Sideways Glance)
Lichen and Rocks (Riverside county) copyright Douglas Stockdale - While I was reacting to Tim Atherton's digital grayscale blog, I had defensively taken the position about the full range of black to grays in a digial black & white image. I then posted one of my digital images to try to "prove my point". Opps! Because... Continue Reading →
I wanted to add one last comment to the Tim Atherton dig at digital black and white images, where he has written:... "colour digital work can sing (as can analogue/digital hybrid colour). Though probably the biggest single reason that so many converted colour images look crappy in greyscale is nothing to do with technique, but rather... Continue Reading →
Oi!, my IT guy has me back on line, so this should have been posted yesterday as the Photo of the Day, but I think you'll understand;- ) Best regards, Doug
The second part of Anita's question was about how an on-line print review can function such as Stills, a small on-line group (a collaborative photoblog) that I am a member of. Like the Photographers Exchange, I am a recent participant to Stills, so if I don't get this right, I'm sure I'll hear about it;- )... Continue Reading →
Photographers Exchange meeting in 2022 during COVID-19 I had a nice request from a photographic friend over the weekend about the photographic group that I am a member of that meets monthly called the Photographers Exchange. If any of them read this and I made a mistake, I hope they provide a correction. It was stated... Continue Reading →
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