Looking at one photograph at a time
To pick up again the discussion that was start Sunday by Tim Atherton where he states "the digital B&W images are driving me nuts – not their content, but their “look", recognizing that he is not taking exception to the image content but the presentation and look even giving this blog some kudos for "fun and interesting"... Continue Reading →
It seems that I have been chosen to provide examples of what is bad about trying to converting a (digital) color image to black & white by Tim Atherton over on the Large Format Photography Forum. I find this midly amusing, as I was not aware that many could figure out from where source I made the... Continue Reading →
Wildflowers (from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) I am still suffering with my internet connectivity, but I have developed a work-around, so I will be posting without images for a short duration, or as in this case, using a previous posted image to help make a point. Getting feedback on my images I believe... Continue Reading →
My IT guy and I still couldn't figure out my internet connectivity issues last night, so you could say that I've got my feet up and coasting along for the moment. Good opportunity to go capture some new images...... BTW, this image is from a prior post, no way to upload anything new at the moment.....(and I... Continue Reading →
Last Spring there was a conversation that Paul Butzi initiated about essentially either going wider (broader context) or deeper (more in-depth) regarding your own artistic development. I believe that this concept can be applied in a variety of ways regarding artistic development. As I continue my series A Sideways Glance, I find that as I look, see and... Continue Reading →
Murrieta (In Passing series) copyright Douglas Stockdale - It was an unusual morning, being overcast at home, then on my drive to Riverside in the morning the sky turned to a light haze, which was followed by a cloud bank and subsequently open sky and then finally into a light fog. I saw there was fog also up in on... Continue Reading →
When you think you have something to post, and you can't due to technical reasons, it is frustrating for me. grrrr I'll get to it shortly, I just need to vent. again. grrrrr.... and now feeling better already, Best regards, Doug
I was just notified that my pending visit to China, first arriving at Shangahi and then down to JaiXing, is being delayed for another month. I think that I had also come to terms of what I was going to photograph when I was there; essentially everything that interests me. If I can't achieve any clarity... Continue Reading →
Tollroad Hillside (from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) The whole realization that I have been deferring my printing of my images was interesting. In checking back, there were a couple of images from my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip that I had not printed yet. When I went back to the unprinted... Continue Reading →
Heart of Shells (from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) Last spring I had read a couple of photo-blogs in which it was observed that photographers were actually printing less and less of their images. Photograhpers and artists were going straight to the internet (gallery) with little and sometimes no actually hard copy printing. ... Continue Reading →
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