Looking at one photograph at a time
I have been thinking about the Fill Light option in ACR 4 and that option along with the rest of the RAW conversion options essentially provides the ability to expand and contract the "development" of individual images. In Zone System speak, that would be both a N+1 and a N-1 development (and greater) of the same image. Now that... Continue Reading →
Earlier I had discussed this image and felt that I was going to create a composite image by adding another RAW conversion image to open up the shadow area. Since then I read Doug Plummer's blog about using the Fill Light function with the RAW conversion of ACR 4.1. In checking back with my CS3 book by Martin... Continue Reading →
Skateboard Memorial (from the series: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) One of the nice things about showing your images to your friends, in this case the collaborative photoblog Stills that I am a member of, you get wonderful feedback, on both technical and esthetics concerns. A reoccuring comment for my images, especially if taken of the urban landscape,... Continue Reading →
Copyright Douglas Stockdale I continue to reflect on the comments by Julie earlier this week about our muse quietly waiting for us to find it. That is because of a large mental block that I have regarding my earlier natural landscape work and many years of creating singular images. I know that there are some connections and... Continue Reading →
Rocks and Plastic Flowers (From the Series: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) This image Rocks and Plastic Flowers has been lingering in my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip portfolio and I was not sure of my hesitancy. The rocks and plastic flowers were where I wanted them placed relative to the middle ground desert and... Continue Reading →
Drive Thru (from the series: Insomnia: Hotel Noir) Price is the fourth of the basic components while developing your Marketing Plan. And it may be the hardest part of your marketing program. Price can be further refined into two parts, Wholesale Price and Retail Price. Retail Price is probably the easiest to understand as we... Continue Reading →
Lake Zurich and Alps (from the series: Ethereal Images) I do not know why, but I am continually amazed how each of us react to our experiences in our own way. This was further confirmed by Paul's and Julie's comments to my earlier posts. I can image Paul Lester and I on a plane trip... Continue Reading →
I know that I have been lagging on writing some additonal artist statements about some of the newer series that I have posting on my web site. I am not sure of the reluctance because I seem to chase anything else but that task. I am very sure that it is a case of avoidance. So why doing... Continue Reading →
Crop Circles (from the series: Ethereal Images) I find that I am influenced by many things, experiences and occurances. Some influences are very overt and obvious, others not so and maybe latent memories, that unconsious stuff. For my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip, to me, the initial artisitc intent was an obvious photographic documentation of folk art that was being expressed... Continue Reading →
Okay, I have to admit, I am still under the weather with this flu thing, so when I was doing some crusing through some blogs, I came across this question; Should an artist paint from a photograph? Duh?? I guess so if you are such a crappy photographer and you can't get it right the first... Continue Reading →
Singular Images 