Looking at one photograph at a time
I think that editing is one of the harder tasks to do as an artist. When you are developing an image, what do you select, when do you start, what do you include, what do you exclude, when do you stop??? I love the no-bainers. Something magically seems to happen at the point capturing the... Continue Reading →
Rock Ring with Sea Shells (from the originally titled series: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) I have been working on my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip for over almost two years and as recently as today's image, which I guess qualifies it as a Photo of the Day. In one sense, I felt that I have created a sufficient... Continue Reading →
Shanghai at night After posting the previous message, I found myself rereading what I posted again (sometimes I need to re-edit a post as I am not always as elegant in my messages as I hope the first time). But when I looked at the image, I realized that I had fallen into a compositional trap. I... Continue Reading →
This is one of those images that is best in color, as I am not sure how else to convey my impressions without color. At night, Shanghai takes on another character and it was a surprise to me to be looking at at the sky line in the night and see the underside of the... Continue Reading →
Shanghai, China copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale - One of the things that I remember most from my April trip to Shanghai was the amount of smog. At ground level while driving through the city, the smog was very noticeable. But if you gained a high advantage point, the smog seemed to have an even greater presence. A... Continue Reading →
LianYanGang, China, April 2007 I just received confirmation that I will be traveling to JiaXing China at the end of this month for a two week project. JiaXing is about a hour and half drive South of Shanghai. I had hoped to have a short layover in Tokyo and meet up with Guy Yakes/akikana, but the scheduling... Continue Reading →
Hidden Wreath (from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) I've been a little down in the weather the last couple of days, some kind of flu bug that enables me to sleep for long periods of time. Also since I am not moving around much, more time for reflection. Thus, so why do I... Continue Reading →
This image that I made in San Clemente (California) on a nice evening brought to my attention that the "Standard" version of CS3 does not have High Dyanamic Range (HDR) capabiltiy. For images that are high contrast such as this one, I had needed to buy the CS3 "Extended Version". I missed that small detail when I purchased my upgrade and... Continue Reading →
Hotel Signs (from the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir) In discussing the marketing of your fine art, the Promotion is basically all those activities that take place to help sell your artwork. In a sense, every thing that you do to make a name for yourself or let potential buyers know about your art is promotion.... Continue Reading →
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