Looking at one photograph at a time
Over last weekend I needed to drive down to San Diego and pick-up some family at the airport and in the morning was greeted with some heavy fog, as I discussed in an article yesterday. Hmmm. A potentially interesting photographic opportunity seemed to be in the making. Where as the Restricted signage at this Vista... Continue Reading →
Hongqaio, night copyright Douglas Stockdale 2008 Sometimes I find that I get into a mode in which I assume what I see is what is 'really' there versus paying attention to what is actually there. Case in point is the night landscape, above, that I made many years ago in China and for some dang... Continue Reading →
Yesterday morning I woke to some heavy coastal fog and since I had to drive down to San Diego to pick-up some family at the airport, I realized that this might be a win-win opportunity. There is a Vista Point on the south-bound I-5 that I am familiar with on my route and I was... Continue Reading →
Arroyo Trabuco (3121) copyright Douglas Stockdale When I was down in the Arroyo Trabuco earlier this week, I had lamented about not having my tripod. I had also stated that I bracketed my exposures since I was in the sub-1/50th of a second range (hand holding below this is problematic with a 50mm lens) and... Continue Reading →
Book-dummy, photo by Douglas Stockdale Regretfully, my Book Development workshop with Medium Photo has been delayed and is being pushed back to March 2022. This is not easy and I realize that some artists and photographers were planning on this event to help with a potential book development project. This workshop will follow the annual... Continue Reading →
This morning I made another hike down into the Arroyo Trabuco, thinking that even with the small amount of rain in the mountains, that the creek would be running a little faster. It was. Also delayed my walk to ensure that there would be more sunlight on the creek versus it running in the shade.... Continue Reading →
San Clemente, Surf-side, copyright Douglas Stockdale 2017 Another take on the San Clemente surfing photograph that I just posted. I had provided myself with an interesting idea about placing more focus on the surfer by eliminating the other surfers in the background. Actually it was pretty easy with the cloning tool on a Duplicate adjustment layer. Done.... Continue Reading →
Looks like summer is approaching an end, or probably for most places other than SoCal, which 'summer' may not end until sometime into late October or even November. It's amazing how things heat up here in the 'fall'. Nevertheless, for a recent virtual photographic critique, since many of the others were showing their summer beach... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, self-published limited edition artist book by Douglas Stockdale I know that I have probably said this before, but I am a really big proponent about getting feedback from anyone and frequently, anywhere. At portfolio reviews, I can usually be found on both sides of the review table, providing my thoughts on someone's artwork... Continue Reading →
I am very excited to announce that I will be leading a Creative Photo Book workshop with the Southeast Center of Photography (SEC4P) later in the Fall of this year. Cool! This will be a virtual event on Zoom; November 6 & 7th and 13 & 14th, 2021, 10 AM - 1 PM, EDT (which... Continue Reading →
