Looking at one photograph at a time
A-1, Colloferro, Italy 2012 copyright Douglas Stockdale It seems to me that I have an easier time determining what I want the resulting photograph to look like than determine the title (caption). Such is the chaos of the creative process. For my roadside memorial and remembrance photographic titles I think that I have been all... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Denver, Snow Flurries #4, 2015) Copyright Douglas Stockdale I have been using Photoshop CS3 since it was published by Adobe and I have not had the desire or compunction to make an upgrade until just recently. Sometimes when the features of the various software do not change dramatically and you are comfortable with where... Continue Reading →
untitled (Colfax Street, Denver, CO) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale While I was working on my Roadside Remembrance series in Denver Colorado over the Thanksgiving weekend, I had an opportunity to develop a Surrealist photograph. Knowing of Henri Cartier-Bresson's compositional practice of arranging a potential image and then waiting for someone or something to happen, I had... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Halloween Costume, I-15 Frontage Road, Victorville, California) copyright Douglas Stockdale While researching my In Passing - Lest I Forget project, I came across an interesting term; Descanso memorial. This is a Spanish derived word, literally meaning “to rest”. It originates from the old Spanish practice of marking the place where a coffin was placed the ground... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach 2007) copyright Douglas Stockdale With the recent events occurring over the weekend in Paris, I am feeling pretty sad for those families whose lives have been dramatically altered. The acts of terrorism attempts to undermine and destabilize the social fabric, bur only if we let it. I continually remind myself... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Zach Karate tournament 11/7/15) copyright Douglas Stockdale One thing that has intrigued me about the Canon 5D Mark III, which is one of the reasons I decided to purchase this versus the 5DS, was the higher ISO capabilities of the sensor. For my older 5D, I found the images became noisy ("snow") for me... Continue Reading →
Plastic Lei, Maui Hawaii, 2006 copyright Douglas Stockdale So the issue with refocusing my earlier project is that this results in having two photographic projects in progress. My Ciociaria memory book is published, but I have not obtained any meaningful exhibitions of this body of work, thus if you take into account that I will be... Continue Reading →
Morning Shadow, Denverton, California, 2007 copyright Douglas Stockdale Following up on yesterday's post with a little more information about how my Roadside Remembrance series is being reconsidered as a Black & White portfolio. This series of roadside memorials was starting to get a little traction in 2008 and I felt it had potential to go beyond the... Continue Reading →
Nevada State Randy, Route 179, (Randy) copyright Douglas Stockdale Reading the recent (2015) October issue of PDN magazine, which is their annual photobook issue, I found myself thinking back to my real first photographic project, a series of roadside remembrance memorials. As a quick recap, it is a series that I became very fascinated by in late... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Zach, San Clemente, CA) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale For last Friday's touch football game, as I posted here, I made the switch up to the the larger Canon 5D MarkIII (Mk3), which has a image sensor with a very wide ISO capability in conjunction with using a trip-pod. Btw, since I had acquired the Mk3... Continue Reading →
