Wow. I knew that Southeast Center of Photography (SEC4P) was about to announce our next book development workshop together and that they wanted to post this on their social media first before I started my social media PR. I just did not expect that it would be sold-out in less than fours hours from the... Continue Reading →
Photo Creativity 103 – Experiment & Play
The Chaos We are In, (#4058) copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale - This is my third reflection on how I implement my Photo (Artistic) Creativity and probably the one that I have mentioned most often in my past articles; allowing myself to 'Experiment/Play'. Aka, it's okay to mess around and have some fun. Others may not... Continue Reading →
Diary; August 6th 2020 – Abstract art
During this pandemic I started a series that is pretty much based on creating abstract images. Which is actually not that new for me. When I made a transition from photography to painting in the mid-1980's and to gain some understanding of the various mediums, my artwork was pretty representational. When you looked at my... Continue Reading →
Dye sublimation on clear base aluminum
My experimentation/play series of organic abstraction during the COVID-19 pandemic has also included some printing evaluations using dye sublimation printing process on clear base aluminum. I have been working with three west-coast California print labs on this printing project and they all have a slight variation on what to call this process and medium such as HD Metal,... Continue Reading →
Purple Fringe
A quick shout-out about my discovery of purple fringe and what to do about controlling it, which is not to be confused with the song Purple Rain. Although humming Purple Rain while working on this digital manifestation I find does seem to help reduce stress. As a black and white film photographer who has incorporated digital color... Continue Reading →
Book Development Workshop – 1 day intensive using Zoom
Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) has just announced my one-day (teleconferencing) book development workshop on Saturday, July 18th, from 9am - 4pm (PST). Included is a small break for lunch and we will be using Zoom as our teleconferencing admin process for this virtual workshop while we all continue to shelter-in-place. A photographic book... Continue Reading →
Photo Creativity 101 – the 10-minute rule
Have you ever gone out to take photographs, whether to the beach, park, or just a walk around the block and come back and realize that for all that time you spent, you did not take one single photograph? You might be thinking you have photographers-block, similar to writers-block or artist-block; encountering a blank slate... Continue Reading →