In a slight departure from mostly discussing my photographic projects, I am posting this bird's nest photograph from my morning walk today. It is entirly a staged composition. Okay, I did find this small abandoned nest sitting on the sidewalk and I am not sure where it was located originally. The nest is pretty small... Continue Reading →
Christmas card photo – 2019
The holiday season is upon us again and is time for me to choose a photograph for our annal Christmas Card & Season's Greetings. Last year I found a really nice photograph for our Christmas card that I had captured when we were earlier in Vail Colorado that seemed well suited, and which was well... Continue Reading →
Canon Pro-2100 – My Field of Dreams
From the heart warming movie Field of Dreams; if you build a (baseball) fields, they will come. Thus the idea behind my purchase earlier this week of a brand-spanking new 24" Canon Pro-2100 printer. If I make bigger prints, I will then sell these! Up till now I mainly sell 16 x 20" prints (on... Continue Reading →
More Expired film evaluations – Fence Line
Yesterday I took a day trip down to San Diego to meet up with some of my editorial and operational team at the Medium Festival. Primarily we were there to meet up with the documentary photographer Louie Palu for an interview I have in process for publication with PhotoBook Journal. Okay, we were also interested in... Continue Reading →
Expired Film & Serendipity
Pease be advised: Do not try to adjust your monitor! The colors you are looking at are indeed "unique". One of the interesting aspects of using expired 120 film is not knowing what might come back from the processing laboratory. Sometimes, as with the Pampas Grass photograph that I had discussed earlier this week, most... Continue Reading →
Pampas Grass – Take Two
Gardening for Ordnance series, copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale - Yesterday, I posted my lament about living in Southern California with the constant sunny days and corresponding blue skies. A very warm and cheerful place to reside, but potentially problematic if one wants to create dark and stormy photographs. Just no clouds to add to any... Continue Reading →
Cascade – Spring – Placerita Canyon – Take two
I recently discussed that I will have a series of photographic prints for sale at my gallery, Fabrik Projects, in Los Angeles. The photograph I featured in that post was from my Foundations project, Cascade, Spring, Placerita Canyon that I photographed in 2006 with the Hasselblad using Kodak color negative film. I have made a... Continue Reading →
Contemporary Landscape Photography – Winter Field – JiaShan at Fabrik Projects
As I discussed a few days ago, I am creating a series of loose, un-matted photographic prints for sale at my gallery, Fabrik Projects, located in Los Angeles. One of the loose photographs that I have been thinking about making available at Fabrik Projects is the featured photograph above, Winter Field, JiaShan. This photograph has been a... Continue Reading →
Selling loose prints at Fabrik Projects
Note: Regretfully the Fabric Projects gallery in Los Angeles, CA, closed during COVID-19. These prints are still available directly from me. My gallery, Fabrik Projects, has started making available loose, unmated prints available for sale. When I was asked to submit a few photographs my initial response was if I were to participate, which ones?... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground – Book + print box set final development
With the ongoing border wall issues created by the current American president it just seems that my Middle Ground project will always have some relevancy. When I self-published the Middle Ground artist book concurrently with my solo exhibition at Fabrik Projects, Chris Davies, the owner of the gallery, asked if I would also be interested... Continue Reading →