Looking at one photograph at a time
Two rods, Newport Beach, June 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past weekend was Father's Day, a time to celebrate Dads and for some of us, to remember their Dad's who are no longer with us. In my case it was the later as my Dad had passed almost thirty years ago. Yesterday in honor of... Continue Reading →
Surf Fishing, San Clemente Beach 2016, copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale While I continue to work on my workshop agenda for the LACP Marketing Your Photo Book, I was reminded about a brand focusing process I used for my consulting company many years ago. The methodology has the unlikely name of Hedgehog Concept and when researchers were... Continue Reading →
San Clemente Beach May 2016, copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale This was not a great weekend. Earlier in week I was not feeling great, but Thursday evening and Friday morning I seemed to be over what-ever-it-was. But what-ever-it-was came back to bite me Friday afternoon and only this morning did it seem I was getting on the... Continue Reading →
Life Guard Station #14, San Clemente, CA, May 2017, copyright Douglas Stockdale The same day this month that I captured the gradations beach photo on San Clemente beach that I discussed here, I also photographed the adjacent Life Guard Station #14. In fact I believe that the earlier beach photograph was captured in front of... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles, I-5 Freeway, March 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale While driving up the I-5 Freeway into Los Angeles earlier this year, I was again finding myself in the bump-to-bumper traffic grind common for this part of Southern California. So similar to my bumper-to-bumper photographs in my recent drives to San Diego, I used the opportunity... Continue Reading →
San Clemente Beach, May 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale One of the delightful aspects of picking Ella up at the San Clemente train station is that the station is directly adjacent to the Pacific ocean. We are talking about only a few yards. Thus I normally volunteer to pick her up and then I leave early... Continue Reading →
Trubuco Canyon 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale This week one of the photographic groups I attend, The Photographers Exchange, is having the annual print exchange meeting (at IFAC on Thursday, March 16 starting at 5:30pm). Except with a slight twist; everyone who brings a print will leave with some else's print, it is just the print... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale We just completed our annual ski trip to Vail, Colorado. We drove out from Southern California with Zach and met up with Chad in Vail, who came up from Denver. Drive out through California, Nevada, Utah and then into Colorado was breath taking as usual, but no stopping on the way... Continue Reading →
San Clemente, CA 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale So my latest experiment-fun that I have been playing around with is photographing the ocean, surf & sky when I happen to be driving near and subsequently posting on Instagram (@douglasstockdale) as my Weather & Surf Report. As you might imagine, we live close by and my daughter lives... Continue Reading →
Trabuco Canyon I, copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale - Between the recent rain storms in Southern California, I decided to take a short walk (yes, not really a hike) through part of the Trabuco Canyon (aka Trabuco Arroyo) adjacent to where we live. I must admit, I am still drawn to the irregular shapes of what... Continue Reading →
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