Looking at one photograph at a time
Rancho Santa Margarita, California, January 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale When the coastal fog works it way up the canyon to my back yard, the ensuing mysterious vista recalls my initial photographic interest to investigate the natural landscape. To photography this intriguing landscape is way too tempting and I have learned not to fight the impulses.... Continue Reading →
Torrey Pines Park, San Diego, CA copyright 2016 Douglas Stockdale We really needed the recent rain here in Southern California, but regretfully what comes with the winter storms is the resulting beach erosion and the loss of a lot of sand.
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 →
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 (Garden District, St Charles trolley way, New Orleans, LA October 2015) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale Today I seem to have a case of the blase, so I feel a off. Usually one good cure (for me) is to jump back in the fray. Thus a great reason to finish the development of this image... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Bourbon Street, New Orleans, October 2015) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale We attended a destination wedding in New Orleans, aka NoLa or The Big Easy, this past weekend. Our hotel was a couple of blocks off Bourbon Street, thus required a prerequisite evening walk-about. This is my version of what my experience of this place... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Michigan, September 2015) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale I was surprised at the end of my photographic tweaking as to how this photograph is pulling me in. To be honest, it was one of series of grab shots that I made on approach while landing at Detroit Metro airport. Having made this landing recently, I... Continue Reading →
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