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Anthropogenic Crisis No. 3764 (Warming Water) copyright 2009/2022 Douglas Stockdale I am now settled on using Moab's Lasal Exhibition Luster, a US made inkjet paper, as my replacement for the German Hahnemuehle that I have been using for the past five+ years for making print evaluations. As I stated in my previous Lasal article, this... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 9024 copyright 2018/2022 Douglas Stockdale - Last December I started on a small quest to find better ecological alternative inkjet printing papers for my use here in the US, which the Moab papers that are partly manufactured in Moab, Utah, were one of the finalist. To keep my printing costs in line,... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 085829 copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale As I started to develop my new series, Anthropogenic Crisis, I was becoming more aware of the aspects of what it might mean to be an Eco-Green artist; someone who is concerned about the environment and becoming more worried about global-heating. I think it is like politics,... Continue Reading →
My new 24" Canon Pro-2100 printer is now up and running. Yes! I am really old school about photographic images in that I need to print it to feel comfortable in evaluating the color, contrast, and composition as a final image. For me, a print is the final output of my creative endeavor, thus essential... Continue Reading →
First, to be clear, this is not meant to be an exhaustive analysis of the Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Metallic printing paper, but as a user report as to my recent experiences. Backstory; while attending 2019 PhotoLA earlier this year, I had heard that Mona Kuhn was using a metallic printing for some of her large... Continue Reading →
Untitled, (Memory Pods), 2015 copyright Douglas Stockdale Day two of installing my Canon Pro-1 printer and after getting the basics in place as I wrote about yesterday, the next step was creating the color profiles (icc profiles) for my printing papers. I am starting with my basic proofing paper. This involved creating my first paper... Continue Reading →
Memory Pods, March 2015 copyright Douglas Stockdale Yes, there is a slightly used Canon Pro-1 printer now sitting in the studio. The Epson 4800 is in the storage area pending a posting on Craig's List, which will also includes a new in-the-box 220ml Photo Black ink cartridge. The Canon Pro-1 is only 13" wide but... Continue Reading →
Buzzards, Mystery on the Plano Trabuco 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale In the Southwest the sight of circling buzzards is not a good omen as it foretells of something that might be dying or perhaps already passed on to its afterlife. I realized that an image of circling buzzards would make a great image for my... Continue Reading →
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