Rome fashion shoot

Yamamay by Douglas Stockdale With a little free time in Rome yesterday afternoon, I figured it would be a good opportunity to work on my fashion portfolio, since Rome is considered the number 4 fashion city after Milan, Paris and NY. I mean Rome, Milan what's going to be the difference in fashion photography? But... Continue Reading →

Still developing Milan Fashion Week

Fashion Week Accessory: Paparazzi by Douglas Stockdale from the project: Milan Fashion Week Although I lost a couple of days of photo files from when I was in Milan last month, I had hoped to fill in the gaps in my project when I returned to Milan at the end of this month, possibly the begining of November.... Continue Reading →

Working on my fashion project

Fashion Pavillions by Douglas Stockdale from the project Milan Fashion Week One of my challenges for blogging my photo-project Milan Fashion Week is to think of my postings in reverse, as I want someone to connect to the blog and experience it as I envision as they scroll down. Which means posting the last images first, the first images... Continue Reading →

Milan Fashion Week

G-Star Raw by Douglas Stockdale While here in Milan, I just heard a rumor that this week is Fashion Week in Milan. Very cool! Since at one time it was so uber-cool to be a fashion photographer, I have decided is was now time to get my fashion portfolio together. With only a couple of... Continue Reading →

tweaking Chinese Picture Postcard blog

    I am still tweaking the design and layout for my new project-blog, Chinese Picture Postcards. I thought the esthetics for my first choice in WordPress blog designs in line with the project concept, overall black with a red headliner for the blog.  But this design was hampered by the fixed width for displaying the paired-up photographs. My concept is to have... Continue Reading →

Chinese Picture Postcards blog

JiaShan, Hutong Boatman (Chinese Picture Postcards series) 2008 copyright Douglas Stockdale -  As I continue to develop my new series Chinese Picture Postcards, I decided that I would start my blog for this project very early on. Since this series is intented to be paired images, one side an idealistic composed photograph and the facing... Continue Reading →

[Re]starting a project

A couple of days ago, I re-validated my advice to others; if you just start to work on a (past/new) project, the act of working on the project engages your mind and vision and pretty soon you are in high gear, with the work flowing easily again. No related photo to post about this, as... Continue Reading →

Top 10 by Source

Last week I was contacted by the editor of the Irish photo magazine Source  for an interview, as they had determined that my articles and photobook reviews that I publish on The PhotoBook was a blog that they wanted to highlight as one of the top ten blogs that photographers should be reading. The interview was just published yesterday. Wow,... Continue Reading →

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