Looking at one photograph at a time
In Passing, Second Edition, Blurb, 2008 by Douglas Stockdale I had thought that the next book that I was going to publish was going to be my Sharpening book. Surprise! It turns out to be the second edition of my series, In Passing. First the good news. New size, the Blurb large horizontal 13 x 11",... Continue Reading →
Seems that the fourth revision, but second edition, to my book In Passing is moving along at a brisk pace. For those who have not followed along for the past year, my very first printed (version) proof was a mess. But out that publishing experience came my how-to book, Sharpening Photographs for Blurb Printing. nice. My second version... Continue Reading →
Nevada State Route 159 (Randy), 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale How do you finish a photographic project? I am begining to think that I don't know this answer. I guess that there are many ways to find closure on something, whether it is events in your personal life or during a photographic project. Then there are those things... Continue Reading →
In Passing, Speical Edition, Artist Proof (A/P) I by Douglas Stockdale Seems like a number of things have been coming together this week. First, as a result of publishing The Photo Book and linking a number of publishers and gallery bookstores to my journal, I now have an accepted gallery industry trade name for what I... Continue Reading →
I just received a photograph of my clam shell artist proof for the Limited Edition In Passing book and folio. This is being constructed by Transient Books, but before a I provide a full endorsement, I will wait until the end of next week when I receive it and review the worksmanship. So far, they... Continue Reading →
Arvada, CO copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale The question of "What makes a good landscape" is one of those questions that at one time, I felt had some relevance. Sorry, but I am now feeling that the question is only one for me personally. In fact, I have difficulty with the concept of "good" as adjutive attached to a... Continue Reading →
Well, I continued to think about the publishing strategy for my softcover version of In Passing. It seems that my logic for holding back the softcover version until I complete the Limited Edition was based on traditional book publishing rules. But I am not doing traditional book publishing, eh? Now for me, developing the softcover book... Continue Reading →
While I was on out on assignment today, my updated book Places Amongst Us was delivered. As you might recall, I was disappointed with color of the first production proof, it was like they had put the entire book in a tonal compression chamber; the shadows were blocked and the highlights were blown. It did not... Continue Reading →
When I was writing about our trip to Las Vegas a couple of days ago, I just realized that I had an image to post with it, which is this one Heart Broken Fence, part of my project In Passing. In the introduction I wrote about how these road side memorials continue to change. What I saw during... Continue Reading →
In Passing (I Love You), hand-colored cyanotype, copyright 2007/2023 Douglas Stockdale - One question that seems to come up often with regard to my photography; how do you come up with your photography projects? This was a frequent question during the development of my published project In Passing (working title Bad Trip - Sad Trip),... Continue Reading →
