Looking at one photograph at a time
Winter Field, JiaShan, China (Wo Zhi KanKan - I am just Looking) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale - When I read a question asked by Miguel Garcia-Guzman on his blog Exposure Compensation (2014 update: the Exposure Compensation blog has been removed and has a new owner) regarding what constitutes Contemporary Great Portrait Photography, that started a kernel of thinking as... Continue Reading →
Disused Railway line with car Tyre, copyright Simon Denison Simon Denison is a British urban landscape photographer who has helped shape my understanding and some of my hard to characterize feelings (remember, I'm a guy) about my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip (Update: series subsequently published by LensWork as In Passing) A quote from the Introduction of his book, Quarry... Continue Reading →
Yesterday on my drive home, I noticed that I had not seen two of the three memorials that I had photographed in Southern California on the toll road. One is a little out of the way, so to reconfirm that it had been removed, I took a little extra time this morning to drive by... Continue Reading →
I drive by this memorial shrine frequently on my daily commute and other side trips that I need to be on the 241 tollroad, thus I have continued to watch this memorial evolve. I had made my image of this memorial last Spring for my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip and although not published in... Continue Reading →
I just checked the LensWork Extended web site and issue #74 is on line with an available pdf download of the current issue to sneak a peek of the issue, which included 4 of my In Passing images from the print copy. That would mean it should be on the magazine shelves shortly (I hope!) ;- ) Best regards, Doug... Continue Reading →
Crosses at Santa Rosa Pass (from the project In Passing) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale One of the outcomes from having my project In Passing (Bad Trip - Sad Trip) published in LensWork, is being able to see what my images would look like published in a small book. Granted, I will have a slightly larger image in... Continue Reading →
Canyon Tracks, Nevada from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip & published in LensWork #74 I just recieved my advance copy of LensWork #74 and it looks wonderful! I am one of four photographers, the others being Josef Hoflehner, Ann Miller and Barry Wolf. There are 21 images from my series in the print edition, the full... Continue Reading →
Lake Elsinore Heights, California copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale
Expressway Heights (Insomnia: Hotel Noir) 2007 copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am in the middle of a bunch of multi-tasking tasks and I am afraid that I am not getting much of anything accomplished. So I have decided to work on taking first-things-first. The first is to follow up and complete the artistic statements for... Continue Reading →
Last week after my return from China, I had my interview with Brooks Jensen, the Co-Editor of LensWork magazine in preparation for the LensWork Extended DVD and print editions. I am always fastinated with the reactions that I receive from my images, and this conversation was no exception. I knew that Brooks would want to... Continue Reading →
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