Ok, so what about LensWork, issue 74, to be published January/February 2008? Because that is going to be the issue that my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip (subsequently titled In Passing) is going to be published in!! I received notification from LensWork earlier this week while I was in JiaXing. I have scheduled the... Continue Reading →
Heart Broken Fence
Heart Broken Fence (from the originally titiled project: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale This is the other Victorville road side tribute memorial that is located about 150 feet from the Halloween Costume image I made earlier this week. The other memorial you can see from the I-15 freeway, but this one is not really... Continue Reading →
The Project – A Book
One of the points that Brooks Jensen was making when he was suggesting to work on a body of work as a series/project, is also consider what the end game is (okay, that's my paraphrase, not a quote). One option is to exhibit the series and another is to publish it. I have a strong... Continue Reading →
Photo of the Day: Culver exit memorial
Culver Exit - San Diego Freeway (From the originally titled project: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale I don't know how long this tiny memorial has been hiding in the shadows of these pine trees, but it is one of those small memorials hiding in plain site. I saw it for the first... Continue Reading →
Wildflowers: the do-over
Wildflowers (from the original titled project Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale The modifications to this image were two fold, the obvious (to me in retrospect) was to lighten the overly dark upper sky (bring back the blue slider in the B&W adjustment layer) and the subtle (after last nights dinner of leftover fried Crow) was adjusting the shadows (curve adjustment layer) to... Continue Reading →
Yesterday’s Photo of the Day: Winchester Road
Oi!, my IT guy has me back on line, so this should have been posted yesterday as the Photo of the Day, but I think you'll understand;- ) Best regards, Doug
Photo of the day: Murrieta Dirt Path
Murrieta (In Passing series) copyright Douglas Stockdale - It was an unusual morning, being overcast at home, then on my drive to Riverside in the morning the sky turned to a light haze, which was followed by a cloud bank and subsequently open sky and then finally into a light fog. I saw there was fog also up in on... Continue Reading →
Photo Editing
I think that editing is one of the harder tasks to do as an artist. When you are developing an image, what do you select, when do you start, what do you include, what do you exclude, when do you stop??? I love the no-bainers. Something magically seems to happen at the point capturing the... Continue Reading →
When is a photographic project finished?
Rock Ring with Sea Shells (from the originally titled series: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) I have been working on my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip for over almost two years and as recently as today's image, which I guess qualifies it as a Photo of the Day. In one sense, I felt that I have created a sufficient... Continue Reading →
Artistic Statement: Bad Trip – Sad Trip
City Intersection Fence (From the project: In Passing) I have been working on and off on the Artistic Statement for my project Bad Trip - Sad Trip (orignial working title) and I think that I have it finished for the moment. I still need to get permission from Simon Denison to quote him from his introduction to Quarry... Continue Reading →