Looking at one photograph at a time
Copyright 2014 Jason Fulford & Gregory Halpern published by Aperture While in Santa Fe and visiting the photo-eye book store, I had an opportunity to get a copy of Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern's book The Photographer's Playbook. The subtitle reveals the essentials of this book; 307 (photographic) Assignments and Ideas, which are distilled from... Continue Reading →
Douglas Stockdale 2016 photograph by Ella Webb Surprise! Not often you will see my mug on this blog. The special occasion is that Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) just added my profile as one of the LACP instructors for a introductory book design class I have developed and will be leading next Spring. The... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Over Oz, Michigan, 2015) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale I keep getting asked how I am able to create my interesting aerial landscapes that I share here, such as this one and the one I posted yesterday. So here is the story about how I photograph landscapes while flying by the seat of my pants,... Continue Reading →
The workshop went really well yesterday at the LBCC PhotoFest09, great participation (like they had a choice with my workshop breakout assignments!) and super enthusiasm. The best part was all the personal feedback on how they were able to betterconceptualize their projects that they had envisioned, but had struggled to get their arms (minds) around. nice. Jeff Smeding and... Continue Reading →
JiaShan Waterway with Hutong Boat photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale Last night we had the annual print exchange at the monthly Photographers Exchange meeting at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, which was a lot of fun. I donated a small limited edition photograph of JiaShan Waterway with Hutong Boat that included my personal chop mark (chop mark not... Continue Reading →
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR My Developing a Print on Demand Book Workshopin Portland at the 23 Sandy Gallery over the weekend went very well. The more normal Portland weather for this time of year, overcast and spitting rain and drizzle, made for a great day to be in doors. Since the workshop occurred during the Photo+Book exhibition... Continue Reading →
I just received word from Laura that my workshop for next weekend is Sold Out and then some. nice. I spend most of yesterday finishing the workshop PowerPoints and printing them off as handouts. When I woke up this morning, I had some inspiration about a couple of more things to add to the presentations. So I... Continue Reading →
Transitional from the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir photograph copyright Douglas Stockdale It is nice sometimes when you get an opportunity to work on a single task but accomplish two things, what we would call a 2-fer. Which was the case as I was completing my book workshop presentation for Portland in about a week. In... Continue Reading →
One of the things you are suppose to do, if you want to be noticed and eventually sell a print or book or get a gallery representation, is to promote yourself. And in a round about way, I have been. And then again, I have not been really diligent in this area. sigh As I read other blogs... Continue Reading →
This last week I was in dicussions with the folks who are organizing the Long Beach City College PhotoFest, which runs from April 1 - 4th, 2009 about a potential half-day program I could lead. And now its a reality. I am on this year's agenda for a three hour program on Developing a Photo Project, which will... Continue Reading →
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