Still working on the first full sort of the images that I had made over the previous nine months for the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir (blue version). I had allowed these images to accomulate with out much editing as I was trying to finish the earlier series Bad Trip - Sad Trip. Hope to have... Continue Reading →
Easily fascinated
Evening Television (maybe in the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale I really like Martin's comment that perhaps I am better discussing the fact that I am easily fascinated, which I agree has a much more positive spin on life. I think that it is also related to Paul Lester's recent discussion about... Continue Reading →
Night Pool
I am now working on the color tonality of the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir. I want to bring in a slight bluish cast, but not as strong as effect (satuation) that I had decieded to use for the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip. So I will print up a couple of different images in different... Continue Reading →
Image titles: Bad Trip – Sad Trip
Indiana State Route 30 - 2007 For the image titles in my series In Passing (Updated: original working title; Bad Trip - Sad Trip), I had first started using a more documentary form of naming convention with the titles, essentially "what it is" or "where it is". After a number of emial exchanges with Colin Jago (blog: Photostream) about images that... Continue Reading →
Organizing my series
Cross and Tree, Napa (from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) I have not progressed to the point on my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip that I need to be thinking about the organization of the images, first on my web site and subsequently how would I arrange the images for an exhibit or in a... Continue Reading →
Napa Color conversion to Black & White
Napa Lights (from the series In Passing) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale I was not sure how the evening photograph of the memorial from Napa would appear after making the color conversion to Black & White. The one thing that I did know is that working in Black & White would provide me more liberties in adjusting... Continue Reading →
Color alternatives
...While photographing my different series, I am intending to create most of the final images in Black & White, I have photographs that are very unique in color. And in this case with the long exposure and tail light streaks during a photograph made at late dusk, not an image that will easily translate directly to Black & White. And so the... Continue Reading →
Napa Memorial tolerant
...I am begining to believe that Napa County and prehaps the area near the city of Napa is memorial tolerant. After finding the two memorials yesterday, I have now found a total of five in this area. One of which I must have driven past three times, but probably looking on the wrong side of the... Continue Reading →
Insomnia series continues
...I had sort of run out of steam photographing my Insomnia series during my long protracted stay in Northern LA County, so the time at home was refreshing in many ways. Now on this shorter duration in Napa, I found myself late last night wondering around the hotel grounds again with the camera on the tripod,... Continue Reading →
Memorials in Napa
...on our 7 hour drive to Napa from Orange County, I think that I saw only one memorial and since we were in bumper to bumber SF Bay traffic, one that I made a mental note to look for another time. It seems that when ever I am driving, I am keeping my senses aware for... Continue Reading →