Looking at one photograph at a time
Seaweed, San Clemente beach, June 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale One of my recent experiment/fun projects has been to investigate photographic possibilities at the beach, which regretfully as a genre is a mine field of cliche photographs. So rather run from the obvious as I attempt to skirt around these cliches, the rather wonderful aspect of... Continue Reading →
Two rods, Newport Beach, June 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past weekend was Father's Day, a time to celebrate Dads and for some of us, to remember their Dad's who are no longer with us. In my case it was the later as my Dad had passed almost thirty years ago. Yesterday in honor of... Continue Reading →
Compass Dance, OCMA June 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale Last weekend I was the event photographer again for the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) Family Day held in conjunction with their latest exhibition. Although my intent was to capture the interaction of the attendees with the exhibition, family activities and school concerts, I was able... Continue Reading →
Seagull protest, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale In the art business there is a service market segment that I was not really aware of until recently: Mentoring. In my biotech world we would call this same type of service consulting and I have come to understand is essentially the same kind of service; having a skill or expertise... Continue Reading →
Life Guard Station #13, May 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very honored to be featured in YourDailyPhotograph today with a special limited time offer (today!) for the photographic print of Life Guard Station #13, May 2017. Archival pigment print: 15" x 15" on 17" x 22" Hahnemuhle matte. This is part of a series of... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore Packages, US Post Office, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale Yikes! I was side-lined with the flu for the past couple of weeks and I was finally able to get out of the house just in time for Memorial Day. Today with the post office back in full operation it is time to take the... Continue Reading →
Surf Fishing, San Clemente Beach 2016, copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale While I continue to work on my workshop agenda for the LACP Marketing Your Photo Book, I was reminded about a brand focusing process I used for my consulting company many years ago. The methodology has the unlikely name of Hedgehog Concept and when researchers were... Continue Reading →
Big Raft, Bluewater Shore, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale Recent events related to the self-publishing of my limited edition artist book Bluewater Shore is causing me to rethink how I might describe myself to others: artist or photographer? Okay another option might be artist/photographer. I am probably reconsidering this whole classification subject because of my preparation on the subject... Continue Reading →
Photo Book Photography; Norman strobe set-up, April 2017 Copyright Douglas Stockdale In conjunction with The PhotoBook Journal, I received a donation of a very used Normal Strobe Lighting kit to improve my process of photographing book covers and interiors. The donation was made by Dual Graphics, the Brea, CA book printer who printed my recent... Continue Reading →
Life Guard Station #14, San Clemente, CA, May 2017, copyright Douglas Stockdale The same day this month that I captured the gradations beach photo on San Clemente beach that I discussed here, I also photographed the adjacent Life Guard Station #14. In fact I believe that the earlier beach photograph was captured in front of... Continue Reading →
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