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 →
Night Light copyright 2016 Douglas Stockdale On our first evening in Denver last week there were some remnants of snow still on the ground, which I found intriguing. I started playing with some cast light patterns created by a residential nightlight (these were solar powered units; the light was not that strong and had an interesting... Continue Reading →
Golden, Colorado 2016 Copyright Douglas Stockdale Road Trip! For Thanksgiving we motored from SoCal up I-15 and then over I-70 to Denver to meet up with family for Thanksgiving. Denver was not the final stop, but we did take time to meet-up with some of our family and a couple of side-trips before heading down... 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 (September 12, 2016 Portra 160 Negative #8) 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale I just finished scanning this negative from my Memory Pods project. For this photograph, my subject is just barely out of focus. I have determined that this negative in conjunction with two others from this same studio session might create an interesting triptych,... Continue Reading →
Fall, Park City, Utah 2016 copyright all images Douglas Stockdale A couple of weeks ago we did a road-trip from SoCal up to Park City, Utah for a few days to check the area out as I had heard there were a few really nice restaurants in the area. We also knew that this was... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Memory Pods project) copyright 2016 Douglas Stockdale Cooking on the Nikon film scanner is negative #12 from my September 4th studio session working on my Memory Pods project. Hasselblad & 150 mm f/4 lens with two 21mm extension tubes, Kodak Portra 160 with an E.I. of 80, normal film processing. Scan is taking a... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Middle Ground) copyright 2016 Douglas Stockdale So a good friend tells me that since I am trying to make lemonade from lemons and my photographs are created when the car comes to a complete stand still in traffic, then really I have a "lemonade stand". sigh. I continue to think about the implications of the urban... Continue Reading →
Life in the slow lane, Southern California, copyright 2016 Douglas Stockdale Yes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. So this may or may not develop into a full project, but at the moment I am reacting to this current experience. I have an assignment in San Diego that requires me to frequently drive down... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Memory Pods project) copyright 2016 Douglas Stockdale I have been rephotographing some of my memory pod subjects with film and just realized a very inexpensive creative tool; when processing my film at ProPhoto (Irvine, CA), for just a small bit more, I can obtain a medium resolution scan of each image. Seems that when... Continue Reading →
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