Looking at one photograph at a time
. untitled (San Onofre State Beach, CA April 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale For Easter this year, the family headed to San Onofre State Park and down trail 6 to the beach for a picnic. Also an occasion to say a last goodby to Lucy, the kid's dog for the past 14 years, who passed... Continue Reading →
. Untitled (Santa Ana, CA April 15, 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. Today was my day for jury duty. I was summoned to the Superior Court of California in Orange County. As always, I figured that this would be an interesting experience. Usually is. In the past, I have found that the court system is... Continue Reading →
I made this observation during one of my frequent trips. A common perspective for those on flights. I am intrigued in this variant of portraiture and I have been making a series of these passenger portraits as a possible part of my Instant Nomad series. Cheers! Untitled (Orange County to Atlanta, March 2014) copyright 2014... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Hunt Valley, Maryland, March 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale Late last month I posted an urban landscape photograph made from this same vantage point. These two photographs have a very different appearance that might be best explained that they originated from two different digital capture systems. The photograph above is from my Canon 5D,... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Hunt Valley, Maryland, March 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale While on a business trip earlier this week to Maryland, I continued to investigate the found urban landscape. Serendipity and chance play a decisive part of this investigate. In this case, this is a composition found when looking out my hotel window. Cheers!
untitled (Anaheim, CA) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale - I have been continuing to think about what makes the wider format of the Samsung 4 cellphone camera images so intriguing. Perhaps it finally dawned on me and maybe I'm the last to figure this out but it's a similar wide ratio as to my high-def t.v.... Continue Reading →
untitled (San Francisco Airport, CA, January 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. While looking at these two alternatives as potentials for my Instant Nomad series, the panoramic above is more in line with my intent. With a traditional format camera, I would have definitely wanted to step back to include the multifaceted perspective. Each window is... Continue Reading →
untitled (Industrial Yard, Corona, CA December 2013) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. Continuing to look at my panoramic photographs as a part of my Instant Nomad project. And continuing to be interested in how these particular kind of panoramatic formatted photographs look. I choose the cropping of the 10 x 8 format below to isolated and... Continue Reading →
untitled (Lucy with Lauren) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. A contemporary & poignant moment. Maybe a case in which form follows function. As of late, I am more interested including individuals, whether friend, family or even strangers, in my photographs, thus my photographs are increasingly populated. When events unfold before me now, as they did during... Continue Reading →
Artist photobook maquette, Bluewater Shore, copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. As I stated earlier this month, one of my short term objectives to finish my first maquette for this artist book was to obtain some feedback on book concept & design during photo l.a. this weekend. In fact, I did manage to obtain a bunch of... Continue Reading →
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