Looking at one photograph at a time
I am still tweaking the design and layout for my new project-blog, Chinese Picture Postcards. I thought the esthetics for my first choice in WordPress blog designs in line with the project concept, overall black with a red headliner for the blog. But this design was hampered by the fixed width for displaying the paired-up photographs. My concept is to have... Continue Reading →
JiaShan, Hutong Boatman (Chinese Picture Postcards series) 2008 copyright Douglas Stockdale - As I continue to develop my new series Chinese Picture Postcards, I decided that I would start my blog for this project very early on. Since this series is intented to be paired images, one side an idealistic composed photograph and the facing... Continue Reading →
Georgia summer heat and humidity; as you walk out the door of your air conditioned house (low temp and low humidity), you hit the wall of warm sticky heat. If your lens is not covered, the front element is immediately coated with a fine layer of condensate and this is what you get. I did not mind,... Continue Reading →
A while back I was impressed by some photographs that Aline Smithson had posted on Lenscratch for a photographer (sorry, name escapes me) who had photographed some museum exhibits, which looked wonderful. So while walking through the small museum at Ft Frederica on St Simons island, I could not resist. All I had to do was chose my... Continue Reading →
St Simons, GA
Beach cottage, St Simons GA copyright of Douglas Stockdale This is one of those photographs that will serve as a memory link to a nice vacation with most of my family on St Simons island on the S.E. coast of the Atlantic. I had been eyeing this corner for most of the week, but then... Continue Reading →
Waycross, GA 2009 copyright Douglas Stockdale
A couple of days ago, I re-validated my advice to others; if you just start to work on a (past/new) project, the act of working on the project engages your mind and vision and pretty soon you are in high gear, with the work flowing easily again. No related photo to post about this, as... Continue Reading →
Last week I was contacted by the editor of the Irish photo magazine Source for an interview, as they had determined that my articles and photobook reviews that I publish on The PhotoBook was a blog that they wanted to highlight as one of the top ten blogs that photographers should be reading. The interview was just published yesterday. Wow,... Continue Reading →
Reminder that Blurb is in the midst of their Photography.Book.Now judging and concurrently they have the "People's Choice" Award. So if you have not voted for your favorite book yet, and you really like my mine, please vote for Insomnia: Hotel Noir here. Best regards, Doug
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