Looking at one photograph at a time
Yesterday, Wayne's comment regarding my article about the Swallows Day Parade as a potential new "series" has led me to further redefine my intent with the use of the word "series". Why and how I use that word to characterize a group of photographs. Which is a pretty good idea before I stand before the 60 or so folks at the LBCC PhotoFest... Continue Reading →
Two Little Gunslingers, San Juan Capistrano, March 2009 photography copyright of Douglas Stockdale Sometimes it seems that when I start thinking about taking photographs, I start thinking about them in the context of creating a series. Which was the case today at the annual San Juan Capistrano Swallows Day Parade. This was the second year... Continue Reading →
JiaShan Waterway with Hutong Boat photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale Last night we had the annual print exchange at the monthly Photographers Exchange meeting at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, which was a lot of fun. I donated a small limited edition photograph of JiaShan Waterway with Hutong Boat that included my personal chop mark (chop mark not... Continue Reading →
Oceanside photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale After the trip to Portland last weekend, I was really enjoy the SoutherCal sunshine. Today, we had a chance to meetup with some family from Florida and Kansas who were staying at a time-share in San Diego. So we met about half way in Oceanside, which with the sunny... Continue Reading →
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR My Developing a Print on Demand Book Workshopin Portland at the 23 Sandy Gallery over the weekend went very well. The more normal Portland weather for this time of year, overcast and spitting rain and drizzle, made for a great day to be in doors. Since the workshop occurred during the Photo+Book exhibition... Continue Reading →
We are now in Portland, sorta of getting prepared for tomorrow's workshop by spending the day going wine tasting for Pinot Noir. But the weather has changed to more of what you would expect in Portland at this time of year, wet & cold. The last couple of days have been sunny & wonderful, with a... Continue Reading →
I received a comment this evening on a much earlier post, but following it back I encountered a very interesting article on the blog Photography, Psychiatry and the Nonexistence of Time, about the difference between how our brains might process black & white images differently from how it might process color images. This might help with me understanding why black & white continues to maintain an... Continue Reading →
I just received word from Laura that my workshop for next weekend is Sold Out and then some. nice. I spend most of yesterday finishing the workshop PowerPoints and printing them off as handouts. When I woke up this morning, I had some inspiration about a couple of more things to add to the presentations. So I... Continue Reading →
Transitional from the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir photograph copyright Douglas Stockdale It is nice sometimes when you get an opportunity to work on a single task but accomplish two things, what we would call a 2-fer. Which was the case as I was completing my book workshop presentation for Portland in about a week. In... Continue Reading →
King Ludwig II's Bavarian castle, Neuschwanstein, Germany Gordon McGregor recently wrote about his fleeting experiences with selling some of his photographs on alamy.com, a stock photographic agency. We have continued this dicussion off line, but I thought I would like to share my previous experiences, and perhaps obtain some recommendations for a course of action.... Continue Reading →
