Looking at one photograph at a time
I think that editing is one of the harder tasks to do as an artist. When you are developing an image, what do you select, when do you start, what do you include, what do you exclude, when do you stop??? I love the no-bainers. Something magically seems to happen at the point capturing the... Continue Reading →
Rock Ring with Sea Shells (from the originally titled series: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) I have been working on my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip for over almost two years and as recently as today's image, which I guess qualifies it as a Photo of the Day. In one sense, I felt that I have created a sufficient... Continue Reading →
City Intersection Fence (From the project: In Passing) I have been working on and off on the Artistic Statement for my project Bad Trip - Sad Trip (orignial working title) and I think that I have it finished for the moment. I still need to get permission from Simon Denison to quote him from his introduction to Quarry... Continue Reading →
Still working on the first full sort of the images that I had made over the previous nine months for the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir (blue version). I had allowed these images to accomulate with out much editing as I was trying to finish the earlier series Bad Trip - Sad Trip. Hope to have... Continue Reading →
Evening Television (maybe in the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale I really like Martin's comment that perhaps I am better discussing the fact that I am easily fascinated, which I agree has a much more positive spin on life. I think that it is also related to Paul Lester's recent discussion about... Continue Reading →
I am now working on the color tonality of the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir. I want to bring in a slight bluish cast, but not as strong as effect (satuation) that I had decieded to use for the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip. So I will print up a couple of different images in different... Continue Reading →
On further reflection after yesterdays post, I think that I am in the transition of juggling multiple projects. One where most of the image making is complete for what I have photographed to date. One where I am in the midst of developing the final images and a couple of projects where I have the raw data and... Continue Reading →
Indiana State Route 30 - 2007 For the image titles in my series In Passing (Updated: original working title; Bad Trip - Sad Trip), I had first started using a more documentary form of naming convention with the titles, essentially "what it is" or "where it is". After a number of emial exchanges with Colin Jago (blog: Photostream) about images that... Continue Reading →
Cross and Tree, Napa (from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip) I have not progressed to the point on my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip that I need to be thinking about the organization of the images, first on my web site and subsequently how would I arrange the images for an exhibit or in a... Continue Reading →
Napa Lights (from the series In Passing) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale I was not sure how the evening photograph of the memorial from Napa would appear after making the color conversion to Black & White. The one thing that I did know is that working in Black & White would provide me more liberties in adjusting... Continue Reading →
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