Looking at one photograph at a time
untitled (Guadalupe State Park, Texas 2006) copyright Douglas Stockdale There has been an ongoing dialog sparked by Colin Jago on Stills regarding Content versus Form. I think that the word 'content' became stickier when perhaps I tried to use the word 'meaning' to try to help understand the 'content', as used in the phrase "the... Continue Reading →
Heart Broken Fence (from the originally titiled project: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale This is the other Victorville road side tribute memorial that is located about 150 feet from the Halloween Costume image I made earlier this week. The other memorial you can see from the I-15 freeway, but this one is not really... Continue Reading →
One of the points that Brooks Jensen was making when he was suggesting to work on a body of work as a series/project, is also consider what the end game is (okay, that's my paraphrase, not a quote). One option is to exhibit the series and another is to publish it. I have a strong... Continue Reading →
Culver Exit - San Diego Freeway (From the originally titled project: Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale I don't know how long this tiny memorial has been hiding in the shadows of these pine trees, but it is one of those small memorials hiding in plain site. I saw it for the first... Continue Reading →
Wildflowers (from the original titled project Bad Trip - Sad Trip) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale The modifications to this image were two fold, the obvious (to me in retrospect) was to lighten the overly dark upper sky (bring back the blue slider in the B&W adjustment layer) and the subtle (after last nights dinner of leftover fried Crow) was adjusting the shadows (curve adjustment layer) to... Continue Reading →
Oi!, my IT guy has me back on line, so this should have been posted yesterday as the Photo of the Day, but I think you'll understand;- ) Best regards, Doug
Photographers Exchange meeting in 2022 during COVID-19 I had a nice request from a photographic friend over the weekend about the photographic group that I am a member of that meets monthly called the Photographers Exchange. If any of them read this and I made a mistake, I hope they provide a correction. It was stated... Continue Reading →
Murrieta (In Passing series) copyright Douglas Stockdale - It was an unusual morning, being overcast at home, then on my drive to Riverside in the morning the sky turned to a light haze, which was followed by a cloud bank and subsequently open sky and then finally into a light fog. I saw there was fog also up in on... Continue Reading →
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 →
