Looking at one photograph at a time
Untitled (Road to PingHu, Winter, China) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale One of the responses to the question, "what makes a Contemporary Landscape Photography?", was the need for it to be viewed as 'objective'. I think that objectivity is what we want from a judge, to be detached from the proceedings and ensure no bias. Which is a good thing... Continue Reading →
Winter Field, JiaShan, China (Wo Zhi KanKan - I am just Looking) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale - When I read a question asked by Miguel Garcia-Guzman on his blog Exposure Compensation (2014 update: the Exposure Compensation blog has been removed and has a new owner) regarding what constitutes Contemporary Great Portrait Photography, that started a kernel of thinking as... Continue Reading →
Disused Railway line with car Tyre, copyright Simon Denison Simon Denison is a British urban landscape photographer who has helped shape my understanding and some of my hard to characterize feelings (remember, I'm a guy) about my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip (Update: series subsequently published by LensWork as In Passing) A quote from the Introduction of his book, Quarry... Continue Reading →
After I was back in China last month, I had received an email from Paul Butzi regarding the walled villages found in China. He did not have an opportunity to go through one while he was over in China, but had I? I knew what he was talking about, because I had seen the remaining... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Vail, Colorado) copyright Douglas Stockdale - Okay, while nursing a bum knee, which is slowly getting better (ice 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off), I decided to push ahead with my SoFoBoMo (Solo Foto Book Month) test project, now named: (drum roll, please) Ski Town. So this is making lemonade out of lemons, which... Continue Reading →
Industrial Park, PingHu 2008 copyright Douglas Stockdale - My assignments in China have taken me to three new industrial buildings within three new industrial parks. The facility in PingHu was probably the largest facility and in the newest & largest industrial park. I did not get into the city of PingHu, except for one large... Continue Reading →
JiaShan, China (Just Looking series) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale - My biggest complaint during this last trip into China was the lousy cold weather performance of my Canon Rebel XTi. On consecutive days I had problems with using this camera in the cold weather. It did not shut down altogether, but after a certain point,... Continue Reading →
Expressway Heights (Insomnia: Hotel Noir) 2007 copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am in the middle of a bunch of multi-tasking tasks and I am afraid that I am not getting much of anything accomplished. So I have decided to work on taking first-things-first. The first is to follow up and complete the artistic statements for... Continue Reading →
Untitled (JiaXing, China) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale - For me, this is a classic image that summarizes my impression of the JiaXing landscape; massive transition in the midst of very old tradition cloaked in the environmental haze. Massive transition in that everywhere there is change occurring and the change appears to be very rapid. The huge amount of construction... Continue Reading →
Shanghai, China (#0745), copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale - Well, I have been doing some blog reads, non-stop, since returning from this recent assignment in China. I gotta admit, I missed them! Not great internet reception in China, especially for any kinds of social media. LoL Seems that Paul Butzi just got back from China as... Continue Reading →
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