Photographers and Photography
With the recent announcement by Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC), it appears that my book development workshop calendar is pretty well scheduled for the first half of 2022. Although the virtual workshop for SouthEast Center for Photography (SEC4P) is already filled for January (okay, a bit over-filled but we will work with the overflow), we... Continue Reading →
America (Middle Ground Book dummy #2) 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale For those on the left coast next week, I am very happy to announce that I will be speaking on “Photo Books as Art” for the Photographic and Digital Artist Group (PADA) at the Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC) on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 7 pm. For... Continue Reading →
Minor White Zone System Manual, Fourth printing, copyright 1972 with 19% Gray card Earlier this month when discussing the Pentax Spotmeter V, I had stated that this was a pretty essential piece of photographic equipment when using the Zone System. I have received some questions about the Zone System and I thought it might be... Continue Reading →
Author and Principal Photographer: Douglas Stockdale (born Butler, PA; resides Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) Publisher: Self-published; first edition, first printing of 400; copyright © 2017 Text: English Stiff-cover saddle-stitched book of 40 numbered pages with 14 images on several types of paper; 7.5x9 inches; full-color digital lithography, printed by Dual Graphics, Brea, California; $19.95 plus shipping... Continue Reading →
Maria Piscopo – The Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion Publisher: Allworth Press (NY), Fifth Edition, copyright 2016 While developing my Marketing Your Photo Book workshop for LACP (Note: this one-day workshop has space available, Oct 29th, at LACP) I came across Maria Piscopo’s The Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion. Since this title was in its fifth edition I figured... Continue Reading →
Marketing Your Photo Book Copyright 2016/7 Douglas Stockdale I am very excited to announce that I will be providing two more photobook workshops in partnership with LACP (Los Angeles Center for Photography) at their Los Angeles facilities later this year. Both have a 20% early-bird sign up until May 26th. Marketing Your Photo Book -... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria published by Punctum Press, Rome, Italy For those on the Left Coast, Los Angeles Center for Photography (LACP) is having a Spring Open House on March 18 & 19th, 2017 at their L.A. facility; 1515 Wilcox Ave., Los Angeles, California. Over the two days there will be a series of events (see below) during which I... Continue Reading →
Every Building on the Sunset Strip copyright 1966 Ed Ruscha Currently OCMA (Orange County Museum of Art) is exhibiting Pop Art Design and included are a few works by Ed Ruscha, but probably the most photographically interesting is a very long display of Ed Ruscha's 1966 creative photobook Every Building on the Sunset Strip. This... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Jason Fulford & Gregory Halpern published by Aperture While in Santa Fe last month and visiting the photo-eye book store, I had an opportunity to purchase a copy of Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern’s book The Photographer’s Playbook. The subtitle reveals the essentials of this book; 307 (photographic) Assignments and Ideas, which are... Continue Reading →
This year the Medium Festival of Photography will take place October 20-23, 2016, at the Lafayette Hotel in San Diego. This week of events, lectures, portfolio reviews, and book signings promises to be an exciting experience! Registration open now through October 9. More details at: http://mediumsandiego.org/ Highlights of the Festival Lineup http://mediumsandiego.org/portfolio/festival-events-at-a-glance/ All... Continue Reading →
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