I have a new column out on Photo.net, Adding Textures to Flower Photos. Here's the description of what you'll learn: This column explains all you need to know to get started adding…
Auvers-sur-Oise is hallowed ground for fans of Vincent van Gogh (and who isn't a fan?). Here he painted many of his greatest paintings, lived the last 93 days of his…
Many years ago, the high-tech job that moved us out to California had me attend a couple of weeks of training before I got started. The lead instructor was probably…
In Saumur I stayed in an old hotel on the banks of the Loire River. My room was on the back of the hotel, and a bit cramped, but when…
I plead guilty to an affaire de coeur with Photoshop. I am passionate about the Photoshop darkroom. Indeed, there comes a point in every workshop I give that I am asked,…
I'm very pleased to announce the 2014 Photograph Paris with Harold Davis Workshop, from April 26-May 4, 2014. Click here for the complete itinerary, terms and conditions, and online registration.…
This gargoyle has been watching Paris for centuries from the towers of Notre Dame. Why not consider a bit of Paris watching (and photography) by joining me for the 2014…
The world's best swing is under an old oak tree on the Bolinas plateau facing the Mount Tamalpais ridge line. It is shown here under the oak tree by starlight…
Friday, September 27 through Sunday, September 29, 2013---Sponsored by the Center for Photographic Art (CPA), Carmel, CA Click here to register for the Monochromatic HDR in the Big Sur Landscape…
I am judging a flower contest on Photo.net: "Flowers find a way into vacation, portraiture, wedding, landscape, fine art and nearly any kind of photography collection you can think of.…
This statue was resident in the lobby at the Hotel Lutetia in Paris when we held the 2013 Photograph Paris with Harold Davis workshop. It amused me to snap an…
The Bolinas team, shown here at the Bolinas July 4 parade in front of Smiley's Saloon, is the winner in the 2013 annual tug of war contest with Stinson Beach,…
La Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre sits high on a hill overlooking Paris. Controversial from long before the start of construction, the design of Sacré Coeur was a response to…
Photographing from Hawk Hill was truly one of those great moments in the life of a photographer. In front, the extra-large June "super moon" cleared the city of San Francisco…
Please check out my new column on Photo.net, Placing a Flower Photo on a Background. Stay tuned for the sequel, coming next month to Photo.net, explaining how to add a texture…
Every once in a while a photographic gadget comes along that is simply so silly, and such a kluge, that I have to try it! After all, photography is about…
Walking back to the hotel from Les Invalides I stopped to put on my macro lens and photograph this incredible door knocker. I think this was on the Rue de…
I love to shoot through window glass when it is wet or has been raining. This transcends nationality, location---or anything else. As an artist, my imperative is to see beauty,…