Nautilus Solarization
Nautilus Solarization, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This a digital solarization of my black and white Nautilus shell image. The technique is explained in my new book…
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March 3, 2010
Coiled, Tied and Knotted
Coiled, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Bondage, as practiced in the plant kingdom, can be an involuntary affair. A Passiflora vine makes beautiful flowers, but it is…
March 2, 2010
Contemplation
Contemplation, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a portrait of Christianna, a professional model. I processed this image to bring out the contrast between her white…
March 1, 2010
Bubble Girl
Bubble Girl, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose likes her bubbles, and she likes her bubble bath---that's why we call her Bubble Girl!
February 28, 2010
Fabric of Stone
Fabric of Stone, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I think this mid-key photo looks more like a textile or fabric than the reality it depicts: the vast…
February 26, 2010
The Back Side
The Back Side, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I underexposed this image so I could bring out the human form and shapes in post-processing against a very…
February 26, 2010
The Front Side
The Front Side, photo by Harold Davis. This is a photo about lines, textures, and the contrast between smooth white and dark black. Really, this is true.
February 25, 2010
Pinhole
Cathedral Spires and Bridalveil Falls, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a view of Bridalveil Falls and Cathedral Spires in Yosemite Valley processed to simulate a…
February 24, 2010
Kimi Solarization
Kimi Solarization, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Speaking of solarization---we were talking about solarization, right?---here's a black and white photo of the model Kimi treated to virtual…
February 22, 2010
Blue Velvet
Life Is Full of Beauty, photo by Harold Davis. In David Lynch's wonderfully creepy classic film Blue Velvet you know you've entered an alternative and not altogether wholesame nether world…
February 21, 2010
Web Solarization
Web Solarization, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I shot this beautiful wet spider web by the early light of dawn on a foggy morning, then solarized it…
February 19, 2010
Pink Rose 2
Pink Rose 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I forgot to blog this pink rose from about a month ago; better late than never. Particularly when I…
February 18, 2010
Solarized Hellebore
Solarized Hellebore, photo by Harold Davis. Solarization in photography reverses blacks and whites. Also called the Sabattier effect, in the chemical darkroom solarization was achieved by exposing an already exposed…
February 18, 2010
Hellebore Curves
Hellebore Curves, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Flowers are beautiful---although why they seem so beautiful to us humans is an interesting question. But when I photograph flowers…
February 17, 2010
Mare Island Infrared
Mare Island Infrared, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. While on the topic of infrared captures, this is an IR photo of a drydock at the old Mare…
February 16, 2010
Infrared Alice
Infrared Alice, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a capture of Alice using a camera retrofitted to only shoot IR. Rendition of colors (or black and…
February 15, 2010
Photographing Alice
Alice, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed Alice, a model from Italy, the other night in a studio in San Jose. Alice is show in color…
February 14, 2010
Lenten Cross
Lenten Cross, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Phyllis arranged the hellebore medley I photographed earlier into a regular pattern, with the results you see. The Lenten Rose…
February 13, 2010