Tin Can Alley
It's a long way from photographing wet cans in an alley to the abstraction you see here. The start was a recent rainy day and photography in the recycle bin…
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February 9, 2009
Katie Rose does not go gentle
Katie Rose does not go gentle into that good night. She never has. When they almost gave her up for dead at birth she fought her way to life. She…
February 7, 2009
Weaving
Weaving, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was taking care of Katie Rose one morning while Phyllis got the boys to school. Sitting up in Katie's little…
February 6, 2009
Should You Choose to Accept
On Photo.net recently Hannah Thiem conducted an interview with me. I think it's the best exposition about my work to date. (Suprada Urval's excellent interview with me covered very different…
February 5, 2009
One Good Eye
One Good Eye, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's not everyday you photograph a succulent like the one below, and when you look closely you see an…
February 4, 2009
Cherry Medley
Cherry Medley, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It was hard for me to resist the cherry branch up closer. Once shot, I had to post-process to create…
February 3, 2009
Feeling Better
Feeling Better, photo by Harold Davis. It's great to have Katie Rose beginning to feel better after her recent cold. Thanks to everyone who asked after her!
February 3, 2009
Cherry Blossoms
Every year the cherry trees flower in the cultivated areas of the hills of California's coastal range, and of course I am impelled to photograph the blossoms. This season the…
February 3, 2009
Changes
Since the world is always changing, photography is largely about capturing states of things---scenes, objects, or people---in the process of change. A single image can intimate the before, and the…
February 2, 2009
Cold
Cold, photo by Harold Davis. This is Katie Rose's first cold, and it is not a pretty picture. Because of her damaged lungs (normal for a 24-week preemie who spent…
February 1, 2009
Masked Avenger
A long way this lepidoptra flew from the rain forest. The time had come to reset balance and right wrongs. Masked Avenger, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.…
January 31, 2009
Tummy Tyme
Tummy Tyme, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose is learning to lift her head while she is on her tummy. She is helped in this endeavor by her mommy, and…
January 28, 2009
Alstromeria Medley
Alstromeria Medley on White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: While photographing the Helleborus, I also placed these alstromeria blossoms on the lightbox; the black variation…
January 28, 2009
Transmogrification
Transmogrification is the process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another. This transmogrification starts with a relatively straight photo of a white hellebore, taken a…
January 27, 2009
Hidden Seeds
Hidden Seeds, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After photographing the pink Hellebore, I let it soak for several days. When the petals were transparent to the point…
January 26, 2009
Mission San Jose
Mission San Jose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a recent Saturday, Julian and I went to the Tech Museum in San Jose, California for the birthday…
January 25, 2009
From Architecture to Fantasy
Between committments at Macworld at the Moscone Center I wandered over and indulged my dome photography habit by photographing the dome in the Westfield shopping mall in downtown San Francisco.…
January 23, 2009
Written in Milk
Sharing, photo by Harold Davis. It's good to learn sharing early. When Katie Rose was in the NICU, Phyllis pumped large quantities of breast milk for her. The inventory far…
January 22, 2009