Harold Davis—Best of 2020
Obviously, 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. It was also not the year it started out being for me. Let me explain. In February and March I was…
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December 25, 2020
Happy and Healthy Holiday Wishes
Happy & Healthy Holiday wishes! This year 2020 almost past surely wins an award for year most wished to be in the rear-view mirror. As we head into 2021 we…
December 23, 2020
Piles of Petals Are Performative
Piles of flower petals are performative (and alliterative). I've fallen into the habit of keeping piles of natural objects, specifically bowls of flower petals in my work area. Gradually, they…
December 16, 2020
Watching a Mandala Video
I just watched the stop-motion videos that Phyllis made of making these two mandalas. How totally cool! Please consider joining us tomorrow, on Saturday December 12, 2020. We will (among…
December 11, 2020
Conversation about my photography with John Cornicello
Please consider joining me for a conversation about my photography with John Cornicello and Holger Mischke on Jan 7, 2021 at 10am PT. This is a free event. Click here…
December 7, 2020
Mandalas Simple and Complex
A mandala is a circular geometric pattern that symbolically can represent the entire universe. Sometimes, a mandala is meant to represent wholeness and life itself in relation to the infinite…
December 6, 2020
Sunflowers on Blue Velvet
It's nice to pair a bouquet of yellow sunflowers with lush, blue velvet. The sunflower petals have been touched slightly with the Photoshop Oil Painting filter to add a little…
December 4, 2020
Webinars nouveau est arrivé (Please check out our new webinars!)
Please consider our new slate of webinars, now scheduled through March, 2021 on Saturday mornings (Pacific Time), with (we hope) something for everyone: Harnessing the Power of Composition in Your…
December 1, 2020
Harnessing the Power of Composition Webinar on Saturday
Harnessing the Power of Composition in Your Photography is scheduled for this coming Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 11am PT. In this unique webinar: "Harold Davis shares his work across…
November 30, 2020
Velvet Backgrounds
Good photographic composition demands paying attention to backgrounds as well as foregrounds. It's a truism among photographic educators that beginners neglect backgrounds in favor of foregrounds. This is particularly the…
November 22, 2020
Creative Projects for Wintering in Place on Saturday Nov 21, 2020
This coming Saturday, November 21, 2020, at 11am PT we will be hosting Creative Projects for Wintering in Place via Zoom webinar. My thinking behind presenting this webinar now is…
November 16, 2020
Webinar contribution to The Center for Policing Equity
Thanks to the superb panelists Anne Belmont and Bryan Peterson, and all who attended, we were able to write a check today to The Center for Policing Equity for $1,620.95. …
November 14, 2020
Patterns and Repetitions are where you find them
Phyllis and I had "double date" appointments with the Eye Clinic on the U.C. Berkeley campus. Visiting the optometrist in a time of masks and social distancing was certainly a…
November 12, 2020
Master Panel with Anne Belmont and Bryan Peterson this Saturday!
Please consider joining us for an extraordinary Master Photographer panel on Saturday November 14, 2020 featuring Anne Belmont and Bryan Peterson. This webinar will benefit a great cause, the Center for…
November 9, 2020
Authors Guild Member Spotlight: Harold Davis
Why is writing important to you and why do you think it's an important medium for the world? Words and writing are fundamental to what it means to be human.…
November 6, 2020
Dahlia. Just Dahlia. Dahlia, darling!
Here are three version of a light box image of a white dahlia from my cutting garden, photographed back in June. The simple monochromatic conversion is shown on top. Next,…
November 2, 2020
Ruth Asawa and my crystal ball
The other day I was introduced to the rather wonderful work of the artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013). She is perhaps best known for her intricate nature-inspired sculpture made of metal…
November 1, 2020
New Light Box Work
Happy to have fun playing with flowers on my light box. These recent compositions are partly made from"store bought" flowers, and partly from my garden's flowers. We're beginning to enter…
October 30, 2020