Up Close and Personal Flowers
For me, photographing flowers is a form of worship, and a way to be in touch with my own spirituality. This has ed to fairly straightforward photography. I use (carefully…
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October 28, 2020
Spiral of Flower Karma
To create this image, I soaked some chrysanthemum flowers (just the blossoms) and alstromeria (Peruvian Lily) petals overnight to make the flowers pliable. The fuchsias come fresh from my garden.…
October 27, 2020
Through a Glass Lightly
Please consider joining us for Photographing Bottled Light on Thursday, October 29 at 10am PT via Zoom. How creative can get you get with colored liquid, sunshine, some glass bottles,…
October 26, 2020
Announcing new Homage to Blossfeldt limited edition prints
We're pleased to announce a new series of eight limited edition Harold Davis prints in homage to the great botanical photographic artist Karl Blossfeldt, now available for sale on Saatchi…
October 24, 2020
Skeletons in the Hood
This year, there seems to be plenty of pre-Halloween activity in the neighborhood. Perhaps in the same pandemic spirit as the many close-by home improvement projects: the psychology seems to…
October 22, 2020
Halloween in the New York that Was
I made the photos shown in this story in or around the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in the 1980s in New York City. The versions of my images shown here…
October 21, 2020
Finding the Mysterious in Photography webinar on Saturday
Please consider joining us for a wholesome-but-spooky pre-Halloween photographic experience at Finding the Mysterious in Photography on Saturday October 24 at 11am PT. Click here for more info and here…
October 20, 2020
Metamorphosis to Autumn
Even here in the Bay area, in a season rife with wild fires and air that is unseasonably warm, we can feel the shift towards autumn. Renewal, I am reminded,…
October 19, 2020
Coming Up Soon! And, hanging in there…
I hope everyone is doing well, and hanging in there (as we are). We have four kids doing distance learning from home (two in college, one in high school, and…
October 15, 2020
Special Pandemic Prints
I'd like to remind potential print collectors that we are still offering a "pandemic" print special (please click the link for the details of our offer). Of course, we are…
October 14, 2020
5-Star Reviews of Creative Garden Photography
I am very pleased and thankful for the positive reviews of our new book Creative Garden Photography on the publisher's website and on Amazon. These reviews are tremendously helpful to…
October 13, 2020
Contribution to the NAACP
Thanks to you---our photography community---and the very special panelists, photographers Jennifer King and Alan Shapiro, we were able to contribute $839.08 to the NAACP. Thanks again! If you weren't in…
October 10, 2020
Starfish Mandala
I spent much of yesterday creating this Starfish Mandala designed on my light box (the LAB inversion is shown above on black, and the "straight" light box version below). Yesterday…
October 8, 2020
Hawk Feather and Dried Sunflower
Hawk Feather and Dried Sunflower (in black and white) and the detail of the Hawk Feather (in color, below) were photographed using low-key HDR on a black velvet cloth. I…
October 7, 2020
Master Photographer Panel with Jennifer King and Alan Shapiro on Saturday
Phyllis and I are proud to present Master Photographer Panel with Jennifer King and Alan Shapiro on this coming Saturday (October 10, 2020) via Zoom. The tuition for the event…
October 6, 2020
The Past Is a Different Country
Phyllis likes to say that the past is a different country. Certainly, in this time in which we cannot travel to other countries, the past and different countries have in…
October 5, 2020
Mandalas
I had a little down-time today, and I did something I've wanted to do for quite a while: organized most of my Mandala images into a single album on Flickr.…
October 3, 2020
Sharpness is a Bourgeois Concept
"Sharpness is a Bourgeois Concept," declared Henri Cartier-Bresson. What did iconic photographer Cartier-Bresson mean, and why is this a humorous remark? To find our why, consider attending this Saturday's Photography and…
October 1, 2020