Peppers and a Pear
My idea with these yellow (actually, close to orange) peppers was to create a lattice composition on the light box. The lattice should be arranged so that it had a…
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September 7, 2020
Very Excited to List Four New Webinars!
Phyllis and I are very excited to list four new webinars through the autumn. Hopefully, there will be something for everyone from newbie to the most advanced photographer. We've included…
September 4, 2020
Quick Flashes from the Photography Webinar Front
Item 1: In a synergistic coincidence, legendary photographer William Neill and I are both having new books published by Rocky Nook. Bill and I are combining to present a free…
September 2, 2020
Special Pandemic Print Pricing
I have been asked a number of times about special print pricing during the pandemic, and have already made prints available on reduced terms to several collectors. I am particularly…
September 1, 2020
Webinars Coming Up Soon
If you are a photographer bracketing exposures in your practice, it is time to move beyond automated HDR processing and add hand-HDR to your toolbox. Please join us on Thursday…
August 31, 2020
Flowers Made from Beet and Radish Slices
These two images show virtual flowers constructed on my light box from thin slices of root vegetables. The Chiogga Beet slices have been cut vertically, as opposed to the horizontal…
August 30, 2020
The Beet Goes On
In parts of the Caribbean, edible root vegetables are often called "ground provisions." Yesterday was a ground-provisions day. I primarily photographed beets and radishes. This is a continuation of my…
August 28, 2020
Melange of Slices
Just like the aggregation of pear slices, it is possible to create interesting melanges of all kinds of sliced fruits and vegetables. The sliced kiwi fruits (below) remind me of…
August 27, 2020
New Webinars Coming Up Soon in Early September
Phyllis and I would like to call your attention to three live webinars coming up in the first half of September! These webinars are now open for registration. Click here…
August 24, 2020
Making Mandalas from Fruits and Vegetables
Traditionally, a mandala is a geometric shape that symbolically represents the cosmos or the universe, or perhaps a search for unity and completeness within oneself. I always enjoy creating mandalas,…
August 24, 2020
Sliced Fruit on my Light Box
Where do ideas come from? In the case of these translucent fruit slices, an art consultant showed me an image of translucent fruit. I immediately thought of photographing fruit slices…
August 22, 2020
X-Ray Bouquet
The upper photo is an X-Ray of a bouquet of dahlias, nemesia, and kangaroo paw flowers. It was made in May, 2019 using medical x-ray equipment, and processed yesterday while…
August 20, 2020
Shell Collection
Sometimes it is really fun to line up a whole collection of objects in a grid on my light box, not worrying too much about fancy compositional issues. Take, for…
August 19, 2020
Dried Blossoms
I arranged these dried blossoms on my light box in a pattern with an eye towards complementary colors. The background blue blossoms are Nemesias. interlaced with almost-orange-yellow Gaillardia petals, and…
August 17, 2020
[Coming Up Soon] Intimate Flowers on Saturday August 15, 2020
What: Intimate Flowers with Harold Davis When: Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11am PT. Duration between one and two hours, including Q&A Where: On your computer or mobile device from…
August 13, 2020
Dahlia Solos
My Dahlia bed is starting to bloom, providing some very sweet subjects for solo flower portraits!
August 12, 2020
Visiting a Garden of Cars
A while back, in the pre-pandemic era, I visited the International Car Forest of the Last Church. This so-called "Car Forest" is more like a car garden than a forest.…
August 10, 2020
Layers and the Landscape
In some ways, layers define the landscape at large. When a landscape consists of layers stretching out to the distant horizon, the details become abstracted, and we can imagine ourselves…
August 9, 2020