Red Sunflower
Red Sunflower, photo by Harold Davis. This sunflower is growing in our side yard where we grow vegitables. This area has lots of sun, and is sheltered - so it's…
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August 2, 2005
Ghoul in the Hood
Ghoul in the Hood, photo by Harold Davis. I dropped my son off for his reading lesson in one of the nicest neighborhoods in Berkeley about ten minutes from us.…
August 2, 2005
My New Macro Lens
Marbles 3, photo by Harold Davis. I've been having lots of fun playing with my new AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens. Actually, the lens isn't new - I…
August 1, 2005
Pile of Marbles
Pile of Marbles, photo by Harold Davis. Here's what $8.50 can get you on eBay if you like marbles...
July 30, 2005
Aren’t They Marbelous!
Glowing Marbles, photo by Harold Davis. I bought five pounds of old marbles on eBay, and cleaned them today. I photographed a few of these marbles on a mirror using…
July 30, 2005
Fog Rolling In Across the Bay
Fog Rolling In Across the Bay, photo by Harold Davis. I took this picture yesterday when I was out with Nicky. It's cropped and the colors are boosted using the…
July 29, 2005
Photoshop and Digital Photography Techniques
I seem to be writing about digital photography techniques, workflow, photography, and Photoshop. Here's what I've written recently in Photoblog 2.0 about these things: Processing a Digital Photo Fun with…
July 28, 2005
The Evolution of Photography
Wet Rose, photo by Harold Davis. I love my digital cameras, and am blown away by the intelligence built into them. My Nikon D70 gets a great many things right…
July 27, 2005
A Lost Hiker
Wild Flowers near Thousand Islands Lake, photo by Harold Davis. In the stillness of the early morning at the beginning of July of this year I stood by my campsite…
July 26, 2005
Flowers and Reflections
Flowers and Reflections, photo by Harold Davis. More flowers from my garden photographed as a still life. I can't help myself, I enjoy working with flowers so much...
July 25, 2005
Faulty Towers Cake
Faulty Towers Cake, photo by Harold Davis. Happy Birthday, Julian. It's numero 8. His mom made this great cake that melted in the heat. The knight defended the castle valiantly…
July 24, 2005
Flowers on Mirror
Flowers on Mirror 2, photo by Harold Davis. What is it about photographing flowers that is so satisfying to me? I will never get tired of photographing flowers - or…
July 19, 2005
Opening Camera RAW in Photoshop CS2
In a previous post I explained the basics of my workflow for processing a digital image in Photoshop. The first step in this process is to open the image in…
July 18, 2005
Mud Hollow
Mud Hollow, photo by Harold Davis. Julian and I drove out to Limantaur Beach on Pt Reyes. We walked on the Mud Hollow Trail for half a mile or so…
July 17, 2005
Heroic Fantasy
Bronze Legs, photo by Harold Davis. This heroic (and somewhat bizarre) bronze sculpture of a lithesome lady holding onto a taloned eagle has recently been placed in Oakland's Jack London…
July 16, 2005
Earth in a Glass
Earth in a Glass, photo by Harold Davis. The question of scale in photography is crucial, particularly in macro photographs. Is this a marble on a mirror, or is earth…
July 16, 2005
The Hills Turn Brown in the Summer
Golden Hills, photo by Harold Davis. There's an amazing wilderness less than a mile from me consisting of Tilden Park, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, some other East Bay parks, and…
July 16, 2005
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls, photo by Harold Davis. At Nicky's pre-school, the dolls were dirty. These dolls played hard, and who knows what they do after the kids go home…
July 14, 2005