Trains on a Siding near Trona
The wind was kicking up dust devils as we neared the old mining town of Trona, east of the Sierra in California, and en route to Death Valley. These train…
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February 11, 2020
Photography Conference in Yosemite Valley
I am en route from the Out of Yosemite photography conference to Death Valley for a few days of photography. The conference was hectic busy but great fun to be…
February 9, 2020
Tulips like Stained Glass
I got these tulips when they were nearly unopened, sourced from a local organic farm (the same place my anemone models came from a while back). After a while, the…
February 1, 2020
Dance of Spring Poster
The Dance of Spring is the Dance of Life poster was published by Wilderness Studio, a company I founded, in the 1980s. The Dance of Spring did very well indeed for us,…
January 29, 2020
Hydrangea Blossoms and Rock Spiral
I made this light box composition with two spirals: one of small, wet rocks and the other with blossoms cut from a blue hydrangea bloom. I thought to create an…
January 25, 2020
Out of Chicago Botanic Garden Photography Conference August 23– 27th, 2020
I am pleased to announce that I will be teaching at the Out of Chicago Botanic Garden Photography Conference in Deerfield, Ilinois near Chicago, August 23–27th, 2020. If you care…
January 24, 2020
New in Workshops. New In Books. New in Art.
New in Workshops The early-bird registration for Photograph Tokyo (Oct 24 - Nov 1, 2020) ends soon (Jan 31). Please consider joining us for a fabulous destination photography workshop. Click…
January 20, 2020
Special Print Offer: A Quartet of Giverny Prints by Harold Davis
We are offering for a limited time your choice of one these four photographs by Harold Davis of Claude Monet's legendary Garden at Giverny, France at a very special price.…
January 18, 2020
Harold Davis featured on See.me
These images use both cutting edge photographic techniques, digital painting adapted from my background as a painter, and software post-production to create images that are unique and uniquely different. I…
January 17, 2020
Under the Dumbarton Bridge
For reasons I won't go into at this time, I find myself these days often driving south to Palo Alto on the peninsula. It's about an hour from my home…
January 16, 2020
New Book: Creative Garden Photography to be published this summer
My new book Creative Garden Photography is due out from Rocky Nook towards the end of the summer 2020. The book features garden photography from around the world, some of…
January 14, 2020
Spring in California
It's mid-January, and that means springtime in Berkeley. Witness two iPhone photographs: the soles of Phyllis's gardening shoes with dirt contrasting to the treads, and the gate to a neighbor's…
January 13, 2020
Orange Rose
Starting the new year right, I took my time with a bouquet of orange and white roses, first photographing a white rose close up for differential focus. Next, I made…
January 12, 2020
White Rose
When I saw this white rose, I wanted to contrast the spiral center with its clear delineations and the softness of the outer petals. I used a Lensbaby 85mm Velvet,…
January 7, 2020
First Flowers of the Decade
First and foremost, we enjoyed the pale orange and white roses with the coming of the New Year. Next, I photographed petals close-up (these are still to come as I…
January 4, 2020
Happy New Year!
Click here for my Workshops & Events; here for my Best of 2019; here for my blog; and here for a link to my reflections on my life in and…
December 31, 2019
Updates to My 2019 Best; Happy New Year!
I've updated my self-selected 2019 Best of Harold Davis selection with a few new images. These were either photographed or processed after I initially compiled the list. Since the selection…
December 29, 2019
Print Sold: San Francisco Moonrise
I'm happy to have sold a print of my San Francisco Moonrise to a collector particularly interested in local (San Francisco) imagery. By the way, a color version of this image…
December 28, 2019