The novel The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles details a desert---the Sahara in trans-Atlas Morocco---that is anything but comfortable and sheltering, at least to foreigners. It's true the desert can…
Please consider joining me and other Photography Masters at the PhotoPills Camp in May, 2018 on the beautiful island of Menorca. For more information, click here and register to get…
When you wander the desert of the imagination you don't know what you might find---the possibilities range from a horse with no name to forgotten kingdoms of myth and legend…
While my night photography group turned most of their attention to Mobius Arch, I set my camera on auto-pilot on a rocky knoll to photograph the apparently empty landscape of…
From the heights of the White Mountains, the ranges to the south looked blue in the haze. With very little intermediation from me, photographic capture turned these vast spaces into…
A few of us arrived in Lone Pine ahead of this weekend's night photography workshop. After dinner, we went over to the Alabama Hills to practice a little night finger…
In the early morning light I photographed poplars in the golden hues of autumn. Then I experimented with longer exposures and motion. This impressionistic result was a 3 second exposure…
I had hoped to leave the haze and smoke of the Bay area behind, but coming across Yosemite and then down the eastern slope of the High Sierra we descended…
Please consider joining me on a grand photographic adventure to southwest France in spring 2018: Exploring Cathar Country and the Pyrenees-Orientales (April 28-May 7, 2018). A substantial early-bird discount ($500 per person)…
Due to a cancellation, we have an opening in our upcoming night photography workshop in the Eastern Sierras Oct 20-23, 2017. Click here for more info and registration. It's not…
It started with two wonderful bunches of alstromerias ("Peruvian Lilies"), one purple and one yellow. On the alstromeria flower, the blossoms have exterior petals that are mostly solid colors (e.g.,…
I worked with model Jin N Tonic to create a number of images in my Multiple Exposures series. In Chorus of One, I think Jin did a great job of positioning…
INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR HAROLD DAVIS Internationally-known digital artist and award-winning photographer Harold Davis joins the Mid CenturyBooks podcast to discuss his 2017 book, THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S BLACK AND WHITE HANDBOOK Part 2,…
We're pleased to announce by popular demand a new session of Harold's acclaimed Photographing Flowers for Transparency weekend workshop, to be held in Berkeley, CA Saturday and Sunday June 23…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Some flowers were naughty and some were nice. The question was, would the naughty flowers find their inner…
I prepared this black and white split version of a dandelion core for a triptych, with the split black/white version flanked by an LAB inversion of the image on the…
Yesterday I hosted a Meetup primarily to provide a forum for Rafael of PhotoPills to explain the PhotoPills planning software to interested photographers, and also for the fun of hanging…
Exploring Cathar Country (April 28-May 7, 2018): A Photographic Journey with Harold Davis The detailed itinerary for this photographic pilgrimage into the historic and spiritual world of the Cathars and…