French Signage
French signage found in small towns in "deep France" around the Dordogne: Enchanted Mushroom (for a speciality restaurant); Dog on a toilet (for a doggie run); and two pigs for…
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April 29, 2017
iPhoneography as Art
iPhoneography can be art, and a great source of prints. Doodling with the iPhone apps in post-production is also a great way to stave off boredom. Here are two new…
April 27, 2017
Window and Door
Always nice to photograph interesting windows and doors. Window (above) photographed in the back streets of St Emilion, France. Door (below) an iPhone capture in Bordeilles, with the Waterlogue version…
April 26, 2017
iPhone Workflow in Brantome
To make these images of Brantome Abbey (above) and the so-called "dog-leg" bridge in Brantome ("dog-leg" because there is a 90 degree bend in its crossing of the Dronne River,…
April 25, 2017
Wine Country
This image shows a rose-tinted reflection in the extension to the Chateau la Dominique vineyard near St Emilion, France designed by well-known architect Jean Nouvel.
April 24, 2017
Le Moulin de l’Abbaye
This is Le Moulin de l'Abbaye, the mill of the Abbey, and the hotel we will be based in Brantome, France for exploring the Dordogne countryside. Two different interpretations! Above:…
April 21, 2017
Hang En Campsite
This is the first campsite on the way to Son Doong, just within the entrance to the Hang En cave. The trail leads down the rock slide you see in…
April 17, 2017
Respite, Restoration, Catching Up and Moving On
I got back from Vietnam earlier this week. Tomorrow (Monday) I leave for France. So this has been a brief respite with my family here in California. Maybe time for…
April 16, 2017
Tulips and a Clematis Vine
It's wonderful to be back---if only for a brief while---in the flowering springtime of northern California. It's always hard for me to resist spending some time photographing flowers, and today…
April 15, 2017
Media Coverage; Workshop Opportunities; Way Station between Vietnam and Europe
I'm back this week from Vietnam for a few days to embrace my beloved family, do laundry, archive images---and get ready for the next adventure! On Monday I am off…
April 14, 2017
Harold Davis: Talks at Google
Here's the recording of my recent interview and talk at Google regarding The Photographer's Black & White Handbook and the Zen of Photography! If the embedded video doesn't display, please…
April 13, 2017
Vietnamese Viagra
When a guy in Vietnam feels the need for an increase in, shall we say, manliness, potency, and virility, he reaches not for a little blue pill but rather for…
April 10, 2017
Entrance to the Warlord’s Palace
In the early years of the twentieth century a Hmong warlord ruled in the remote and high mountains in the triangle between Vietnam, Laos, and China. Opium poppies were the source…
April 9, 2017
Yesterday and Tomorrow
Danang is the third largest city in Vietnam, following Hanoi and HCMC ("Saigon"). The beach strip to the south of the city, across the road from the former US Army…
April 6, 2017
Field Trip in Hue
At the tomb of the last king of Vietnam, near Hue, I saw these cute kids on a school field trip. It's amazing how kids are kids the worldwide, regardless…
April 5, 2017
Regarding Scale and Wonderment
There's something very tricky about creating images that capture a truly vast wonder of the world such as the Grand Canyon or the Son Doong Cave. The sense of scale…
April 5, 2017
Portals
Son Doong Cave---Wind River Cave---is located in the impenetrable mountainous jungles along the old Ho Chi Minh trail on the Vietnamese side of the Vietnam-Laos border. To get to the cave,…
April 2, 2017