White River Falls
On my long drive up eastern Oregon, shortly before I got to the Columbia Gorge, I passed White River Falls, shown in the photo. White River Falls State Park was…
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February 22, 2016
Human Spiral—Nautilus
This nine-image multiple exposure, combined in-camera another image in the same series, Rondo, reminds me of a living organism, or spiral shell such as the Nautilus.
February 21, 2016
Rondo
About the image: This is an in-camera multiple exposure. The ten exposures were combined in the camera using auto-gain. The model was Amelia Simone, who was wearing the red underwear…
February 20, 2016
Italian Sketches
Here are a few iPhone images from my photography tour to Italy in 2015. They were photographed on my iPhone 6s, and processed just now while waiting for the kids…
February 20, 2016
Audrey Hepburn: Paris is always a good idea
Paris, as Audrey Hepburn said, is always a good idea. Please consider joining my small group of photographers in Paris (and, oh yeah, at the Monet gardens in Giverny!) the…
February 19, 2016
Cymbidium Orchid
The Cymbidium orchid shown below in four variations photographed for transparency on a light box was to feature in its own drama of creative destruction: with the blossoms surgically taken…
February 16, 2016
Lonely Islet Print Collected
A large print of my Lonely Islet was purchased for the collection of the international law firm Simpson Thacher. My print will hang in the offices of the appellate practice…
February 13, 2016
Orchids in a Blue Bowl
I photographed these Cymbidium orchid blossoms in a blue bowl placed on a black velvet background. Lighting was natural, ambient sunlight bounced off white boards and reflectors. Exposure and processing…
February 12, 2016
Upcoming Travel and Workshop Opportunities
Many of my 2016 travel and workshop opportunities are already full, but we do have some selective spaces and also some travel adventures that are pretty wide open, as indicated below.…
February 8, 2016
Congratulations to those folks who found the Easter Egg
There are some really sharp-eyed members of my photographic community! I posted a contest regarding an Easter Egg in a photo in my book Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer…
February 7, 2016
Totem and Taboo
The title I've given this image, Totem and Taboo, is in part a reference to Sigmund Freud's collection of essays of the same name. Freud combined anthropology with concepts of…
February 4, 2016
Comparative Motion
Dead Tree, Seascape, and Sunset is an exercise in capturing comparative motion over the course of a fairly long exposure (ten seconds). The surf was rolling in below the bluff,…
February 3, 2016
Harold Davis Interview about Pixsy on the ASMP Business Blog
www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2016/02/an-interview-with-pixsy-client-harold-davis/ Once I began putting my work up on the Web, it didn’t take me long to realize that I was on the horns of a very serious business dilemma.…
February 1, 2016
What’s in Harold Davis’s Camera Bag?
Curious about what's in my gear bag when I'm in the field? Check out this story from Zeiss! (Thanks Zeiss so much for the wonderful glass.)
January 31, 2016
Contest: An Easter Egg in Achieving Your Potential
An Easter Egg is a secret; for example, in software often it is a hidden pop-up window with an animation. In software, usually the Easter Egg is activated using a combination…
January 29, 2016
Last chance for an incredible trip-of-a-lifetime photo tour to Paris
We still have room for two more in my very small group photographic tour of Paris beginning May 1, 2016. This is your last chance to register for the trip…
January 27, 2016
Belying Apparent Simplicity
This image of Tulips in a Vase on White derives its power from its apparent simplicity. In fact, behind the scenes, I constructed the image with a certain amount of calculated…
January 24, 2016