Originally published June 1, 2015. Editor's update: Phyllis eventually had to pay to have the couch hacked into pieces and hauled away. The response to the Craig's List ad quoted below…
I have two places left in Achieving Your Potential as a Photographer (March 12-13, and ongoing mentoring), and two for Paris Photography in the Spring. These won't last long, so…
Beyond Photography: Painterly Effects with Topaz Presented by Harold Davis Tuesday January 12, 2016 at 2PM Pacific Time SORRY - THERE ARE NO MORE SPACES LEFT. This will be recorded and…
Originally published November 4, 2013 Well, not really. In actual fact, Noriko took me to a wonderful, varied and seasonal dinner at a restaurant with no external signage in the…
Originally published September 22, 2008 Between Earth and Sky, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On our way home from a sunset-to-night hike on the Tomales Point fork…
Originally published June 26, 2013: La Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre sits high on a hill overlooking Paris. Controversial from long before the start of construction, the design of…
Once every two or three years I give a session of my Get Your Camera Off Auto all-day workshop. We have a session coming up here in Berkeley, California on Saturday January…
The early morning light from my hotel room, the Villa La Tartana, in Positano, Italy was warm and life-affirming. I positioned my camera on the tripod, and bracketed a series…
Now if only I could direct them away from Minecraft and Wizard 101 into something that pays...from left to right in our computer lab for the kids, top row: Julian,…
Browsing in the produce section of Berkeley Bowl I was transfixed by spiral nature of Romanesco Broccoli, an edible flower in the broccoli family. The flower's form approximates a natural fractal…
Words to Live and Create By Being Creative => peace · joy · love · creativity · harmony · beauty · imagination · exploration Being Loving => freedom · exploration ·…
As a photographer and artist, I'm the kind of person who would much rather look forward than backward. The next adventure, or the next photo, is always more interesting to…
Warm wishes for a joyous and fulfilling new year from Phyllis and myself---from our family to your family! Coming into 2016, it is so important to remember the beauty and…
Over more than a year, I've been working on a series of in-camera multiple exposure images using models in a studio and strobes. Generally, my approach has been to make…
The quest for an interesting photographic image is in large part the need to find order in an inherently chaotic universe. Even if that quest ends up showing disorder, it…
I am particularly fond of the patterns of buildings and rooftops you see in European towns and cities. Above, the town of Manarola in Cinque Terre, Italy, photographed this year…
A bright flower for a gray day in the East Bay! For more about photographing this Icelandic Poppy, click here.
I was in New York City just now for 48 hours, give or take an hour or two. It's hard for me to visit New York without sensing a bit…