The Evolution of Photography
Wet Rose, photo by Harold Davis. I love my digital cameras, and am blown away by the intelligence built into them. My Nikon D70 gets a great many things right…
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July 27, 2005
Heroic Fantasy
Bronze Legs, photo by Harold Davis. This heroic (and somewhat bizarre) bronze sculpture of a lithesome lady holding onto a taloned eagle has recently been placed in Oakland's Jack London…
July 16, 2005
Earth in a Glass
Earth in a Glass, photo by Harold Davis. The question of scale in photography is crucial, particularly in macro photographs. Is this a marble on a mirror, or is earth…
July 16, 2005
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls, photo by Harold Davis. At Nicky's pre-school, the dolls were dirty. These dolls played hard, and who knows what they do after the kids go home…
July 14, 2005
The Knights of El Cerrito
The Knights of El Cerrito, photo by Harold Davis. Ah, those lonely knights, not to mention the lonely nights! I came across these neglected conquistadors, clearly spray painted, dusty, home…
July 13, 2005
Without My Polarizer I Am Blue
Blue, photo by Harold Davis. This is a photo of a fingerpainting project at Nicky's pre-school drying outside. I took the picture in the late afternoon sun. The only thing…
July 13, 2005
There and Back Again
© Harold Davis - Rush Creek crossing, early morning, July 3, 2005 This is the third (and final) installment of a story about my recent short -- but particularly poorly…
July 10, 2005
Does the Wilderness Care About Me?
© Harold Davis - Looking towards the Minarets from Summit Ridge, July 1, 2005 In the first part of this story, I told how an excess of enthusiasm for wilderness…
July 10, 2005
A Walk on the Wild Side
© Harold Davis - Thousand Islands Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness, July 2, 2005 About a week ago I organized a solo hiking trip to the Ansel Adams Wilderness. The Ansel…
July 8, 2005
Would Ansel Like Digital?
Dream Reflections © Harold Davis This photo is of reflections in this year's high water at the western end of Lake Tenaya in Yosemite Park. One of the famous Ansel…
July 6, 2005
It’s the Lens, Baby!
Blue Flower 2, photo by Harold Davis. I took this picture while experimenting with my new Lensbaby 2.0. The Lensbaby is a weird gizmo, actually a lens, that you can…
July 5, 2005
Processing a Digital Photo
Lembert Dome, Tuolumne Meadows by Harold Davis I always have a little chuckle when I hear a photographer boast that their digital photo didn't need to be "fixed" in a…
July 4, 2005
Ode to My Hiking Boots!
My Hiking Boots, photo and poem by Harold Davis. Say thanks to my hiking boots at the end of the day! All covered with mud and perhaps with clay. My…
July 4, 2005
Urban Ore on the Berkeley Pier
I'm headed up to the mountains for a few days backpacking, so I thought I'd put some pictures of civilization on the blog - to remind me there is gold…
June 28, 2005
Flickr Flowr Badge
A Flickr Badge is a way Flickr lets you display groups of photos on your web pages. This is an HTML Flickr badge that displays random photos from my Flowers…
June 22, 2005
Shine On, Ersatz Moon
Shine On, Ersatz Moon, photo by Harold Davis. These rocks near the top of Mount Tamalpais seemed to call out for a moon, and I few entries ago I photographed…
June 20, 2005
Wedding Rings
Wedding Rings, photo by Harold Davis. Our wedding rings - nestling. What better way on Father's Day to say "Thank you" to my wife, the mother of my children, who…
June 19, 2005
It’s Always Nice to Have a Moon
It's Nice to Have a Moon, photo by Harold Davis. I saw this wonderful moon rising over the Berkeley hills out the porch on our top-floor bedroom. The longest telephoto…
June 16, 2005