Sea Palm Forest
Sea Palm Forest, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Along the rugged northern California coast, on BLM land near the Point Arena Lighthouse, I stopped to photograph a…
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August 29, 2010
Creative Portraits
KT Cover, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My new book Creative Portraits: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques is now shipping. Amazon will get it to you anywhere,…
August 11, 2010
No Yolk
No Yolk, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's not often you see a green wasp the size of a hen's egg. If you do, it is certainly…
August 10, 2010
Live By Technology Die By Technology
Sunny Side Up, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a post about technology. Mostly, I like to write about photography and Photoshop in my blog---but sometimes…
August 9, 2010
Portal
Portal, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. According to Bruno Ernst, M.C. Escher contemplated creating a "fascinating" fairy tale landscape in which a magic ornamental gate in our…
August 1, 2010
Sunny Saw Up
Sunny Saw Up, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this saw blade last year at Joseph Siroker's Palo Alto studio. Our idea was to create shadows…
July 31, 2010
Lost Mesa
Lost Mesa, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Following up on my threat (or was it a promise) to add waterfalls to a pine cone, I've created an…
July 24, 2010
The Riddle
The Riddle, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: What is the question? What is the answer? There's a story here. But it's carefully guarded by this…
July 19, 2010
The Dictator’s Architect’s Dream
The Dictator's Architect, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: This Photoshop composite includes pieces of governmental architecture from a number of places, including San Francisco's City…
July 16, 2010
Faking Star Trails
Faking Star Trails, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I faked these star trails. Meaning that this image is not based on an exposure, or combined composites of…
July 10, 2010
Alien Fresh Jerky
Alien Fresh Jerky, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I used this photo in a demonstration for our new Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations. The point was…
July 6, 2010
Eye Pluribus
Eye Pluribus, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a composite photo collage created in Photoshop---as if you couldn't tell! The background image shows the shadow of…
July 3, 2010
Katie Rose Tutu Head
Katie Rose Tutu Head, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose likes to wear her tutu on her head, as you can see in this studio portrait. I'll get over what…
June 17, 2010
Papaver Rhoeas Portrait
Papaver Rhoeas Portrait, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been photographing people lately---and writing, thinking, eating and breathing portraits, people photography, and lighting people for my new…
June 10, 2010
Mathew and the iPad app
Mathew Viking, photo by Harold Davis. Mathew dressed up in a knight's tunic and plastic Viking helmet seems no one to mess with, particularly with the sword in hand and…
June 4, 2010
Flying Dragon
Flying Dragon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We grabbed our four kids and brought them into the controlled environment of a studio. Actually, the environment became uncontrolled…
May 30, 2010
Orbit
Orbit, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Head down and hard at work on a new book project, it was fun this morning to take a break. My…
May 26, 2010
Forest Awakening
Forest Awakening, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The forest is a wonderful and magical place. Wandering along the dreary forest floor past fallen leaves, branches and spider…
May 22, 2010