Earthlight
At sunset, the crescent moon reflected in the intertidal flats. The moon does not produce light. We see the moon because of reflected sunlight. In this photo, only the crescent…
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October 23, 2018
Under the Wide and Starry Sky
As Robert Louis Stevenson put it, "Under the wide and starry skies glad did I live." But if you live in a city or even a town, it is likely…
September 10, 2018
Times Square
From high above Times Square, New York does indeed seem to be the "city that never sleeps." A pulsing light show of humanity whatever hour of the day or night,…
August 13, 2018
Lighthouse on the Hill
Back to the Far de Cavalleria, this time at night. Weather conditions weren't ideal. The idea had been a Milky Way arch over the lighthouse, but clouds---with an occasional burst…
May 15, 2018
Central Park South at Night
Wandering around New York City about a year ago with my camera and tripod at dusk, on my way to a meeting with a publisher, I came upon the reflections…
February 11, 2018
How Long Must Eye Wait?
Wedged in a crack behind the aptly-named Ladyboot Arch in the Alabama Hills of the eastern Sierra near the Nevada border of California, I already knew this wasn't going to be…
November 7, 2017
Under the Sheltering Sky
The novel The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles details a desert---the Sahara in trans-Atlas Morocco---that is anything but comfortable and sheltering, at least to foreigners. It's true the desert can…
October 26, 2017
Forgotten Kingdom
When you wander the desert of the imagination you don't know what you might find---the possibilities range from a horse with no name to forgotten kingdoms of myth and legend…
October 23, 2017
Revelation
While my night photography group turned most of their attention to Mobius Arch, I set my camera on auto-pilot on a rocky knoll to photograph the apparently empty landscape of…
October 22, 2017
Night Finger Music
A few of us arrived in Lone Pine ahead of this weekend's night photography workshop. After dinner, we went over to the Alabama Hills to practice a little night finger…
October 19, 2017
Blue Danube
The Danube River meanders from central Europe down through Budapest, finally to end in a Black Sea delta in southeastern Romania. The photo below shows the Danube at blue-hour-into-night looking…
September 10, 2017
Fireworks in Budapest
In Budapest, Hungary over the weekend they were celebrating Hungarian National Day with a massive fireworks display. This was photographed across the Danube River, with the Houses of Parliament on…
August 21, 2017
When, Where, and How to Photograph the Eclipse
The August 21st 2017 total solar eclipse is gonna be a crazy event in the United States. 12 million people live in the path of totality, and many more are…
July 24, 2017
Moon over Xlendi Bay
The sound of the waves in narrow Xlendi Bay on Gozo, the Maltese island of Calypso, put me to sleep. Waking in the middle of the night, moonlight streaming through…
May 9, 2017
On the Brooklyn Bridge
Today I guest-hosted an informal Meetup of New York photographers. We gathered at the bridge tower on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge. There was a great deal of…
February 22, 2017
Dawn along the Tiber River
My friend and I woke in the darkness before the first light of dawn in our hotel near the Spanish Steps in Rome. We grabbed our cameras and tripods, donned…
February 9, 2017
Dark of the Moon Night Photography Workshop in the Eastern Sierras (Oct 2017)
Dark of the Moon Night Photography in the Eastern Sierra Three nights; arriving Friday, October 20, 2017 and departing Monday, October 23, 2017 ***Some participants may choose to arrive late…
January 27, 2017
Starry Night by Harold Davis in exhibition at Weston Gallery
I am very pleased and honored that a print of my Starry Night (shown below) is on exhibit at the Weston Gallery in Carmel, CA as part of Night Vision:…
November 15, 2016