The Whole Magnolia Branch
This is the magnolia branch I brought home and used for macro photography practice in an image I showed earlier. Composition of the entire branch was a bit of a…
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March 13, 2017
Magnolia Blossom
Wandering the paths and stairways of the Berkeley hills, I came upon a gardener shaping a venerable flowering magnolia tree. A largish branch lay on the ground. I asked if…
March 13, 2017
White Rose Blushing in Color and Black and White
I thought this white rose with a hint of satin-like blush was going to look great in black and white, but when I processed it I saw that the color…
March 6, 2017
Harold Davis Presents Photographing Flowers for Transparency at School of Visual Arts Masters in Digital Photography
I'm pleased to share with you my presentation on Photographing Flowers for Transparency at New York's School of Visual Arts in the Masters in Digital Photography program. Enjoy! If for…
March 4, 2017
Cherry Branches
Cherry Branches for a wet and windy weekend! Phyllis brought these back from a neighborhood tree, and I photographed them using high-key HDR on a light box, then combined the…
February 17, 2017
Hellebore
In my garden in the rain the hellebores are in bloom. These lovely bell shaped flowers face downward in nature in a wide variety of colors and internal configurations. It's…
February 10, 2017
Fancy Tulip
Flowers in all their finery are often symbolic of the best our world has to offer. That is to say, flowers can serve to represent the entire natural world that…
January 20, 2017
Yellow Daffodil
It's a little early for Valentine's Day, but I though this yellow daffy on a bed of mauve roses says it in a kind of understated way!
January 12, 2017
Mums the Word
I pulled these pretty images of a field of chrysanthemums on a light box from my files, and processed it the other day. Did you know that "Odour of Chrysanthemums"…
December 19, 2016
Floral Tondo Variations
Which of these versions of my first floral tondo do you like better? My favorite is Flower Tondo 1 Variation Inversion, shown immediately below on black, without the fancy curvilinear "virtual"…
December 15, 2016
Floral Tondo
Tondo is a Renaissance term for a circular painting. To create my floral tondo, I started with a circular pattern on my light box. I arranged an array of petals---mostly…
December 14, 2016
Calligraphy of Flowers
I am a great fan of artistic calligraphy, particularly as seen in Japan and in historic Islamic cultures. So when I arranged these flowers on my light box I tried…
December 11, 2016
Flowers Round-Robin in a Workshop
This image was made as an in-class demo of light box flower arrangement and post-production. I called on each workshop participant to choose a stem, then arranged them one-by-one on…
December 9, 2016
Workshop Feedback and a Yellow Rose
I'm very pleased with some of the great feedback for the recent Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop. Here's what some folks said: "Just a fabulous creative presentation for flowers that…
December 8, 2016