Flowering Quince
The red flowering quince are particularly gorgeous this year in my neighborhood, and I can't resist putting some of them on my light box. These flowers have a simple elegance…
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January 30, 2014
Through a glass lightly
I lit a passion flower (passiflora) from the rear and left, so that the light reflected off the flower onto the neck of a glass bottle with a rather tall…
January 11, 2014
White Chrysanthemums at Giverny
At a casual glance, this is a fairly simple selective focus image of lush white flowers in an autumn garden. Actually, there's more to it photographically than meets the eye.…
December 24, 2013
Red red rose
As many times as I photograph roses I never have enough! There is always a different way to approach a rose, or any other flower for that matter. Verily, there…
December 13, 2013
Win free enrollment in my online Mastering Flower Photography course
My online course Mastering Flower Photography is going live soon! In the meantime, you can be entered in a random drawing to win a free course by clicking here and…
October 25, 2013
Daffadown Dillies
The daffodil is also a narcissus, and is a member of the Amaryllis family. The flower is a harbinger of spring. As a narcissus, the flower speaks to self-absorption: in classical…
October 23, 2013
Photographing Flowers for Transparency: February 2014 Workshop
Due to many requests I have added a new session of the Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop, Saturday, February 22---Sunday, February 23, 2014. Click here for information and online registration for…
September 26, 2013
Down in the ditch where the waterdrops are
To get a shot like this of waterdrops means getting wet, particularly when it is raining. And raining it was in Hudson Gardens in Littleton, Colorado where I was taping…
September 15, 2013
Flowers of Late Summer
Flowers of Late Summer was shot on a lightbox using my Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens and the full-frame Nikon D800. Layering the 36MP RAW captures brought my computer down to…
September 7, 2013
Vibrance Poster
I am pleased to announce a new Harold Davis poster from Editions Limited. It is called Vibrance, measures 24" X 36", and is shown below. See related story: Editions Limited…
September 5, 2013
May the best flower photo win
I am judging a flower contest on Photo.net: "Flowers find a way into vacation, portraiture, wedding, landscape, fine art and nearly any kind of photography collection you can think of.…
July 7, 2013
New Harold Davis Photonet column: Placing a Flower Photo on a Background
Please check out my new column on Photo.net, Placing a Flower Photo on a Background. Stay tuned for the sequel, coming next month to Photo.net, explaining how to add a texture…
June 24, 2013
Meditation at Giverny
As long as I can remember I have admired Claude Monet's waterlilies, so finally getting to visit Monet's garden at Giverny was like a pilgrimage for me. My group (shown here…
May 22, 2013
Calypso orchid
Hard to see among the debris at the forest floor, the tiny Calypso orchid can be photographed when conditions are right on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais for brief periods…
April 7, 2013
Tulip Wabi-Sabi
Wabi-sabi is a name for a Japanese philosophical and aesthetic movement with a key tenet of acceptance of the transient nature of all things. According to wabi-sabi, everything passes, and…
March 2, 2013
Tiptoe through the tulip
The tulips that I found last week at the North Berkeley Farmers Market have transmogrified into fantastical shapes and forms as they age and illustrate wabi-sabi in action. Like the…
February 27, 2013
Floral Sunset
It's hard to imagine two subjects that are more over-photographed than sunsets and flowers. Of course, there's a reason that something is a popular subject for photography. It's wonderful to…
February 21, 2013
Anemones
The North Berkeley farmer's market, on a stretch of streets sometimes known as the "gourmet ghetto," is certified organic throughout. Cruising with my camera, I spotted a flower vendor, Thomas Farm,…
February 10, 2013