Eye of the Cave Panorama
This is a panorama view from behind Upper Horsetail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. I shot the panorama in fourteen vertical photos, with each capture a RAW file translated…
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March 2, 2016
Yaquina Bay Bridge
In the fog, the Yaquina Bay Bridge seemed to stretch on forever. The ending was obscure, and vanishingly difficult to find.
February 26, 2016
From Darkness into Light
Photography is famously about "writing with light"---or rendering light. In fact, light is integral to photography. You can't photograph a physical object. You can only capture the light reflected or…
February 25, 2016
Fairy Falls
Yesterday, after photographing Multnomah Falls, I walked up the icy path to Benson Bridge. From this bridge, I climbed the numbered switchbacks to the top of Multnomah Falls. From the…
February 24, 2016
Cold is the colour of crystal
"Cold is the colour of crystal the snowlight That falls from the heavenly skies"---Annie Lennox Related image: White River Falls. Thanks to @estatik on Flickr.
February 23, 2016
White River Falls
On my long drive up eastern Oregon, shortly before I got to the Columbia Gorge, I passed White River Falls, shown in the photo. White River Falls State Park was…
February 22, 2016
Comparative Motion
Dead Tree, Seascape, and Sunset is an exercise in capturing comparative motion over the course of a fairly long exposure (ten seconds). The surf was rolling in below the bluff,…
February 3, 2016
In a Blue Hour
Over the weekend on Saturday I led a fun workshop sponsored by the Point Reyes Field Institute on Point Reyes photographing Waves. I had some very enthusiastic participants and I think…
December 9, 2015
Florence and Venice
Florence and Venice, two great Italian cities, one photographed at the beginning and one at the end of my recent trip to Italy! Related story: Harold in Italy. Related story:…
November 19, 2015
View from Ravello
Ravello sits about 1,000 feet above the town of Amalfi on the stupendous Amalfi Coast of Italy. Back in the 1200s and 1300s, when Amalfi was a geopolitical powerhouse, Ravello…
November 10, 2015
Coming into Naples
Coming into Naples, an incredible snarl of traffic. This is take-no-prisoners driving, and really kind of fun to watch in a madcap way. Particularly since it wasn't me driving. We…
November 3, 2015
Free Creative Landscape Photography Webinar Sponsored by Topaz
Please join me for a free Creative Landscape Photography webinar sponsored by Topaz Labs. The webinar is free, but seats are limited, and pre-registration is required. The webinar session is…
October 7, 2015
Autumn Arbor at the Bussaco Palace
As October begins and the year inches toward autumn, I thought it was appropriate to share this image, photographed early on a foggy morning on the grounds of the Bussaco…
October 2, 2015
Ranch on Point Reyes
On Point Reyes in the spring, I photographed the details of the deteriorating buildings in the historic (but abandoned) D Ranch. Walking back towards my car I turned and saw…
September 19, 2015
From Heaven to Hell
Poet William Blake wrote about building a Hell in Heaven's despite, and the cognitive dissonance of traveling in Japan often put me in mind of this poem of Blake's (which also…
September 4, 2015
Denali, the Great One, Alaska by Harold Davis
The long overdue official renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali, Alaska, and the resulting outcry from the State of Ohio (the birthplace of President McKinley), puts me in mind of my…
September 1, 2015
Reflections in a Maine Pond
"To be calm, to be serene! There is the calmness of the lake when there is not a breath of wind. . . . So it is with us. Sometimes…
August 16, 2015
Bend in the Neckar River
On a great bend in the Neckar River, about 15 kilometers up-river from Heidelberg, Germany lies the town of Neckarsteinach. Four dramatic castles sit atop the crags overlooking the Neckar.…
July 10, 2015