Opposites
When it comes to image conception and post-processing these days I seem to be thinking in opposites. In my image of the Triumph of the Wave (below) the breaking surf reforms…
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November 12, 2012
Harold Davis Classic California 2013 Wall Calendar
I am very pleased and excited that Cameron + Company has published a 2013 wall calendar of my black & white photography of California. You can see the cover of…
November 6, 2012
Land’s End
The past few days have been spectacular in the San Francisco Bay area. Night rain has alternated with crystal clear days. The days themselves have vibrated with clarifying autumn light, while exotic…
October 26, 2012
9/11 Memorial
At the 9/11 Memorial the water pours endlessly down into what used to be the cellars of the World Trade Towers. This is a place of sad and melancholy wonder---and…
September 19, 2012
Foggy Bottom
Most of the Bay area was sunny and blue, but a swath of fog washed in from the Pacific and buried the Golden Gate. From beneath the bridge pilings on…
September 2, 2012
Handcrafting Digital Black & White
The motorcycle shown in the monochromatic image below has been created by hand by Ian Barry, a true artist at what he does. You can click here to read my…
August 29, 2012
Falcon Motorcycle
The other day I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to photograph a Falcon Motorcycle. These motorcycles are one-of-a-kind completely handmade works of art. As I particularly enjoy photographing machinery it…
July 26, 2012
Slot Canyon
My Slot Canyon image was created using hand-HDR layering from four exposures, as I explain in my original blog posting about the color version and in my forthcoming book Creating…
July 14, 2012
Making the Basilica
I've been asked a number of times about the process behind the making of my images of the Basilica Mission Dolores, shown below and in Looking for Light. This is…
July 7, 2012
Looking for Light
What matters most is light. A good photographer has hungry eyes, and will visually examine the world for potentially interesting subjects. But the subject matter itself is nothing without exciting…
June 29, 2012
Black and White Spiders Award Honors Harold Davis
My monochromatic image of an egg slicer was honored with a Nominee Black & White Spider award in the Professional Still Life category. Click here for the press release about…
June 16, 2012
Full Moon Rising
Before I get down to explaining the images of the "super" full moon rising that accompany this story, let me point you (in case you may be interested) to a…
May 9, 2012
Denial
Against a darkling winter sky I stand adamant, seed pods crackling in the wind. Stubborn and mute with life hardly visible I know that my seeds will drop on the stony ground…
March 28, 2012
Pigeon Point Lighthouse
On my way home from photographing in the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum I drove up the spectacular San Mateo coast (south of San Francisco). I reached the Pigeon…
March 18, 2012
Harold Davis Postcard Books
We are very pleased to announce that Cameron + Company has released three postcard books of my work. Each of the three postcard books each contain twenty detachable postcards. They are…
March 15, 2012
Cable Car Wheels
Wandering downtown San Francisco with two photographic companions we decided to visit the San Francisco Cable Car Museum. This turned out to be a great location for monochromatic HDR photography.…
March 11, 2012
Workbenches
We've been making large prints with our new Epson 9900 printer. So far we are just getting to know what it can do, and are experimenting with unusual paper surfaces…
February 15, 2012
Spruce Street House
The parents of one of Katie Rose's buddies at pre-school are architects who just bought a classical Berkeley shingle house from the early 1900s. In recent years this grand house…
January 30, 2012