digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Best wishes from Phyllis, myself, and our family to you and your loved ones for the holidays and the coming year. Please keep in touch and appreciate those that are…
I am profiled in the January issue of Marin Living Magazine in Harold Davis Continues to Put His Stamp on the Art World. Very flattering interview, and a nice play on…
Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. From its origins in Kyoto more than a millenia ago, this is an art form that has evolved within a formal tradition…
Iya Onsen Hotel perches high above the Iya River in the mountainous and less-traveled region that is in the interior of Shikoku, Japan's fourth largest island. The area is magical,…
Some photographic subjects resonate in the poetic sense. For example, spirals, bridges, the light at the end of the tunnel. Of course, this possible subject-matter resonance is not sufficient to…
During downtime in Japan, when I'm on trains or relaxing after the onsen, and when I am not chasing waterfalls, I've been reading A Brief History of Photography by David…
I've never understood the lyrics of the song "Don't go chasing waterfalls." Apparently, if you Google it, the lyric to this catchy tune (I've worked out to its beat at…
The other day in my garden I looked under some leaves and found a family of small succulents. These plants were wonderful in their tiny spiralness, and I knew I…
Meet Socks, our three-month-old kitty and the newest member of the Davis family!
Eye of the Dragon, shown below, is a Photoshop composite of an extreme close-up of a dahlia blossom and my left eye. For more about the image of my eye,…
I've been having a great deal of fun experimenting with new Leica M lenses and new techniques. In particular, I've used the enhanced dynamic range properties of my Monochrom M11…
As many of you know, I love to create mandalas on my light box using flowers. The idea behind Solar Rotation Mandala was to create a "solar system" circling the central…
Last week I stopped by wreck of the Point Reyes fishing trawler, beached near Inverness, California. I first started photographing the boat in roughly 2005, most times on my way…
Local television station KTVU-TV reporter Alex Savidge interviewed me about my new postage stamps (click here to view the replay) and the Lifestyle section of the Marin Independent Journal reporter…
First-Day-of-Issue Stamp Event Featuring Local Berkeley Photographer’s Images What: An unveiling event for new low-denomination stamps that feature images of flowers by Berkeley native, Harold Davis. Who: USPS Berkeley Postmaster Katrina…
I wanted to see how close I could get with reasonable resolution using the Leica M11 Monochrom. The upper photo of the coin is somewhere between 5:1 and 10:1, meaning…
I've talked---and written---about designing a structure behind an apparently free-form image. With flower photography on a light box, possible forms this structure can take include a bouquet, a garden patch…
My client was a designer working on the decor for a luxurious vacation home for a well-to-do photography collector. The designer's request for the prints once the collector had selected…