Eye
Eye Study 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I keep trying to emulate Escher's Eye. Which, as I might have expected, is harder than meets the, er,…
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June 23, 2009
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Car Show
Chrome, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On Saturday I took Julian to the Classic Car Show on the Tiburon waterfront. It was lots of fun, and I…
June 22, 2009
Lines
Hill, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been thinking about lines in composition, and black & white. Here are two examples where both visual effects come into…
June 21, 2009
Self Portrait
Self Portrait, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Inspired by Eye, a mezzotint by M.C. Escher, I created this self portrait with purple Clematis blossoms reflected in my…
June 19, 2009
Interstitial
Interstitial, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I combined six different captures of these tiny water drops caught in a spider's web to capture the range of light…
June 18, 2009
New Harold Davis Photo.Net Column
My new column, Focusing on What Matters, in my Becoming a More Creative Photographer series on Photo.Net is now online. Enjoy! Previous article in the series: Expecting the Unexpected. View…
June 16, 2009
Point Reyes Twilight
Point Reyes Twilight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the LCD, this twilight view of Point Reyes looked like grey mush. Probably the fault of the auto…
June 14, 2009
Nigella Verso Reverso
Nigella Verso Reverso, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the Love-in-the-mist flower, Nigella damascena, recto and verso, on black.
June 11, 2009
Coming into Zion
Coming into Zion, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Looking down at Zion Canyon, Utah in the bright spring sunshine, it was clear to me that I couldn’t…
June 10, 2009
Nigella Recto and Verso
Nigella Recto, photo by Harold Davis. This is the front and back (recto above, and verso below) of a small flower with an incredibly complex structure, a Negilla. The common…
June 8, 2009
Katie Rose Swinging
Katie Rose Swinging, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose's core muscle strength has improved to the point that she can enjoy swinging. Today was the first time she was able…
June 7, 2009
Simple Poppy
Simple Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a simple Papaver Rhoeas, photographed with an unvarnished macro lens for depth-of-field. The flower may be simple, and…
June 6, 2009
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I realized that I needed a fast shutter speed to capture this field of grass blowing in a brisk…
June 5, 2009
The Photoshop Darkroom—new Harold Davis book
If you haven't seen much of me lately, and if my blog posts have seemed a bit thin, it's because I've been getting my new book The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative…
June 4, 2009
Surf, Kirby Cove
Surf, Kirby Cove, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a recent overcast evening, with my guest from Finland, on a bluff above Kirby Cove, I waited for…
June 3, 2009
Harold Davis Workshop Updates
It was a dark and stormy night. Actually, it was a San Francisco fogbound night. I was out shooting with a guest from Finland. The fear was that the low…
June 2, 2009
Pagoda of Poppies
Pagoda of Poppies, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I used my 200mm f/4 telephoto macro lens to focus on the more distant poppies while letting…
June 1, 2009
Wheels Within
Wheels Within, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger and even bigger. This is a wire-spoke wheel of a classic Jaguar that I have manipulated into an abstraction in…
June 1, 2009