digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
What is the appeal of black and white photography? After all, we see the world in color, and a gray day is emotionally perceived as depressing and monotonous. Historically, black…
Leaf Civilization, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Do you know the way to San Jose? Probably not when the scene at night integrates with this hellebore leaf,…
Beyond the Fog, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the last clear evening of 2008 we hiked out to the summit of Wildcat Peak, getting there just…
Hardenbergia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The gentle rain turned to dappled sunshine, and I went out to photograph water drops in the garden. The drops shown…
Above the Clouds, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Below, the city was quiet on New Year's Day, recovering from celebrations and wrapped in dense, dank, cold clouds.…
Woodland Path, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the slopes of Mt Tamalpais the cloud cover hung thick, but high above the sun was shining. We found…
Pity poor Oakland. Playing Newark to San Francisco's New York across the water, Oakland definitely gets no respect. This is the city that gave the "no there" to there, a…
For You, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. For you, my last rose of 2008! Happy New Year!
Self Portrait with Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I offer this rose in the hope that the new year is prosperous and happy for us all,…
Lost Horizon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the spur of the moment Julian and I decided to head out on an adventure. The weather was spotty,…
Flowernalia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In ancient times the Romans celebrated the return of the sun with Saturnalia. There was all manner of feasting and revelry,…
Delphinium, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's a miracle of floral abundancy that delphinium (also called larkspur) grow in my sheltered southwestern bed towards the end of…
Morse Code, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Turning my back on the Golden Gate Bridge, I photographed out the Golden Gate, past Kirby Cove, towards the open…
Golden Gate Mon Amour, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Though I have photographed the Golden Gate Bridge at least 100 times, I'm always amazed at her grace…
Trawling for Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Like the map in C.S. Lewis's Voyage of the Dawn Treader, this is one of those images that the…
Point Bonita, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The day after winter solstice, Bay area weather was crisp and clear, but with incoming rain clouds. I photographed Point…
It's a good observation that a difference between professional and very serious amateur photographers on the one hand, and snapshooters on the other, is that those in the pro group…
The Cathedral of Christ the Light was built over the past three years to replace an earthquake-damaged structure. Designed by the famous modernist architectiure firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill,…