Morning in the Foothills
From time to time I repost from my archives. This is a reposting of a photo and the related story originally published in September 2006. Morning in the Foothills, photo…
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December 16, 2008
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Miracle of Light
Miracle of Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It was a chilly (for the Bay area) December afternoon with intermittent squalls of rain. Around 3:30PM I drove…
December 14, 2008
Flowers on Ebony and Ivory
I've been photographing flowers for transparency the last few days, and processing them to appear on black and white backgrounds. The trick here is lighting, photography, and Photoshop: so three…
December 13, 2008
Impossible Images
Variety is the spice of life, and it is certainly part of what I enjoy about photography. Having a camera is an excuse for being anywhere and examining anything. Those…
December 10, 2008
Night Photography Webcast
Here's the replay of my recent Secrets of Digital Night webcast. Enjoy! If you can't see this video, click here to view it on YouTube.
December 9, 2008
Calling Alice
Alice followed the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and found a weird world of inexplicable twists and turns. Besides Alice and Lewis Carroll, this twisting photocomposition is in part…
December 8, 2008
One-Off
Transparent Lily, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The bunch of pink Asiatic lilies I got at Trader Joes had one white bud. Almost transulucent, with pink veins,…
December 8, 2008
Meditations on Transparency
Transparency on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Transparency is good in many things: political processes, business contracts, lingerie, and (of course) flower petals. The more it…
December 5, 2008
Bougainvillea Study
Bougainvillea Study, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I took a break from a writing project to work on this bright but simple study of a…
December 5, 2008
International Aperture Awards
Two of my images have won silver awards in the landscape category in the International Aperture Awards 2008 competition. To see more of my awards and publication credits, click…
December 3, 2008
Moonset over San Francisco
Moonset over San Francisco, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The view of San Francisco Bay out to the west from Indian Rock in Berkeley was a bit…
December 2, 2008
Mono Lake Sunset
From time to time I repost from my archives. This is a reposting of a photo and the related story originally published in August 2006. Mono Lake Sunset, photo by…
December 1, 2008
Harold at Black Oak Books
I'll be appearing at Black Oak Books in the Berkeley gourmet ghetto on Saturday, December 6 2008 at 7PM. Please join me. Image shown in the poster: Spirals. Noted photographer…
November 30, 2008
Thanksgiving Sunset
Thanksgiving Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Thanksgiving in the Bay area was overcast and cloudy. Just before sunset there was a break in the clouds to…
November 28, 2008
Digital Night Webcast
Back by popular demand! Harold Davis presents his work and demystifies night photography. If you missed the last Harold Davis night photo webcast, here's your chance. If you attended the…
November 28, 2008
Water Drop Photograph Techniques
From time to time I repost from my archives. This is a reposting of images and a story originally published in July 2006. The force that through the green fuse,…
November 26, 2008
Fog on the Headlands
Fog on the Headlands, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a brilliant, sunny autumn afternoon Mark and I left the Tennessee Valley parking lot. Past the horse…
November 24, 2008
Curves
Dreamweaver Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was doing some yard work in our garden. It's great to have rose blossoms in late November, and the…
November 23, 2008