Old Bodie Church
Old Bodie Church, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The south face of this old church in Bodie was primarily lit by moonlight. As I've noted, you get…
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August 23, 2008
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Nicky with Face Painting
Nicky with Face Painting, photo by Harold Davis. Nicky came home from camp at Berkeley Montessori with this cute face painting of a mouse, and I couldn't resist photographing his…
August 22, 2008
Standard Mill at Bodie
Standard Mill at Bodie, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The Standard Mill at Bodie (shown here reflected in an old window) was used to process the gold…
August 22, 2008
Window on Bodie
Window, Bodie, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photograph of reflections (mostly of the old Standard Mill) in a window of the Bodie ghost town.…
August 22, 2008
Tioga Pass Road at Night
Tioga Pass Road at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Tioga Pass is the highest car crossing of the High Sierra. I always find the view down…
August 21, 2008
Lembert Dome Sunset
Lembert Dome Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: As it got darker, I continued to photograph sunset from Lembert Dome. I think the top of…
August 20, 2008
Tuolumne Sunset
Tuolumne Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: this is a sunset view from the top of Lembert Dome over Tuolumne Meadows towards the Grand Canyon…
August 19, 2008
Sierra View
Sierra View, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On my way across the Tioga Pass road I stopped at Olmstead Point. I made my way out a few…
August 18, 2008
Fresco Flower
[Note: this is a reposting of a story originally published in August 2005.] Fresco Flower, photo by Harold Davis. I thought this photo looked like a painting when I took…
August 18, 2008
A Walk on the Wild Side
[Note: this is a reposting of a story originally published in July 2005.] © Harold Davis - Thousand Islands Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness, July 2, 2005 About a week ago…
August 15, 2008
Sexy Angel Face
Sexy Angel Face, photo by Harold Davis. This is an Angel Face rose from my garden. I think it is so sexy! Here's another photo of the same rose bud,…
August 14, 2008
Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away
This photo shows photographer Jay Maisel buried in Kodachrome slides around 1980. But Kodachrome is doomed. Kodachrome, the most permanent and colorful of color films is also very expensive to…
August 13, 2008
Fog on the Headlands
Fog on the Headlands, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The other day Mark and I climbed Slacker Ridge, and watched the early evening fog pour over Marin…
August 12, 2008
Baby Face
Baby Face, photo by Harold Davis. Briefly noted: This is a close-up of Katie Rose's face. It's probably closer up than you might think, and certainly in macro territory. I…
August 12, 2008
Fourth of July Rose
Fourth of July Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: For a special project I needed macro photos of flowers showing selective focus. I photographed this…
August 9, 2008
North Berkeley at Night
North Berkeley at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a 32 minute exposure from the roof near my bedroom looking east up San Fernando towards…
August 8, 2008
Stephanorrhina gaffata
Towards the end of 2007 I was working on a special project that involved photographing, scanning, and Photoshopping flowers and insects using a variety of techniques. This beetle ended up…
August 7, 2008
Clouds
Clouds, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My idea was to hike down to the northeastern end of Drakes Beach, and see if I could make my way…
August 2, 2008