digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Karl Blossfeldt (1866-1932) began his career at a decorative ironwork manufacturer. He was assigned the task of creating reference botanical photographs to use for wrought iron designs. Eventually, his iconic…
Click here for our upcoming (September) Photographing Flowers for Transparency in-person workshop!
Now that things are opening up, I've been thinking about giving a long exposure waves workshop again. It's been several years since I've given this workshop in person and with…
For this image, I framed essentially a portrait view of the mallow (upper left) and the poppy (along the right, purple and red). For some reason, the Save the Last…
Often when I am through with the primary photography in a light box design, I continue to experiment by adding lines, weaving botanicals, getting closer, and anything else that is…
The Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri) is native to California, with a range from Mexico through northern California. This is a drought tolerant species that can be somewhat invasive once established---but,…
It's hard not to fall in love with a poppy like this Papaver rhoeas 'Falling in Love' (a kind of "corn poppy" using the common term). Click here for more…
With the poppies (Papavers) blooming like crazy in our garden, I am sure the right thing to do is to "carpe Papaver." In fact, photographically speaking---and perhaps in life as…
Our special pandemic print pricing ends May 1, 2021. Please place orders for "Pandemic Prints" (at the special price) by Saturday, May 1, 2021! After Saturday, we will fulfill the…
Digitalis purpurea is commonly called the Foxglove, I suppose because a fox could slip the flowers on its fingers, at least in fairy land. In fact, the flower is long…
Today is Earth Day 2021, and I present some close-up photographs of flowers. These are images of the core of a poppy (Papaver hybridium), but looked at as abstract forms…
Sometimes when I photograph a broad composition on my light box I take a break when my primary composition is done. I leave my camera on the tripod. Then after…
Please join me this week on Thursday April 22 (Earth Day) at 11am PT for a free webinar on Photographing Flowers for Transparency sponsored by Rocky Nook. Click here for…
A Modern Pilgrimage: Along the Kumano Kodo by Harold Davis is an artist book and portfolio of images that astutely blends old-craft hand traditions and materials with and cutting-edge new…
Capture the spectacular sights of Iceland beneath the Midnight Sun on this 12-day summer photography workshop. We will visit the iconic sites of the South Coast, the Eastfjords and the…
Happy to recently process this Study in Blue, photographed a while ago at Crater Lake, Oregon. This early morning image gives me a feeling of peace and serenity.
Today I minted two new NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Unlike my previous two, which were unique moving GIFs (not part of an edition), these are monochromatic "fine-art" images minted from JPEGs:…
Botanique is my handmade limited edition artist book of botanical prints. You can find out more about Botanique, including current edition and pricing information, by clicking here. Can't view this video?…