Morning Star
Dahlia Bud Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the morning, chaos of kids and family permitting, I like to photograph in the garden. The sun was…
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September 3, 2007
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Overpass
Overpass, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The elevated highway (US 101) passes through San Rafael, California. Below the overpass, a nether world of parking lots, fences, and…
September 2, 2007
Beyond the Fields We Know
In The King of Elfland's Daughter, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Lord Dunsany, wrote about magic beyond the fields we know. You step out into the ordinary, everyday fields…
September 2, 2007
Shadow of the Past
Shadow of the Past, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a close-up of the shadow of an old ranch fence on the barn at Sea Ranch.…
August 31, 2007
Boys in the Tub
Boys in the Tub, photo by Harold Davis. What fun to be four boys in a hot tub! Shown here next to the tripod.
August 31, 2007
Barn at Sea Ranch
Barn at Sea Ranch, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This barn is positioned on the bluffs between Sea Ranch Lodge and the ocean. It is both a…
August 31, 2007
Night Music
Night Music, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On our Sea Ranch vacation we had a number of clear nights without fog. I took advantage of these nights…
August 29, 2007
Cedar Break
Cedar Break, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. When landscape architect Lawrence Halprin camped on the rugged 5,200 acre ranch on the northern Sonoma coast that was to…
August 28, 2007
Fancy Feathers
Past the Golden Gate Bridge, Black Sands Beach lies along the straits between Point Diablo and Point Bonita. The beach faces the open Pacific towards the southwest. On a sullen,…
August 26, 2007
Slipping into the Future
In a significant way, photography is about time. A photograph freezes action and captures a moment. Looking at photographs we see the past, perhaps our past. Photographs become memories. Unlike…
August 18, 2007
Wave Game
Wave Game, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I played a game with the waves on Stinson Beach. I positioned my tripod below the tide line and tried…
August 17, 2007
Feral Turkey Feather
Feral Turkey Feather, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's not unusual to see wild turkeys in the Berkeley hills. Actually, these turkeys aren't wild: they are feral,…
August 17, 2007
Nicky’s Graduation
Nicky's Graduation, photo by Harold Davis. Nicky's moving on to elementary school Kindergarten after three years of pre-school. He's been very happy at Step One, and these have been good…
August 17, 2007
Moon over Bolinas
Moon over Bolinas, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Returning home after an afternoon hike in Steep Ravine followed by dinner and sunset photography on Stinson Beach, Mark…
August 15, 2007
Still Standing
Still Standing, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this arch looking down a cliff on the western side of the Tomales Point peninsula on Point Reyes.…
August 13, 2007
Adamant
Adamant, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Adamant. Indomitable. This rock stands, no matter how the surf pounds. It stands on the Pacific side of Tomales Point in…
August 12, 2007
Lee Shore
Lee Shore, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Mark and I hiked again on the Tomales Point Trail on Point Reyes. We watched sunset from a ledge high…
August 11, 2007
Cloud Catcher
Cloud Catcher, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We hadn't been to the Albany Waterfront Trail for a while, so Julian and I went exploring. This area was…
August 9, 2007