When Is a Photograph Not a Photograph?
My five-year-old son Nicky likes to ask me, "When is a door not a door?" Before I can answer, he tells me, "When it's a jar," and cackles wildly. In…
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
My five-year-old son Nicky likes to ask me, "When is a door not a door?" Before I can answer, he tells me, "When it's a jar," and cackles wildly. In…
Imperfect Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an imperfect rose. Like all living things, it comes with imperfections as part of the package. Still, when…
Star Light Star Bright, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a 210 second time exposure of the small lake at the bottom of Tennessee Valley. Beyond…
City Lights, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a long exposure (120 seconds) with my 10.5mm digital fisheye lens photographed into night. Standing on my aerie,…
Tennessee Beach Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a long (four minute) exposure, as you can tell by the trails the stars make and the…
Tennessee Valley at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming off the cliffs by Tennesse Beach in full night, I found the homeward trail still and serene.…
Marin Coast Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a thirty second time exposure with my lens wide open. I caught the last light of sunset.…
Mount Tamalpais, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. With the shutter open for five minutes, my sensor picks up all kinds of ambient light on the slopes of…
Why should you take a photography workshop? One answer is that you'll learn something specific. For example, if you take my workshop Digital Workflow: From the Field to Flickr (I'll…
Setting Moon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The crescent moon was setting. With the camera open for four minutes, I watched the moon disappear behind the black…
Night at Point Reyes Lighthouse, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an image captured at the Point Reyes lighthouse well into night, although the sunset appears…
Point Reyes Lighthouse at Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. They built the Point Reyes lighthouse down three hundred steps so that it would often be below…
Spirals, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I realize that I haven't blogged this photo composite made by combining photographs of the front and back of Nautilus shells,…
Marin Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a time exposure straight into full night. The photo was taken from a little hillock beside the Panaromic…
Why am I so interested in photographing water drops? What are the special challenges and techniques associated with photographing water drops? Do different water drops have different characteristics (in other…
Distant Shore, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was out on Point Reyes to photograph sunset and evening at the Point Reyes Lighthouse. It's about half a…
Mountains on the Beach 1, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Looking at the patterns of water on the great beach at Point Reyes, I was reminded of…
Approaching the Bridge, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This was the first exposure I took looking back at the Golden Gate Bridge from the Coastal Trail. I…