X-Ray Bouquet
The upper photo is an X-Ray of a bouquet of dahlias, nemesia, and kangaroo paw flowers. It was made in May, 2019 using medical x-ray equipment, and processed yesterday while…
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August 20, 2020
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Shell Collection
Sometimes it is really fun to line up a whole collection of objects in a grid on my light box, not worrying too much about fancy compositional issues. Take, for…
August 19, 2020
Dahlia Solos
My Dahlia bed is starting to bloom, providing some very sweet subjects for solo flower portraits!
August 12, 2020
Visiting a Garden of Cars
A while back, in the pre-pandemic era, I visited the International Car Forest of the Last Church. This so-called "Car Forest" is more like a car garden than a forest.…
August 10, 2020
Layers and the Landscape
In some ways, layers define the landscape at large. When a landscape consists of layers stretching out to the distant horizon, the details become abstracted, and we can imagine ourselves…
August 9, 2020
Coming soon to a computer near you: Intimate Flowers
We're pleased to kick-off our Saturday webinar series on Saturday August 15, 2020 with Intimate Flowers! What: Intimate Flowers with Harold Davis When: Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11am PT.…
August 6, 2020
Wabi-Sabi Mandala
Wabi-Sabi Mandala was constructed---mostly---using the blossoms from Flowers from our Pandemic Garden, with the addition of some time passing. "Wabi-sabi" is the rendition of a Japanese concept (侘寂) indicating the…
August 5, 2020
Flowers from Our Pandemic Garden
It was great fun yesterday to construct and photograph this light box composition. The dahlias are the first from my new dahlia raised bed on the southwest side of the…
August 3, 2020
Announcing New Saturday Webinars
Phyllis and I are very excited to announce a new series of Saturday webinars! We hope to see you there. Intimate Flowers on Saturday, August 15, 2020: August is here!…
July 27, 2020
[Coming Up Next] Multi-RAW Processing webinar on July 30, 2020
To register for the Multi-RAW processing webinar on July 30, please click here. Please check out our other live webinar offerings by clicking here. When it comes to digital photography,…
July 22, 2020
The Solace of Nature: William Neill and Harold Davis [Free Webinar]
Click here for our complete list of currently scheduled webinars! The Solace of Nature: William Neill and Harold Davis | Free Webinar Presentation When: Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 11am…
July 17, 2020
Monochromatic Visions Portfolio Sold
Thank you to the patient collector from New Hampshire who purchased number 4/12 of my original Monochromatic Visions portfolio. A second Monochromatic Visions portfolio with the composition of images and…
July 16, 2020
Coming Soon | A Pilgrim’s Tale: Walking on the Camino [Free Webinar, this Saturday (July 18, 2020)]
In this webinar, I will show images from my walk on the Camino de Santiago in 2018 and on the Camino de Portuguese in 2019. I'll share stories from my…
July 13, 2020
Creative Garden Photography eBook and pre-order now available from the publisher (with discount code)
We are very excited that Creative Garden Photography: Making Great Photos of Flowers, Gardens, Landscapes, and the Beautiful World Around Us is now available directly from the book's publisher, Rocky…
July 12, 2020
Misty Mountain Dahlias
It is funny how close and closer a flower, such as a Dahlia, can take on abstract appearance so the original flower shape becomes forgotten. So in this Dahlia I…
July 11, 2020
A Walk on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, also officially the "John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge," opened in 1956, displacing the last car ferry across San Francisco Bay. Recently, a lane on the upper…
July 6, 2020
The Making of Creative Garden Photography | Free Webinar
Our new book Creative Garden Photography has been at least ten years in the making from conception to finished production files. In this free webinar, on Sunday July 5, 2020 at…
June 29, 2020
Theodore Roosevelt and his horse’s rear-end
I always thought this statue was pompous beyond belief, and patronizing to the subservient folks below and to either side of T.R. Which is why I photographed this trite and…
June 25, 2020