The Evolution of Photography
Wet Rose, photo by Harold Davis. I love my digital cameras, and am blown away by the intelligence built into them. My Nikon D70 gets a great many things right…
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July 27, 2005
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A Lost Hiker
Wild Flowers near Thousand Islands Lake, photo by Harold Davis. In the stillness of the early morning at the beginning of July of this year I stood by my campsite…
July 26, 2005
Flowers and Reflections
Flowers and Reflections, photo by Harold Davis. More flowers from my garden photographed as a still life. I can't help myself, I enjoy working with flowers so much...
July 25, 2005
Faulty Towers Cake
Faulty Towers Cake, photo by Harold Davis. Happy Birthday, Julian. It's numero 8. His mom made this great cake that melted in the heat. The knight defended the castle valiantly…
July 24, 2005
Flowers on Mirror
Flowers on Mirror 2, photo by Harold Davis. What is it about photographing flowers that is so satisfying to me? I will never get tired of photographing flowers - or…
July 19, 2005
Opening Camera RAW in Photoshop CS2
In a previous post I explained the basics of my workflow for processing a digital image in Photoshop. The first step in this process is to open the image in…
July 18, 2005
Mud Hollow
Mud Hollow, photo by Harold Davis. Julian and I drove out to Limantaur Beach on Pt Reyes. We walked on the Mud Hollow Trail for half a mile or so…
July 17, 2005
Heroic Fantasy
Bronze Legs, photo by Harold Davis. This heroic (and somewhat bizarre) bronze sculpture of a lithesome lady holding onto a taloned eagle has recently been placed in Oakland's Jack London…
July 16, 2005
Earth in a Glass
Earth in a Glass, photo by Harold Davis. The question of scale in photography is crucial, particularly in macro photographs. Is this a marble on a mirror, or is earth…
July 16, 2005
The Hills Turn Brown in the Summer
Golden Hills, photo by Harold Davis. There's an amazing wilderness less than a mile from me consisting of Tilden Park, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, some other East Bay parks, and…
July 16, 2005
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls, photo by Harold Davis. At Nicky's pre-school, the dolls were dirty. These dolls played hard, and who knows what they do after the kids go home…
July 14, 2005
The Knights of El Cerrito
The Knights of El Cerrito, photo by Harold Davis. Ah, those lonely knights, not to mention the lonely nights! I came across these neglected conquistadors, clearly spray painted, dusty, home…
July 13, 2005
Without My Polarizer I Am Blue
Blue, photo by Harold Davis. This is a photo of a fingerpainting project at Nicky's pre-school drying outside. I took the picture in the late afternoon sun. The only thing…
July 13, 2005
There and Back Again
© Harold Davis - Rush Creek crossing, early morning, July 3, 2005 This is the third (and final) installment of a story about my recent short -- but particularly poorly…
July 10, 2005
Mathew is One!
Mathew Gabriel Davis is one today. Happy birthday Mathew! Here are some more pictures of Mathew, Nicky, and Julian:
July 10, 2005
Does the Wilderness Care About Me?
© Harold Davis - Looking towards the Minarets from Summit Ridge, July 1, 2005 In the first part of this story, I told how an excess of enthusiasm for wilderness…
July 10, 2005
My Wild Garden
Balloon Flower, photo by Harold Davis. I like gardens wild, and I've designed my garden to be somewhat wild. Still, however wild a garden, any garden is tame by definition…
July 8, 2005
A Walk on the Wild Side
© Harold Davis - Thousand Islands Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness, July 2, 2005 About a week ago I organized a solo hiking trip to the Ansel Adams Wilderness. The Ansel…
July 8, 2005