digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
As many of you know, I love to create mandalas on my light box using flowers. The idea behind Solar Rotation Mandala was to create a "solar system" circling the central…
Last week I stopped by wreck of the Point Reyes fishing trawler, beached near Inverness, California. I first started photographing the boat in roughly 2005, most times on my way…
Local television station KTVU-TV reporter Alex Savidge interviewed me about my new postage stamps (click here to view the replay) and the Lifestyle section of the Marin Independent Journal reporter…
First-Day-of-Issue Stamp Event Featuring Local Berkeley Photographer’s Images What: An unveiling event for new low-denomination stamps that feature images of flowers by Berkeley native, Harold Davis. Who: USPS Berkeley Postmaster Katrina…
I wanted to see how close I could get with reasonable resolution using the Leica M11 Monochrom. The upper photo of the coin is somewhere between 5:1 and 10:1, meaning…
I've talked---and written---about designing a structure behind an apparently free-form image. With flower photography on a light box, possible forms this structure can take include a bouquet, a garden patch…
My client was a designer working on the decor for a luxurious vacation home for a well-to-do photography collector. The designer's request for the prints once the collector had selected…
Please consider joining me for an online Composition and Photography Masterclass sponsored by RockyNook. Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 10am PT; click here to register. Description: Learn the fundamentals of…
Mostly the irises in my garden have already bloomed for the year. But this one is an exception! And exceptional! I love the textures and folds in this wonderful flower.…
I'm pleased and excited to report that five new "miscellaneous" stamps of my work have been announced by The United States Post Office. The first date of issue is July…
It was lightly raining, more like a heavy mist, when we visited Derreen Garden in Lauragh, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. The history of this garden is interesting. In the 1870s,…
What does County Kerry, Ireland have in common with my hometown, Berkeley in California? One thing in common is infinitely changeable weather. As in the San Francisco area, in County…
Kinard Beach is on the Dingle peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Dingle and the Dingle peninsula ares truly magical places, with frequent rain, changeable weather, and mountains slipping into the…
Yesterday evening I decided to leave my camera backpack in the room, and I headed out to explore Arles with one lens. This was my 35mm Zeiss f/1.4. I set…
There is something about the wisteria in the French spring that seems particularly stylish. Not that there is anything wrong with our wisteria at home. In fact, my garden has…
Wherever you go, there you are. I embrace this solecism (or tongue-in-cheek tautology if one prefers). But I do wonder why so many hotel bathrooms have "infinite" mirrors. Both images…
In the garden we now have a variety of ranunculus in bloom. These are a joy to photograph because every ranunculus is different. Just like people, no two are alike.…
This is the time of year when my garden starts to come alive. Each day brings delight and new surprises, from the flocks of freesias and iris in the front…