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December 24, 2019
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Japanese Monastery Courtyard
This is a photograph of the garden courtyard of a Shikubu (guesthouse) in a monastery in Mt Koya Japan in autumn. There's no place like Japan, and when I am…
December 22, 2019
Accessing the Goddess
Perhaps she is the goddess of ballet, or another deity such as Ambika, ferocious with her many arms on the back of a tiger, or Kamala, seated on a lotus…
December 15, 2019
Harold Davis—Best of 2019
The journey continues! 2019 was an exciting year for art, photography, books, teaching workshops, and travel. Abroad, I walked another pilgrimage trail; this time from Tui, on the River Minho…
December 11, 2019
Flower Magic
This is a light box image of sunflowers, tulips, and irises, with bamboo cut from the neighborhood. Click here for an FAQ about my techniques for photographing flowers for transparency,…
November 29, 2019
Mandala with Starfish
I've been experimenting with creating light box mandalas that include seemingly unlikely objects, particularly as the central element. Last week I built the mandala around a succulent plant. Along with…
November 28, 2019
Untitled In-Camera Multiple Exposure
I'm back at the in-camera Multiple Exposures. This one can be visually interpreted in a number of ways if you don't look too closely, as is the case for many…
November 23, 2019
My life story in and out of photography along my road less traveled
In Guest Blog Post: Photographer as Poet Harold Davis I write that selfies are silly and that photography is poetry. I also tell some of my life story in and…
November 20, 2019
Wreath
A good time of year for wreaths, this is a not-quite-Thanksgiving wreath slash mandala in California style with a succulent in the center and autumn grasses arranged symmetrically around the…
November 18, 2019
Trio of Prints Sold: Sometimes Simplicity Is Best
I'm very happy to have sold a trio of lightly sepia-toned monochromatic prints on Moab Juniper Baryta to a collector. In garden photography, sometimes simplicity is the point. I made…
November 12, 2019
Tracking the Curls
I don't know how to keep track of the curls any more. Maybe the best way is to run a train track through the curls in the two-dimensional substrate. Any…
November 8, 2019
Print Sold
I am grateful to a longtime collector and friend who recently purchased this print on Moab Juniper Baryta of my Through the Rabbit Hole. Most of my images are available…
November 6, 2019
End of Days
Soon the hot wind from on high is among us, and we feel the devil's riding crop. What unknown blasts fuel the motion of an already unstable and pockmarked sphere?…
November 5, 2019
Snows of Yesteryear
Thinking about the upcoming photography conference in Yosemite led me to browse through some of my archives of work of Yosemite in winter's past. Digital means never having to say…
November 2, 2019
X-Ray Floral Medley Fusion Print Sold
I'm pleased to sell a print of X-Ray Floral Medley Fusion (an iPhone snap of the print is shown below) to a longtime collector. Printed on Moab Juniper Baryta, one…
November 1, 2019
Platala
My goal with an image like Platala is to create a field that is so visually lush that it is distracting. This kind of image should be beautiful, with so many…
October 31, 2019
Progression
Progression 1, shown above, is an image designed to be visually to be read from left to right. Creating this kind of fantastic decorative imagery takes more than a little…
October 28, 2019
Printed, Signed, and Curing
This batch of prints are signed. We'll let them cure a couple of days, then they will be ready for their new homes! Printed on Juniper Baryta, with special thanks…
October 27, 2019