Red Anemone
Yesterday we decided it was time to do some spring planting so I would have flowers to photograph and so our garden would look pretty. We came home with a…
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February 26, 2018
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Star Magnolia
Star Magnolia---magnolia stellata---is one of my favorite flowers. In the past I've photographed magnolia stellata for transparency here, as an upright branch, and as a light box panorama. The two…
February 12, 2018
Into the Third Dimension
I've had fun with a genre of light box work recently that involves arranging petals into abstract compositions. This is quite different conceptually from my botanical art---I use the petals like…
February 8, 2018
Photographing Flowers for Transparency Video at SVA
If you are interested in my photographing flowers for transparency images and techniques, you might like a video of my presentation about a year ago on this topic at the…
February 4, 2018
Studies in Petals
This is a mandala-shaped arrangement of petals on a light box around a central Proteus.
January 25, 2018
Proteus
Related image: Osteospermum. Would you like to learn how to make images like this using a light box? We still have a few spaces left in our June session of…
January 24, 2018
Take Home a Wimpy
Wimpy was a name of a chain of burger restaurants that were popular back in the day in England (I believe the Wimpy chain began life in South Africa). Wimpy…
January 20, 2018
Self-Portrait of the Artist in the Disco Era
Starting to scan some slides. This one is circa 1980.
January 17, 2018
Petal Fractals
Some related reading (helps to explain where I am coming from): On Art and Beauty. Related images: Floral Mandala; Petals of the Rainbow; It starts with a photo; It starts…
January 16, 2018
A Sunset and Two Camellias
This year, 2018, has been a little sparse for me photographically so far (but see Red Tulips and New Year's Day Design). I think of this as a "pause that…
January 12, 2018
Happy New Year from Harold Davis and family
Our very best wishes for a happy, healthy, prosperous, and creative 2018 from our family to yours! For a somewhat less anodyne New Year's message: with the world standing on…
December 27, 2017
A Palette of Petals
On Christmas Day, the guests had left. The presents were unwrapped and enjoyed. OK, I admit I'd heard the yodeling pickle (a gag gift that Julian got for Mathew) one…
December 26, 2017
Seasons Greetings from Harold Davis & Family
We wish you a great holiday season, and may prosperity and the light of creativity shine forth for you in the coming year. Peace and goodwill to all! Check out…
December 23, 2017
Cherry Branches © Harold Davis
Harold Davis—My Best of 2017
Any compilation of one's best work for a given time frame has to be somewhat arbitrary. With 2017, for me this is particularly the case. Once again, I've been at…
December 22, 2017
Two from the Western Slope
Here are two images from my visit to the Western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in November (click each image to view them larger).
December 21, 2017
Point Bonita
At dusk the outer cliffs of the Headlands become shrouded in mystery. Point Bonita Lighthouse guards the approach to the Golden Gate, as it has since the days of steamships.…
December 17, 2017