It Starts with a Photo
Actually, in this case it starts with an arrangement on my light box, and eight high-key HDR exposures recombined in Photoshop. The resulting image is shown immediately below. An LAB…
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November 17, 2017
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Harold Davis Photography Exhibition until Nov 25 at Shoh Gallery—Come Visit!
My photography is on exhibit at Shoh Gallery in Berkeley, California through November 25, 2017 (Slot Canyon, shown above, is one of the images in the show). This is the…
November 14, 2017
Constructing an image from the materials of nature
In a recent article on art and beauty, I wrote: I would rather think of myself as an inventor more than a discoverer of beauty. My hope is to use…
November 10, 2017
How Long Must Eye Wait?
Wedged in a crack behind the aptly-named Ladyboot Arch in the Alabama Hills of the eastern Sierra near the Nevada border of California, I already knew this wasn't going to be…
November 7, 2017
Grizzly Falls
Just off the road along the South Fork of the Kings River in Kings Canyon National Park, Grizzly Falls presented great contrasts of light and dark. I used a neutral…
November 3, 2017
If Jackson Pollock Dripped using Flower Petals
The great abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock created his paintings largely by throwing paint and ink to drip against the canvas. But suppose he had used flower petals rather than…
November 2, 2017
Landscape in Layers
It's fun to photograph a landscape that appears to be layered. Usually, this works best in the early morning or later afternoon (or even earlier at sunrise, or later at…
November 1, 2017
Please join me at the opening of my photography exhibition November 9, 2017
Please join me at the opening of my photography exhibition Thursday November 9, 2017 at Shoh Gallery in Berkeley, California from 6-9 PM. I look forward to celebrating my vernissage with…
October 31, 2017
My New Nikon D850: First Impressions
While I was away practicing night photography in the eastern Sierra, my new Nikon D850 arrived. Today I got to open the box, configure the menus, figure out where a…
October 27, 2017
PhotoPills Camp 2018
Please consider joining me and other Photography Masters at the PhotoPills Camp in May, 2018 on the beautiful island of Menorca. For more information, click here and register to get…
October 23, 2017
Landscape of Blue Layers
From the heights of the White Mountains, the ranges to the south looked blue in the haze. With very little intermediation from me, photographic capture turned these vast spaces into…
October 20, 2017
Autumn Poplars
In the early morning light I photographed poplars in the golden hues of autumn. Then I experimented with longer exposures and motion. This impressionistic result was a 3 second exposure…
October 18, 2017
Chorus of One
I worked with model Jin N Tonic to create a number of images in my Multiple Exposures series. In Chorus of One, I think Jin did a great job of positioning…
October 10, 2017
Podcast with Harold Davis: A New Era for Black & White
INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR HAROLD DAVIS Internationally-known digital artist and award-winning photographer Harold Davis joins the Mid CenturyBooks podcast to discuss his 2017 book, THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S BLACK AND WHITE HANDBOOK Part 2,…
October 9, 2017
A Tale of Two Flowers
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Some flowers were naughty and some were nice. The question was, would the naughty flowers find their inner…
October 6, 2017
Dandelion Center for Triptych
I prepared this black and white split version of a dandelion core for a triptych, with the split black/white version flanked by an LAB inversion of the image on the…
October 5, 2017
Exploring Cathar Country: Detailed Itinerary Now Available
Exploring Cathar Country (April 28-May 7, 2018): A Photographic Journey with Harold Davis The detailed itinerary for this photographic pilgrimage into the historic and spiritual world of the Cathars and…
September 29, 2017
Black Dahlia
Two Dahlias in black and white, photographed on the light box (above) and as an extreme macro (below).
September 28, 2017