Duomo di Pavia
The ancient Lombard city of Pavia lies on the Ticino River near its confluence with the Po. Pavia is about twenty miles south of Milan. A long time ago, Pavia…
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October 12, 2016
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Dawn on Lake Como
I've been in Italy only a couple of days, and already it seems like there have been some incredible adventures (but not much sleep). This morning I woke in the…
October 8, 2016
Pont Neuf, Toulouse
On a sunny and warm early spring day I explored Toulouse in southwestern France. Heading down to the Garonne River, I found the banks occupied by university students enjoying the…
October 2, 2016
Saint-Sulpice at Dusk
This is an image I made earlier this year outside the wonderful Saint-Sulpice in Paris as day faded to night (see this earlier story, also this one, and also this…
October 1, 2016
New Multiple Exposures with Katje
I have some new images in my Multple Exposures series, photographed in collaboration with the beautiful and intelligent model Katje Gee.
September 24, 2016
Planet of the Succulents
This is a succulent from our front porch. I brought it inside, and photographed it straight down on a black velvet background. My thought was that it looked rounded like…
September 16, 2016
Two new tote bags added to the Harold Davis Vida collection
Two new tote bags have been added to the Harold Davis Vida Collection. The Geostationary Orbit and Edge of Night tote bags are made in California. Each retails for $55.00.…
September 14, 2016
Farmhouse in Maine
This farmhouse down east in Maine struck me as quintessentially chic-shabby, or in Lewis Caroll's turn of phrase, "sweetly picturesque in rags." Not that there are any rags in view,…
September 13, 2016
San Francisco and all that Jazz!
This is an in-camera multiple exposure from Battery Spencer of the Golden Gate Bridge. There were five exposures overall. Each exposure was five seconds in duration. For the first three…
September 10, 2016
Announcing the Harold Davis Textile Collection
I've really, really wanted to create textiles from some of my floral images, so I am pleased and excited to show the Harold Davis collection of scarves and wraps (and…
September 9, 2016
Pigeon Tower
This is an image of a stone tower pigeon coup in the Lot River valley in the southwest of France. I photographed it while staying at the Mas de Garrigue…
September 6, 2016
Juxtaposition—Windows, Entrances, and Bridges
I've added a new gallery and slide show of windows, entrances, and bridges to my website. Here are two of the images from the set juxtaposed, of the Yaquina Bay Bridge…
September 1, 2016
Purple Dahlia
In what is almost a starfish of the land, this purple Dahlia is wonderfully asymmetric and spiral-like. Related image: Dahlia.
August 26, 2016
Metamorphosis
This is a single in-camera multiple exposure, photographed at a variety of focal lengths. The model is Sera Ferron, who you can also see in Three Poses and a Two-Fer…
August 25, 2016
Stonington Harbor, Maine
When you saw the title of this blog story, I'll bet you thought it would be illustrated with images of picturesque lobster boats, lobster traps, and so on. Well, there…
August 24, 2016
Infinite Repeating Flower Pattern
Top: Photographed on a light box (FAQ, Workshops); composited with flipped mirror of itself twice to create repeating, infinite pattern. Bottom two: LAB inversions (webinar recording).
August 22, 2016
Dahlia Petals
Yesterday I photographed my dahlias on a literal table (the term "table-top photography" can sometimes be a bit figurative), using sunlight, a telephoto macro lens, and a low-to-the-ground tripod to…
August 18, 2016