Pont Louis Philippe
An autumn afternoon in Paris on a somewhat sloppy day, with one of the channels of the Seine River photographed from the Pont Louis Philippe, and the golden light of late…
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March 30, 2016
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Coming to Life
Following up on the theme of transformation in Metamorphosis (waterfall into human) and Dark Angel (flower into human), and the thoughts I've expressed about the new role of digital photography as…
March 27, 2016
Dark Angel
In a previous blog post I wrote that "digital techniques have freed us from the orthodoxy of the camera, just as in the past the camera freed painters from the…
March 26, 2016
Clematis in a Blue Bowl
I photographed Clematis in a Blue Bowl as a companion piece to Orchids in a Blue Bowl, shown far below and (with exposure and processing information) in this blog story.
March 25, 2016
Clematis, and tulips, and irises, Oh My!
Exposure data: Photographed on a light box with a Nikon D810, MC-36A remote release, and Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 ZF-mount. Two panels, combined horizontally. Each panel comprised of 7 exposures…
March 23, 2016
From iPhone to Art
From iPhone to Art From iPhone to Art is a full-day workshop on Saturday May 21, 2016 in Berkeley, California. I have often been asked to lead a workshop that…
March 20, 2016
Metamorphosis
A metamorphosis is a transformation. In this image, a model, also shown in Nude Descending a Ladder, is transforming into a portion of Multnomah Falls (or vice versa, the waterfall…
March 19, 2016
Paris is always a good idea!
Paris, as Audrey Hepburn said, is always a good idea. Please consider joining my small group of photographers in Paris (and, oh yeah, at the Monet gardens in Giverny!) the…
March 18, 2016
Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer at Maine Media Workshops
I'll be teaching a week-long version of my popular Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer workshop in Maine from August 7 to August 13, 2016. Immersing oneself in photography for a…
March 17, 2016
Nude Descending a Ladder after Duchamp
The artist Marcel Duchamp created a furor in 1912 with his painting Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2. This painting, which was rejected at the time as too avant-garde even…
March 16, 2016
After the Rain
It had been raining for many days without stopping. While drought conditions in California meant that we really needed this heavy winter rain, enough felt like enough. I was ready…
March 16, 2016
Lonely
On a cold morning in eastern Oregon, I stopped beside the road to photograph a progression of utility poles and their reflections. I used a relatively long exposure (0.8 of a…
March 14, 2016
Happy Birthday, Martin
Recently we celebrated my Dad's 88th birthday. My Dad, Martin Davis, is very sweet, intelligent, and completely engaged with the world---and he blew out the candles on his cake on…
March 10, 2016
Multnomah Falls Redux
This is Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge photographed with my DSLR, in compare and contrast mode with my iPhone capture of the same location. I used my Nikon…
March 8, 2016
Waterfall after Turner
This is a close-in view of White River Falls. Standing by the edge of the falls, the whole world seemed loud and in motion. My intention was to use the…
March 4, 2016
Eye of the Cave Panorama
This is a panorama view from behind Upper Horsetail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. I shot the panorama in fourteen vertical photos, with each capture a RAW file translated…
March 2, 2016
Under the Yaquina Bay Bridge
The Yaquina Bay Bridge is a spectacular structure along the coast of Oregon. It's easy to get underneath to photograph, as shown in this image. Do you prefer the color…
March 1, 2016
Yaquina Bay Bridge
In the fog, the Yaquina Bay Bridge seemed to stretch on forever. The ending was obscure, and vanishingly difficult to find.
February 26, 2016