digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Please join me for a free Creative Landscape Photography webinar sponsored by Topaz Labs. The webinar is free, but seats are limited, and pre-registration is required. The webinar session is…
The occasion of my purchase of a new iPhone 6s (for the camera of course and not for the mere love of idle but novel gadgetry made in the slave-labor…
As October begins and the year inches toward autumn, I thought it was appropriate to share this image, photographed early on a foggy morning on the grounds of the Bussaco…
Of all the assignments in my photography career, one of the ones I am proudest of is the cover imagery for the second edition of the Ringing Cedar Series in…
I've been struck on a number of occasions how the same elements in a scene interest me photographically, even after a gap of many years. Returning to a mountainside in…
A passion for flower photography is of course one of my ruling passions. What better way to show it than by photographing this Passiflora ("passion flower") from a vine outside our…
The photo in this story is of the Philosophical Hall, part of the library of the massive Strahov Monastery in the hills above Prague in the Czech Republic which I…
My sponsor Zeiss has announced a spectacular new line of lenses, the "Milvus" lenses. As a prelude to the product launch, I got to work with two of the lenses,…
A Modern Pilgrimage: Along the Kumano Kodo by Harold Davis is an artist book and portfolio of images that astutely blends old-craft hand traditions and materials with and cutting-edge new…
Much of the time we photographers are concerned with sharpness---how to make a photo that is "tack sharp," how to manage depth-of-field (or even how to focus stack), how to…
The long overdue official renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali, Alaska, and the resulting outcry from the State of Ohio (the birthplace of President McKinley), puts me in mind of my…
The modernism of the underpinnings of this bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France belies the ornate fancifulness of the bridge from above. This is one of the joys of…
Special Print Offer: Kiss from a Rose by Harold Davis on Moab Juniper Baryta I am offering a limited-time print special: my Kiss from a Rose, shown below, printed at roughly 11"…
The underlying photography in this image consists of two photographs of trees reflected in a puddle that I made in the Parc de Sceaux in suburban Paris, France with the…
One interesting point that often comes up in my Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshops (such as the recent one I gave at Maine Media) is whether the techniques I teach…
I am leading a small group of photographers to Italy for two full weeks at the end of October (15 days and 14 nights beginning October 28, 2015). We will…
I am always amused, flattered, and slightly aghast when one of my photos turns up as a Georgia O'Keeffe painting. This happens most often with Kiss from a Rose (shown below).…