digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
With all the fuss about the recent Barbie movie, I decided to photograph a field of flowers in the key of pink. As pink as all these flowers could be,…
What: My work since the Pandemic, a live presentation: this is a free event Where: B&H Photo in New York City When: This event has been canceled. In this presentation, artist, photographer,…
The other day we changed the tagline on my website. The former tagline was Creative vision, quality, and craft in photography and digital art. I think this describes pretty well…
Many experienced photographers know that they never really "see" their own work until they’ve printed it. In addition, effective photographic printmaking requires specific compositional skills that involve the translation of…
A client ordered a large print of my Pale Garden image. With the first test print, Phyllis and I could see that Pale Garden needed to be retouched. If you look closely at the…
I've stumbled into a new series of flower images. These images have in common the appearance of "artful randomness." They are supposed to seem casual and minimally arranged. But the…
Translucent Flora: Photographs by Harold Davis is an exhibition at the San Francisco Botanical Garden Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, June – September 2023 Join us for the Artists’…
Having a number of teenagers and twenty-somethings in the house exposes me to some (understandable) pessimism about life, society, and the future. These are indeed strange times. We---and our kids---have…
We are pleased to announce our destination photo workshop to southwestern France in the spring of 2024. Join a small compatible group of photographers in a 15th Century fortified farmhouse…
How wonderful to be photographing flowers from my garden at this time of year when the world comes to life and all the colors glow and are so glorious!
Step into the fabled Japan of myth and legend. Journey back in time to a Japan that few westerners are familiar with. Join a small group of compatible photographers led…
I'm excited about my upcoming exhibit at San Francisco Botanical Garden's Helen Crocker Russell Horticultural Library. Please join me if you can for the reception on Sunday, June 11, 2023…
This Rojasianthe superba, sometimes called "White Sunflower Tree," was growing in the entry garden of San Francisco Botanical Garden, where (with permission) I cut this specimen. The seeds of Rojasianthe…
What is love? It is, of course, a "many-splendored" thing: supple, wonderful, wistful, and maybe all of these at once and maybe more. The passionate rush of dopamine when encountering…
I'm proud of our bush Peony. For a toddler---I planted it close to two years ago---it certainly produced a huge and beautiful flower. It's hard to get a sense of…
This is from the February 2023 issue of the PSA Journal: "The first clue that you’re about to read a unique book is on the Table of Contents page where…
A great deal of our energy lately has gone into clearing my parents' house to make it ready for sale. This is a thankless task and emotionally very difficult. Fortunately,…
This image is a composite of three photos: a scan from film of an image of a caribou skull that I made long ago on the north slope of Alaska's…