The end of the Berkeley Pier
The Berkeley Municipal Pier stretches almost a half a mile out into San Francisco Bay. Along the way out to the end there are views of San Francisco, the Golden…
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October 11, 2014
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
I never know which me
This is an in-camera multiple exposure, consisting of ten individual exposures combined in the camera. I used a Nikon D810 mounted on a tripod with a Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4…
October 9, 2014
Ghosts in the Enchanted Garden
On May Day, a national holiday in France, the fountains were going full force in the Parc de Sceaux. Of course, on a holiday weekend, the park was full of…
October 3, 2014
Quo Vadis
This is ten in-camera multiple exposures, with the camera and tripod mounted on a ladder looking down at the model on a black background. I asked the model to think…
October 2, 2014
Stairway to Heaven
On a rainy spring day I was photographing under the bridges in Paris, trying to keep my camera dry. The bridge shown in this image is the Pont Solferino, a…
September 30, 2014
Dance of the Seven Veils
When Salome danced for King Herod, there's some controversy about the number of veils she used in her dance. But there is no controversy in these images: I created them…
September 24, 2014
Nachi-san
Japan, as someone put it to me, is the most exotic place one can go that is absolutely safe. Nachi-san, shown in this image, is one of the ends of…
September 22, 2014
Falling
Falling is a single, in-camera multiple exposure using the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 and a Nikon D800 on a tripod. There was a black backdrop, and I used a studio strobe…
September 17, 2014
Sunflower Sunrise
I love sunflowers! They are truly a wonderful flower. Of course, sunflowers are often depicted in art. For example, it is probably hard for me to say “sunflower” without thinking…
September 10, 2014
Enrich your photography with Photoshop Skills – Saturday Sept 13
Registration and information for the Creative Photoshop Day with Harold Davis (Saturday, September 13, 2014) Please also keep in mind a new session of Photographing Flowers for Transparency (Weekend workshop, October…
September 9, 2014
Succulent
This succulent lives in a little pot on our front porch. For my first shot with my new Nikon D810, I brought it inside, wrapped the plant in its pot…
September 7, 2014
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is an ancient village perched high on the cliffs high above the Lot River about thirty miles from Cahors. In France, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is widely regarded as one of the most…
September 2, 2014
Valentre Bridge
In an earlier story illustrated with iPhone captures, I wrote: The city of Cahors in the southwest of France is a slightly gritty provincial capital—but back in the middle ages it was…
September 1, 2014
When two rivers woo
I've been playing with poetry, puns and stories in my mind about two rivers coming together, hence "when two rivers woo" and "a tale of two rivers," and so on.…
August 31, 2014
Wheel of Life
This is a single, in-camera multiple exposure using the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 and a Nikon D800 on a tripod. Looks great printed large on Moab Slickrock Silver metallic paper.…
August 29, 2014
Morning on the Lot River
Meandering by slow roads, I crossed and recrossed the Lot River in the southwest of France. Parking by the river, a trail led me back along cliffs for about a…
August 27, 2014
Catching the full range of light
This shot from within an abandoned building on Point Richmond, California is a good demonstration of capturing an entire dynamic range of light. There's quite a range between the bright…
August 25, 2014
Last week for the Japan special print offer
Special Japan special offer. I am eager to get the Photographic Odyssey to Japan well-launched by the end of August. So this offer is intended for you, if you are sitting on…
August 25, 2014