Beneath the Surface
To make this photo-collage, I shot a number of bracketed exposure sequences of individual shells on a white background. I then auto HDR processed each sequence, converting to monochromatic HDR…
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May 31, 2013
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Katie Rose does Cuong Nhu
Here's Katie Rose in her Tiger Team outfit, ready to take on the world!
May 31, 2013
Room with a View
In photography, as in life, there are always at least two points of view: that of the camera, and that of the subject. My title for Room with a View may…
May 28, 2013
Villandry Gardens
At the opposite end of the garden spectrum from the lush and free-form gardens at Giverny is the regular and geometric garden at Villandry Chateau in the Loire Valley. Inspired…
May 23, 2013
Botanique and Monochromatic Visions
Botanique, my handmade limited edition artist book of botanical prints, continues to sell well. There are still a few copies left in the $1200 pricing tier. Click here for more information…
May 22, 2013
Eiffel
Reviled when it was built as a fun house rocket ship and aesthetic monstrosity, it's amazing how the Tour Eiffel in fact manifests visual grace with decorative flourishes and curls…
May 15, 2013
Katie Rose is Five
Yesterday we celebrated Katie's fifth birthday with parties at Step One (her preschool) and at home. Katie Rose is a charming, wonderful little girl---and living proof that there are miracles.…
May 14, 2013
Au Sauvignon
Across the street from the hotel and down the block, Au Sauvignon, a modest brasserie offered simple food and seats to watch the world go by. In the back, these…
May 12, 2013
La Tour Eiffel
At night, the area under the Eiffel Tower turns into an exciting display of lights, colors and people---as you can see in this iPhone shot of this small carousel in…
May 3, 2013
Beside the Seine
Amazing that one can leave San Francisco and in one day be photographing in Paris! This is a view of the Seine River from the Ile St Louis in the…
April 22, 2013
Piggyback Waterdrop
The simple pleasures of waterdrop photography can be entrancing, and there is often ample complexity close to home, as in this composition of a waterdrop on a leaf, piggyback on…
April 20, 2013
Keeping in Touch
I wanted to touch base before I leave for France on Sunday. As you likely know, I will be leading a photography workshop in Paris. This is one of my…
April 18, 2013
The Unphotographed Photos
What happens when a photo is a file that languishes in a folder? It may be a little like the tree falling in the forest without recognition. Here are some…
April 18, 2013
New Harold Davis Kickstarter: Monochromatic Visions
We're pleased to announce my new Kickstarter project, Monochromatic Visions. Monochromatic Visions is a highly collectible, limited edition portfolio of twelve prints by master photographer Harold Davis. The Monochromatic Visions portfolio presentation is strictly limited…
April 11, 2013
Smoking Gun
There's one somewhat discordant element in this tableau of a metallurgic assayer's desk, shot at Laws Railroad Museum near Bishop, California. What is the gun doing in the image? According to…
March 29, 2013
Shell Spiral
This is a photo of a very small shell sometimes called a "Sundial" (of the architectonica genus). It is less than an inch across, and shown elsewhere on my blog…
March 26, 2013
Remembering Jack Tasoff
Recently, my friend and photography student Jack Tasoff died in a four-wheel-drive accident in a remote area of the Anza-Borrego desert. I first met Jack a number of years ago.…
March 23, 2013
Botanique on the Moab Paper blog
In "Botanique": Harold Davis's Origami in a Box on the Moab Paper blog you'll find a story about a mystery package. Here's how the story begins: "A mysterious package arrived in our…
March 23, 2013