HDR in an old-time drugstore
What takes eight exposures, a tripod, and a range of 12 EVs? If you guessed a RAW exposure sequence manually bracketed for HDR (High Dynamic Range) with a strongly back lit window…
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August 27, 2012
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
64 hours to reach my Kickstarter funding goal
Phyllis and I have created many conventionally published photography books. Recently, we've become interested in the possibility of using new technology to create a hand made, limited edition art book, reminiscent…
August 24, 2012
Botanicals Fine Art Photography Exhibition
I'm excited about having my large botanical Washi prints in the Botanicals group exhibition at PHOTO in Oakland. The exhibit runs from August 23 through September 29, 2012. Note that…
August 22, 2012
All Squared Away
I found this wall of plumbing parts in the farming tool shed at Green Gulch where I was leading the Tao of Photography workshop. To make the image I shot…
August 11, 2012
My Favorite Bristlecone
I am very excited to be heading back to the Bristlecone Pine groves of the White Mountains in California near the Nevada border next week. These trees, among the oldest…
August 10, 2012
Questions about the Harold Davis Kickstarter project
Since I wrote my story about our handmade botanical art book project on Kickstarter, I've had a number of questions. If you are one of the people who wrote me,…
August 8, 2012
New Harold Davis Workshops for Autumn
Summer here is beautiful this year---cool mornings with warm and sunny afternoons. It's hard to believe that summer is passing so quickly and that autumn will soon be upon us.…
July 31, 2012
Using a Texture Recipe
It's fun to apply textures to an existing image to create a new effect. In this context, a texture is simply a flat shot of paint on wood, or canvas,…
July 29, 2012
Falcon Motorcycle
The other day I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to photograph a Falcon Motorcycle. These motorcycles are one-of-a-kind completely handmade works of art. As I particularly enjoy photographing machinery it…
July 26, 2012
Creating HDR Photos is shipping
Briefly noted: My new book Creating HDR Photos: The Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Photography is now shipping on Amazon. We are very excited about this book---you won't find…
July 24, 2012
Purple Dahlias
I love to photograph dahlias---and, as I wrote in Photographing Flowers, it is "not for their good taste. Rather, I see these flowers as extravagant: wonderfully different from each other, and wild…
July 21, 2012
Too much information
An abandoned cement field in West Oakland near the docks was filled with large, rusting metal pipes, maybe ten feet in diameter. What was their original purpose? Why were they…
July 19, 2012
Seeing beyond the obvious
In the great seafaring Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian, the bad guys often get their just comeuppance using a ruse de guerre that in hindsight should have been obvious. Admiral…
July 16, 2012
Personal one-on-one consultation with master photographer Harold Davis in Paris
My Photograph Paris in the Autumn with Harold Davis workshop is limited to a small group of six photographers, guaranteeing you a great deal of individual attention.For learning, the small…
July 15, 2012
Slot Canyon
My Slot Canyon image was created using hand-HDR layering from four exposures, as I explain in my original blog posting about the color version and in my forthcoming book Creating…
July 14, 2012
Shortlisted in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012 Competition
I am honored that my image Distant Night Storm in the Patriarch Grove has been shortlisted in the Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012 competition. Click here to read…
July 9, 2012
Making the Basilica
I've been asked a number of times about the process behind the making of my images of the Basilica Mission Dolores, shown below and in Looking for Light. This is…
July 7, 2012
Peonies and Matilija Poppies
The Vertical Panoramic Format I've been creating a number of horizontal floral panoramics, for example my Star Magnolia Panorama and Floral Tapestries, but this image, Peonies and Matilija Poppies, is my first…
July 6, 2012