Under the Bridges of Paris
As I've previously noted, I seem to spend a lot of time photographing underneath bridges. The beauty of the scene from the deck of a bridge is often pretty self-evident. On…
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June 7, 2022
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Florista
I've been experimenting with creating images that look a little like a wall of flowers one might see at a florist shop. From a set design viewpoint, an important challenge…
June 3, 2022
Harold Davis Water Lilies Poster
Browsing the Internet, I came across a copy of my Water Lilies poster for sale. The poster dates to 1980, and the image was probably my first widely published photo…
May 30, 2022
Upcoming Workshop News from Harold Davis
Dear Photographers and Fellow Travelers: We're very excited that the 2022 live-and-in-person Photographing Flowers for Transparency weekend workshop, here in Berkeley, California in August, is gaining momentum. There are still some…
May 29, 2022
Too Many Tulips Are Not Enough
As an archetype, "James Bond" is deeply embedded for better and worse somewhere not far below the surface of cis-Males of my generation. But what if James Bond had liked…
May 26, 2022
Hospital Blinds
Imagine you are in a hospital bed. The bed is in a room that was meant to be a single, but now has two beds and two occupants. The other…
May 25, 2022
This pilgrim is home
This pilgrim is home early. After all, a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago who cannot walk is a fairly immobile oxymoron. It was a scramble to get out of…
May 20, 2022
Bad Pilgrim
So I guess I am a bad pilgrim. On account of my blisters, I am staying off my feet, as they advised me at the Pilgrim's service at Queens Hospital…
May 15, 2022
Blistered Feet
For days after the 33km march in the broiling sun out of Leon I had been nursing a big blister on the bottom pad of my left foot. It was…
May 14, 2022
Dr Caligari’s House
The rooster crows at the break of day, I have had my cafe au lait, and I am on my way! Hip, hip, hooray! It's true that I woke just…
May 11, 2022
Harold Davis Tulips Stamp Page
The USPS has created a page for my Tulip Pano stamp at stampinformation.com/tulips/. This page has information about the stamp, the first day of issue, where to buy the stamp,…
April 29, 2022
Coming into Toulouse
Dreamlike, the landscape of France sped past at high speeds, as I viewed the earth from the windows of the TGV (the high speed train). Dreamlike in feeling, and what…
April 28, 2022
Pantheon in Paris
Construction began on the Pantheon as a church for the patron saint of Paris, Saint Genevieve. As so often happens when there is construction there were delays, then more delays,…
April 23, 2022
Gentle Adventures Are Us
As an inveterate traveler, I crave adventures. Not soul crushing desperate adventures, but life affirming, creative adventures. With this gentle style of adventuring, you come back having met many people,…
April 14, 2022
Really Singing
Over on my Instagram feed (@haroldldavis), I've been running through a series of what I've called "Retropolis" images: photographs from my past, usually ten years ago or more, that have…
April 10, 2022
Quantum Entanglement
Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that occurs when a group of particles are generated, interact, or share spatial proximity in a way such that the quantum state of each…
April 8, 2022
Celebrating Beauty Where I Find It
Dear Ones: In our garden, the Iris and Freesia are flowering. The peony bush I planted last autumn has produced an enormous, platter-sized blossom. This is Paeonia 'Morning Lilac', an…
April 1, 2022
First day of issue for my Tulip Pano and Sunflower Bouquet stamps
I am very excited to announce that today is the first day of issue for my Tulip Panorama "Forever" stamp, and also my Sunflower Bouquet stamp. Click here for the…
March 24, 2022