Morning Grass
Morning Grass, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: Shot early in the morning following a rainstorm on my belly in the grass. Camera on tripod, 200mm…
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April 13, 2010
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
No Take-Backs
Sheer White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Based on the responses I've got, my story in Nearly Naked Women struck a chord. People were truly worried, which…
April 12, 2010
Nearly Naked Women
Glyph, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. A good friend living across the country who we don't see very often wrote me: "I am so not used to…
April 10, 2010
Using LAB Color Adjustments
Fireworks (Papaver), photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Read the original story featuring this image. My column Using LAB Color Adjustments (in my Creativity in the Photoshop Darkroom…
April 9, 2010
Birth of a Frond
Unfurling, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Delicately unfurling, this young fiddlehead fern frond promises birth. Its curl is a precursor to motion, the potential energy of a…
April 8, 2010
Come Back to the Valley
Come Back to the Valley, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's spring here in Berkeley, but winter still clings to the mountains. On a recent trip to…
April 7, 2010
Golden Gate Postcard Book
Golden Gate Postcard Book, photo by Harold Davis. Our new Golden Gate Postcard Book features 30 postcards with my photos. We think it looks pretty neat. It's published by Wilderness…
April 5, 2010
Hurrrell Lighting
Hurrrell Lighting, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Martha Blanchfield of Renegade Photo Shoots organized a most excellent workshop on Hurrell lighting. Led by photographer Rafael Hernandez, the…
April 4, 2010
Van Ness Avenue
Van Ness Avenue, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Standing on the median strip of Van Ness Avenue in front of San Francisco's City Hall, I used a…
April 4, 2010
Being Helmut Newton
Shelby with Whip, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The model was a sweet cornfed blond from Texas without apparent guile or a mean bone in her body.…
March 29, 2010
Ranunculus Petals
Ranunculus Petals in White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this white Ranunculus bud on a black velvet background (above) and on a transparent white background…
March 27, 2010
Lines and Shadows
Lines and Shadows, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In a monochrome, life is about edges, lines, and dark (black) or light (white) masses of shapes. The interplay…
March 26, 2010
Succubus
Succubus, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. A model can look ravishing, contemplative, or terrifying---depending on how she is posed, lit, and photographed. And on how the photo…
March 25, 2010
Floral Medley Variations
Floral Medley Variations, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a variation of the Floral Medley I shot back in February; I just got around to processing…
March 24, 2010
Monochromatic Ranunculus
Monochromatic Ranunculus, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Sometimes old-fashioned black and white works best. Not that there's anything really old-fashioned about digital monochromatic imagery. As I explain…
March 23, 2010
Ranunculus Asiaticus
Ranunculus Asiaticus, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The Ranunculus plant came home with me for the garden. But first I snipped this bud. I photographed the blossom…
March 22, 2010
Katie Walking
Katie Walking, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose is up and walking (with a little help from her friends). She is very excited and pleased with herself. We are happy,…
March 21, 2010
Magdalene
Magdalene, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The human face is capable of infinite variety. When the expression changes, or the angle of view, the whole context of…
March 20, 2010