digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Photo.net has published a new article in my Becoming a More Creative Photographer series. This one is---somewhat provocatively---titled Knowing When to Quit. From the Photo.net description: Harold Davis’ fifth Becoming…
My next weekend Point Reyes Night Photography Workshop (Oct 9-11, 2009) is only a few weeks away. There are still some openings left, and I'm alerting my readers to this…
Smart Weed, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. However strong the walls they build, there are always cracks. Freedom is like a weed---in this case Polyganum, also called…
Advance Copy, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. When the advance copy of The Photoshop Darkroom was delivered just now to our front door, Katie Rose couldn't wait…
Mustard Green, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In color, this leaf looked like some green and luminous sea creature, complete with curling tentacles. It was with some…
Allium, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a close-up of a red onion cut against the grain. I photographed the onion on a black background using…
Red Pepper 1, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this red pepper on a black velvet background using a single focused spotlight bounced against the ceiling---and…
Godetia on Paper, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Following the egg yolk separator, more shadow play.
World Trade Towers aerial, photo by Harold Davis. I took this photo of the World Trade Towers on assignment hanging out of a helicopter. Those were the days! I enjoyed…
Egg Yolk Separator, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an old-fashioned egg yolk separator. Yes, there really is such a thing! Phyllis found it in one…
Cadillac, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I like the way the grill of this 1940 car looks almost abstract, and I thought it very fitting to show…
Radishes, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been reading The Daybooks of Edward Weston. Actually, I should say I've been re-reading; but way back these did not…
Evolution, photo by Harold Davis. This is a photo I created for my upcoming book Creative Close-Ups: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques. One of the parts of the books explains…
I've been playing with shadows. The idea is to construct compositions where the shadow is as important (or more important) than the object creating the shadow. Sometimes an object and…
Three Jars, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been shooting still lives for an ongoing project---so more to come. Above: three jars, with potatoes, rocks, and marbles.…
Hope Abandoned, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This group of photos shows the figures on the top, left and right of a casting of Auguste Rodin's famous…
Stone River at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a night view of the Andy Goldsworthy installation Stone River at the Stanford University campus. I…
Night falls on Bixby Bridge along US 1 on the Big Sur coast - © Harold Davis Please consider joining me Friday, September 25 - Sunday, September 27, 2009…