World Trade Towers
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…
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September 11, 2009
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Egg Yolk Separator
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…
September 11, 2009
Cadillac
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…
September 10, 2009
Radishes
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…
September 8, 2009
Evolution
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…
September 2, 2009
Shadowlands
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…
August 29, 2009
Still Lives
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.…
August 26, 2009
Naked Came I
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…
August 23, 2009
Stone River at Night
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…
August 16, 2009
Night Photography in Big Sur, Carmel and Monterey
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…
August 11, 2009
Odd Fellows
Pinned, photo by Harold Davis. http://www.nanpa.org/ This is an extreme close-up of an Odd Fellows affiliation pin. I shot it to demonstrate for Creative Close-Ups: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques…
August 11, 2009
Ring Thing
Ring Thing, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I shot this engaging ring toy using an extension bellows as part of a demonstration of different macro equipment for…
August 9, 2009
Stanford Memorial Church
Stanford Memorial Church, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: wandering around Stanford University in Palo Alto the other evening, I photographed the Stanford Memorial Church as…
August 8, 2009
Quad
Quad, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I went across the Bay and down to the Peninsula, where Joseph showed me around Stanford University in Palo Alto. We…
August 7, 2009
Red Dragonfly
Red Dragonfly, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The kids and I were fooling around in the garden when we noticed this red dragonfly. I ran and got…
August 5, 2009
The Way Things Are
Katie Rose Today, photo by Harold Davis. On this date one year ago Katie Rose came home from the hospital. You can see her in today's photo smiling and happy,…
August 4, 2009
Big Sur
Big Sur, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. South of Point Sur, the cloud cover opened up. There was still a moving fog bank, so I had no…
August 3, 2009
Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was lucky to get to photograph one of the first bibles printed, by Preuss of Strassborg in 1486.…
August 2, 2009