Dancing with the Pasta Stars!
It's amazing what one can do with pasta stars, a light box, and LAB color. Dancing with the Pasta Stars was created using LAB in Photoshop from the version of…
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August 25, 2022
Flowers on Black versus an Inversion
The image above, Orchids on Black, was created by photographing the flowers on a black background, with a bit of enhancement in LAB color. Flower Magic on Black, shown below, was…
September 19, 2019
New Course: Creative LAB Color in Photoshop
Click here to view my course on LinkedIn Learning and here to view my course on Lynda.com. Here's a preview: The creative power of Lab from Photoshop: Creative Lab Color…
March 5, 2019
It Starts with a Photo
Actually, in this case it starts with an arrangement on my light box, and eight high-key HDR exposures recombined in Photoshop. The resulting image is shown immediately below. An LAB…
November 17, 2017
Design for a Stained Glass Window Made of Flowers
To create this design for a stained glass window, I started by laying down a series of mallow blossoms in a loose spiral (the magenta flowers). Next, I filled in…
June 1, 2017
LAB Adjustments Rule!
To make this image, I placed a ring of small, blue Lobelia flowers from the garden on a light box. Next, I surrounded it with a ring of chamomile flowers,…
July 21, 2016
Handsome Gargoyle Devil and the Pinhole Effect
A gargoyle is a carved grotesque, with (sometimes) the practical function of serving as a down spout for rain, and often the emotional purpose of warding off evil spirits. The…
July 13, 2016
Negative-for-Positive Funhouse Fun
This is a photo of the Hall of Mirrors in Prague in the Czech Republic. To create the negative-for-positive effect---which is somewhat like looking at a film negative rather than…
June 28, 2016
Three Graces
The Three Graces are actually a three-in-one trinity: this is one model (Anastasia Arteyeva), via an in-camera multiple exposure. Processed for the distinctive---almost cave painting look---using the Da Vinci filter in…
December 11, 2015
Free Webinar: Creative Floral Photography with Harold Davis
What: A Free Webinar. Join Topaz Labs for an exciting session as Harold Davis shows how he uses Topaz plug-ins to enhance his well-known botanical photos. When: Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 2:00…
June 4, 2015
A Short Course in Translucency
Images that verge on the transparent and convey translucency can appear miraculous. If you want to learn my techniques for photographing flowers for transparency on a light box, but can't…
May 6, 2015
Miraculum Flores
Flowers are a miracle! This is a spring in Berkeley, California that is wondrous in terms of blossoms, and I have been enjoying it and photographing up a floral storm,…
May 1, 2015
Clematis
To photograph this Clematis Bee's Jubilee blossom, I placed it on a light box and photographed it straight down using a tripod with a Nikon D810 and my special Zeiss…
April 29, 2015
We are not afraid of color
I photographed these flowers on my light box using the bright and sharp Zeiss Otus 85mm lens, then created a number of variations in Photoshop. The colors in flowers give me…
April 11, 2015
Inversions (and lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my!)
From the humble Echinacea photographed for its delicate petals, the miracle of LAB channel inversions and adjustments leads straight to the drug-crazed and colorful versions you see here (just as…
April 2, 2015
LAB Color Adjustments
I'm often asked what I mean by LAB color adjustments, so I thought I'd show a simple set. These adjustments are based on a likely suspect, the succulent from my…
March 2, 2015
A Rorschach for MFA’s
This image, with the working title Gates after Rodin, shows one model many times. The model, Jacs Fishburne, is a self-described "tornado disguised as a woman." In the studio, Jacs…
August 20, 2014
Creative Photoshop Fun Day
Registration and information for the Creative Photoshop Fun Day with Harold Davis (Saturday, September 13, 2014) I often get asked about my Photoshop techniques in the course of a workshop.…
June 12, 2014