Butterfly Totem
Butterfly Totem, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This started as a photo of a backlit butterfly on white. I then composited the butterfly with itself at a…
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December 9, 2010
Run Silent Run Deep
Run Silent Run Deep, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is Photoshop art, created from the photo of a rose hip and seeds shown below. I photographed…
December 2, 2010
Improbable Stairs
Improbable Stair, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I put this impossible image together using a cloudscape from the Bay area and the stairs at Scotty's Castle in…
November 20, 2010
Stars My Destination
Stars My Destination, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a stacked composite of 27 exposures, each capture shot at 4 minutes, f/2.8, and ISO 400. I…
November 17, 2010
Alabama Hills Sunrise
Alabama Hills Sunrise, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. As the sun cleared the Panamint Range to the east, it lit the rocks and textures of the Alabama…
November 15, 2010
Pre-Order Photoshop Darkroom 2
The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations is now available for pre-orders on Amazon. Check out this link for a sneak preview---and here's the Amazon link for our new Photoshop…
September 29, 2010
Aging Photos Roundup
Hand Colored Christianna, photo by Harold Davis. My latest column on Photo.net is about aging photos---intentionally giving contemporary digital photos a simulated aged look. Enjoy! Here's the article description: If…
September 16, 2010
Romance of the Dandelion
Romance of the Dandelion, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I created this composite image in Photoshop to illustrate a book, Lane Von Herzen's The Unfastened Heart. Here's…
August 16, 2010
Creative Portraits
KT Cover, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My new book Creative Portraits: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques is now shipping. Amazon will get it to you anywhere,…
August 11, 2010
No Yolk
No Yolk, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's not often you see a green wasp the size of a hen's egg. If you do, it is certainly…
August 10, 2010
Using Image Apply Image
First Blush Variation, photo by Harold Davis. Photoshop’s Image Apply Image command is one of its least understood—and most powerful. In my latest Photo.net column, I explain how to use…
August 7, 2010
Portal
Portal, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. According to Bruno Ernst, M.C. Escher contemplated creating a "fascinating" fairy tale landscape in which a magic ornamental gate in our…
August 1, 2010
Lost Mesa
Lost Mesa, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Following up on my threat (or was it a promise) to add waterfalls to a pine cone, I've created an…
July 24, 2010
HDR in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Athena, photo by Harold Davis. My article (and tutorial) HDR in Adobe Photoshop CS5 is now live on Photo.net. Here's the description: “HDR—High Dynamic Range—imaging is a technology, concept and…
July 20, 2010
The Dictator’s Architect’s Dream
The Dictator's Architect, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: This Photoshop composite includes pieces of governmental architecture from a number of places, including San Francisco's City…
July 16, 2010
Forest Light
Forest Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Driving back from giving a weekend night photography workshop last year I took the back roads on the Big Sur…
July 12, 2010
Faking Star Trails
Faking Star Trails, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I faked these star trails. Meaning that this image is not based on an exposure, or combined composites of…
July 10, 2010
Eye Pluribus
Eye Pluribus, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a composite photo collage created in Photoshop---as if you couldn't tell! The background image shows the shadow of…
July 3, 2010