Without darkness there is no light, and when things are darkest distant light seems brighter. Metaphor and solace, perhaps, for these troubled times---or at least my meditation on this "grab…
On Saturday I led a workshop on Point Reyes about photographing waves. For this workshop, waves are what Alfred Hitchcock called a "MacGuffin"---a fun red herring that lets you get…
Wave Stack, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been thinking about stacking as a technique to use for subjects besides with star trails. I've tried a spider…
Star Trails over Drakes Bay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I made this image as a demonstration of star stacking for a recent night photography workshop I…
Red Tail Hawk, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. One advantage to spending the night out at the end of Point Reyes is being there first thing in…
Guiding Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The Point Reyes Lighthouse is one of my favorite night photography subjects. This was shot during a recent workshop I…
Hill, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been thinking about lines in composition, and black & white. Here are two examples where both visual effects come into…
Point Reyes Twilight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the LCD, this twilight view of Point Reyes looked like grey mush. Probably the fault of the auto…
Boathouse, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the ground floor of the Coastguard Boathouse on the western tip of Point Reyes. I'll be giving a night…
Windswept Shore, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: On Drakes Beach a ferocious wind blew through the gap in the bluffs out to sea. In the…
Night View of Bodega Bay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This view is looking north out from the tip of Point Reyes across Bodega Bay. This is…
Edge of Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Against the backdrop of pounding surf and a light mist on the ocean, I photographed star trails behind Point…
Curvature, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: A brisk, cold wind blew as the sun set over the Pacific. Mark and I were perched on the…
Between Earth and Sky, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On our way home from a sunset-to-night hike on the Tomales Point fork of Point Reyes, Mark and…
Foggy Sea, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. What happens when you point a camera out to sea in the fog in an almost pitch-black night? Taken at…
Point Reyes Trawler, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Even though thick fog blanketed the night skies, I think the night photography workshop I taught this past weekend…
Clouds, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My idea was to hike down to the northeastern end of Drakes Beach, and see if I could make my way…
Tree Skeletons, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In 1995 the Vision Fire burned more than 12,000 acres of Point Reyes National Seashore. Fierce Santa Ana winds blew…