Golden Gate Moonrise
Capturing a dynamic range that includes detail in both the moon and the night landscape is essentially an unsolvable problem. The moon is as bright as daylight and the the…
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June 4, 2012
Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary
A celebration today marks the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. As I remarked in my book 100 Views of the Golden Gate, "the wonders of the Golden Gate…
May 27, 2012
Metamorphosis
Down at Port Oakland when I saw the pelicans in this photo flying past gigantic hoists I thought it looked like the machines were turning into the birds, or at…
May 11, 2012
San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute Staircase
Nestling among the stone behemoths that line the canyons of San Francisco's financial district is a comparatively modest neoclassical building. This is the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute, housing a library,…
April 22, 2012
Cable Car Power
The highlight of the San Francisco Cable Car Museum is the wheels that power the cable cars. These have a somewhat Victorian steam punk look, despite the fact that they…
March 23, 2012
Berkeley Pier in HDR
This is an HDR image of the Berkeley Pier, the site of the Free Walk-and-Talk with Harold Davis on Saturday, December 17 at 4:00PM. Please consider joining us. Berkeley Pier…
December 8, 2011
Tao of Photography Workshop with Harold Davis at Green Dragon Temple Aug 3-6, 2012
Please join Harold Davis for three days of inspirational photography at Green Gulch Farm. This workshop runs from 5PM Friday August 3, 2012 through 10AM Monday August 6, 2012, and includes…
December 6, 2011
Road Less Travelled
Phyllis and I were lucky earlier this week to spend a few hours at Green Gulch Farm. Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, also known as Green Dragon Temple (Soryu-ji), is a…
December 1, 2011
The City is the Cheese
This is a view of downtown San Francisco across the Marin Headlands from West Point Inn on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais. I shot the photo in 2010, late in…
October 28, 2011
The Money Pit
This is a photo of the renovation construction at California Memorial Stadium, the football arena associated with UC Berkeley. The cost for this controversial project is upwards of three hundred…
August 17, 2011
Mr Mom Photographer
As Phyllis finishes up the page layouts for Photographing Flowers, I've been spending a great deal of time with Katie Rose. Our nanny is on vacation, the boys are in…
July 8, 2011
City as Landscape
Briefly noted: From near West Point Inn on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais I watched the fog come over the city of San Francisco and the Marin Headlands, with each…
March 23, 2011
Fog City
Fog City, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. No matter how socked-in and foggy the San Francisco Bay area is, there's a good chance that the sun is…
October 23, 2010
Low Tide at Dusk
Low Tide at Dusk, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an image taken in the China Beach area of San Francisco Bay as dusk was fading…
August 19, 2010
Mission to Mission Peak
Mission Peak Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On Thursday evening Steven, Eric, and I took the "steep trail" up the flanks of Mission Peak (above Fremont,…
July 18, 2010
San Francisco Moonrise
San Francisco Moonrise, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I learned from my friend Steven Christenson that the full moon would rise shortly after sunset, in theory lined…
May 28, 2010
Golden Gate Postcard Book
Golden Gate Postcard Book, photo by Harold Davis. Our new Golden Gate Postcard Book features 30 postcards with my photos. We think it looks pretty neat. It's published by Wilderness…
April 5, 2010
Van Ness Avenue
Van Ness Avenue, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Standing on the median strip of Van Ness Avenue in front of San Francisco's City Hall, I used a…
April 4, 2010