Does a sunset need color?
Photographing from Hawk Hill was truly one of those great moments in the life of a photographer. In front, the extra-large June "super moon" cleared the city of San Francisco…
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June 25, 2013
New Harold Davis Photonet column: Placing a Flower Photo on a Background
Please check out my new column on Photo.net, Placing a Flower Photo on a Background. Stay tuned for the sequel, coming next month to Photo.net, explaining how to add a texture…
June 24, 2013
Happy Fisheye Family
Every once in a while a photographic gadget comes along that is simply so silly, and such a kluge, that I have to try it! After all, photography is about…
June 21, 2013
What’s behind the door?
Walking back to the hotel from Les Invalides I stopped to put on my macro lens and photograph this incredible door knocker. I think this was on the Rue de…
June 16, 2013
Through a Window Lightly
I love to shoot through window glass when it is wet or has been raining. This transcends nationality, location---or anything else. As an artist, my imperative is to see beauty,…
June 15, 2013
An iPhone in Paris
I like to say that the best camera to use is the one you have with you. I'll swear that photographers, and not cameras, make photos! So my iPhone camera…
June 13, 2013
Coming and Going
The entrance to the Chateau de Nazelles is shown in this image, photographed coming in through the tunnel beneath the primary structure. This kind of image is simply not possible…
June 10, 2013
Preview: The Way of the Digital Photographer
I am very pleased to be able to show you a preview adapted from my new book, The Way of the Digital Photographer. In this story: a special pre-publication discount offer from…
June 8, 2013
Chartres
Looking up at Chartres is a memorable experience! What a vast amount of effort, creativity, engineering and spirituality over what a long period of time went into building this structure.…
June 6, 2013
72.5 Hours Left
Three days and change left to buy an original Harold Davis print at below market prices via Kickstarter and to help me out at the same time. Thanks for your…
June 5, 2013
Les Lumières de Paris
The lights of Paris, laid out below in this photo, remind me of a geometric pattern, thanks to the energetic city planning of Baron Hausmann back in the 1860s. Hausmann,…
June 4, 2013
Saint-Sulpice
Work on the Eglise Saint-Sulpice began in 1646, and has never been finished. The second largest church in Paris (after Notre Dame), Saint-Sulpice is on the border of the 5th…
June 3, 2013
Lighting the Eiffel Tower
The normal night lighting for the Eiffel Tower up until midnight is pretty nice, but every hour on the hour after dark it is additionally lit up like a kind…
June 1, 2013
Beneath the Surface
To make this photo-collage, I shot a number of bracketed exposure sequences of individual shells on a white background. I then auto HDR processed each sequence, converting to monochromatic HDR…
May 31, 2013
Katie Rose does Cuong Nhu
Here's Katie Rose in her Tiger Team outfit, ready to take on the world!
May 31, 2013
Special offer: 30% discount on pre-orders of my new book “The Way of the Digital Photographer”
This is a special offer on pre-orders of both the print and eBook versions of The Way of the Digital Photographer directly from the publisher, Peachpit. I have arranged this…
May 29, 2013
Room with a View
In photography, as in life, there are always at least two points of view: that of the camera, and that of the subject. My title for Room with a View may…
May 28, 2013
Sweet Treat
I spent my last night in France at Auvers-sur-Oise on the outskirts of Paris. This location was convenient for dropping off my rental car at the airport the next morning,…
May 25, 2013