Villandry Gardens
At the opposite end of the garden spectrum from the lush and free-form gardens at Giverny is the regular and geometric garden at Villandry Chateau in the Loire Valley. Inspired…
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May 23, 2013
Meditation at Giverny
As long as I can remember I have admired Claude Monet's waterlilies, so finally getting to visit Monet's garden at Giverny was like a pilgrimage for me. My group (shown here…
May 22, 2013
Botanique and Monochromatic Visions
Botanique, my handmade limited edition artist book of botanical prints, continues to sell well. There are still a few copies left in the $1200 pricing tier. Click here for more information…
May 22, 2013
Workshop Opportunities
Please note the following Harold Davis workshop events and opportunities: This week, I am giving a webinar on Thursday, May 23 about post-production in night photography, specifically about how to handle…
May 21, 2013
We’ll Always Have Paris
I'm just back from France, where as you may know I led a photography workshop in Paris. This was a hugely productive workshop, both for me and for the participants.…
May 20, 2013
Eiffel Tower from Sacre Coeur Dome
Up about three hundred claustrophobic steps in a narrow, winding staircase lies the gallery around the exterior of the dome of the Basilica of Sacre Coeur in Montmartre. This place…
May 18, 2013
Chateau de Nazelles
The Chateau de Nazelles is located a few miles from Amboise in the Loire Valley. Built by some of the same craftsmen that constructed Chenonceau Chateau, today it is a…
May 16, 2013
Eiffel
Reviled when it was built as a fun house rocket ship and aesthetic monstrosity, it's amazing how the Tour Eiffel in fact manifests visual grace with decorative flourishes and curls…
May 15, 2013
Katie Rose is Five
Yesterday we celebrated Katie's fifth birthday with parties at Step One (her preschool) and at home. Katie Rose is a charming, wonderful little girl---and living proof that there are miracles.…
May 14, 2013
Au Sauvignon
Across the street from the hotel and down the block, Au Sauvignon, a modest brasserie offered simple food and seats to watch the world go by. In the back, these…
May 12, 2013
La Tour Eiffel
At night, the area under the Eiffel Tower turns into an exciting display of lights, colors and people---as you can see in this iPhone shot of this small carousel in…
May 3, 2013
Harold Davis Photo Workshop at Giverny
Here we are after a very satisfying session photographing Monet's famous gardens at Giverny. The happy but tired group is shown sitting on the steps of Claude Monet's house. Thanks…
May 2, 2013
Parc de Sceaux
Andre Le Notre is the Frederick Law Olmsted of France. Like Olmsted, Le Notre is the essential landscape designer of his country. In Olmsted's case, much of the inspiration came…
May 1, 2013
San Sulpice
San Sulpice is a marvelous, unfinished baroque church. It's a few blocks from the Paris hotel my workshop group is staying in. The interior of this church was in an…
April 30, 2013
Luxembourg Gardens
I am staying around the corner from the Luxembourg Gardens, a fun place to photograph with its harmonious straight lines of trees and flowers in their springtime bloom. This is…
April 26, 2013
Opera Garnier
The Opera Garnier in Paris is baroque and magnificent. It's mostly not used for opera any more as they've built a modern opera house (I've heard, however, from several people…
April 26, 2013
City of Light
Paris is often called the "City of Light"---perhaps it should also be called the City of Lights. Plural. As in many. You can see in this photo that everything is…
April 24, 2013
Beside the Seine
Amazing that one can leave San Francisco and in one day be photographing in Paris! This is a view of the Seine River from the Ile St Louis in the…
April 22, 2013