On Duxbury Reef
A monster low tide occurred at the same time as the early winter sunset. Taking advantage of this conjunction, a friend and I wandered out on Duxbury Reef. Duxbury Reef, shown in…
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December 25, 2012
Seasons Greetings
Best wishes from Harold, Phyllis, and the Davis family for a happy holiday and a wonderful 2013!
December 22, 2012
Midwinter Print Fair
Come say hello to me at the Midwinter Print Fair hosted by PHOTO, Fine Art Photography in Oakland, California. I'll be there Friday, January 4 and Saturday, January 5 along with…
December 21, 2012
Avenue 6 1/2
Harry Potter has his platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross Station and New York City has its Avenue 6 1/2. As you might expect, Avenue 6 1/2 lies between 6th…
December 18, 2012
Hellebore Stems
A collector just ordered a copy of my Hellebore Stems (shown below). Originally, I shot the hellebores on a white background. To print the image on Moenkopi Kozo Washi I…
December 17, 2012
Encapsulation
When you have four kids like I do, shopping for food occurs frequently. The one thing you want to do when you take the kids into the supermarket is to…
December 15, 2012
Scale
One of the most powerful tools we have as photographers is the ability to manipulate the viewer's sense of scale. Why does this matter? When the viewer first looks at…
December 13, 2012
Emergence
The idea behind Within the Canvas (below) is to show the model emerging from a background. It is not clear where the model begins and where the model ends. Model and…
December 10, 2012
Wet Adherence
For the past several days we've had very wet and windy weather---the epitome of winter's rainy season in the San Francisco Bay area. During an interlude in this weather I…
December 5, 2012
Everything in moderation—even moderation
I shot Kirsten using a large, strobe-powered softbox as the single source of illumination. The softbox was on a low setting and positioned above and to the right of the…
December 3, 2012
Nicky in a fedora
We recently celebrated Nicky's eleventh birthday. The fedora hat shown in this photo was one of the birthday presents he had requested. I don't know where he gets his sense…
November 25, 2012
Light at the end of the tunnel
Often in life it's really hard to do things that matter. In The War of Art Steven Pressfield calls the force that makes accomplishment so hard resistance: "Are you are writer…
November 21, 2012
Reflections
What is it about reflections that draw us in? The initial fascination lies with the mirror world aspect of something reflected. Of course, the reflection is mostly like our world---but it differs.…
November 20, 2012
Down with irony
In a recent excellent and thought provoking online New York Times opinion piece Christine Wampler suggests that "irony is the ethos of our age." Wampler identifies advertising, politics, fashion and television…
November 18, 2012
Waves are wild and free
There are so many reasons that I love to photograph waves. Waves are wild and free. It is hard to predict what a wave is going to do next. A…
November 17, 2012
Harold Davis Workshop Updates
I've been asked a great deal about my upcoming workshops. So here's the current rundown in terms of what's scheduled through mid-2013. My workshops take considerable amounts of my creative…
November 16, 2012
Nikon World Calendar and Popular Photo Feature Harold Davis
I'm pleased about some recent publications of my work. Ancient Music of the Stars, shown below, illustrates the month of December in the 2013 Nikon World calendar. Click here for…
November 15, 2012