Storm in Upper New York Bay
The day I had for shooting on the water in New York was the one day it rained. But light during stormy weather can make for interesting images. Photographer Hank…
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October 9, 2012
When Dahlias Dream
Shopping for groceries at Berkeley Bowl the other day I came across these dahlias and asters that called out for photography. Taking the flowers home, I shot them on a…
October 8, 2012
At Home in the Universe
My plan is to produce these abstractions in a large-size on linen canvas. With these images I am using my computer to create paintings, which is another way of saying…
October 3, 2012
Upcoming Harold Davis Workshops & Events
Harold Davis Workshops in downtown Berkeley, CA: Saturday, November 3, 2012: Digital Black & White Masterclass with Harold Davis If you are interested in black & white photography and would…
October 2, 2012
Editions Limited Publishes Two Harold Davis Posters
I'm pleased to announce that two of my images have been selected for publication by Editions Limited, a leading publisher and distributor of fine art reproductions. The two images are Aisle…
October 1, 2012
Ghosts of Grand Central
Wandering around New York with my camera after an absence of many years was in some ways a dissonant experience. I grew up in New York City, but the New…
September 29, 2012
Lush and Faux
In New York's Central Park the lush---but artificial---landscapes make the cityscape look almost pastoral in its beauty. Central Park is the landscape architecture masterpiece of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert…
September 28, 2012
Sweet
If you go into any restaurant these days and look at the diners who are eating alone, most of them are likely to be playing with their smartphones. Some of…
September 26, 2012
New York Night in HDR
On a rooftop high above New York the lights of the city sparkled in the night. From so far above even the noise of the city was muted---all I could…
September 24, 2012
9/11 Memorial
At the 9/11 Memorial the water pours endlessly down into what used to be the cellars of the World Trade Towers. This is a place of sad and melancholy wonder---and…
September 19, 2012
Photographing Flowers on a Lightbox for Transparency
So far as I know I am the inventor of my process for creating images of flowers using a lightbox that are transparent---actually, images that seem translucent. This process relies…
September 4, 2012
Foggy Bottom
Most of the Bay area was sunny and blue, but a swath of fog washed in from the Pacific and buried the Golden Gate. From beneath the bridge pilings on…
September 2, 2012
Star Circles in the Patriarch Grove
Bristlecone Pines are the world's oldest living things. They have witnessed thousands of passing turns of the earth in the heavens---and, therefore, the stars turning relative to the earth. I…
August 31, 2012
Handcrafting Digital Black & White
The motorcycle shown in the monochromatic image below has been created by hand by Ian Barry, a true artist at what he does. You can click here to read my…
August 29, 2012
HDR in an old-time drugstore
What takes eight exposures, a tripod, and a range of 12 EVs? If you guessed a RAW exposure sequence manually bracketed for HDR (High Dynamic Range) with a strongly back lit window…
August 27, 2012
Teaching Katie Rose to play chess
I am teaching Katie Rose to play chess. She gets the basic moves and is learning some openings---although she sometimes wants to jump all the pieces over each other the…
August 25, 2012
64 hours to reach my Kickstarter funding goal
Phyllis and I have created many conventionally published photography books. Recently, we've become interested in the possibility of using new technology to create a hand made, limited edition art book, reminiscent…
August 24, 2012
Botanicals Fine Art Photography Exhibition
I'm excited about having my large botanical Washi prints in the Botanicals group exhibition at PHOTO in Oakland. The exhibit runs from August 23 through September 29, 2012. Note that…
August 22, 2012