Stacking Through the Night
Gradually I became aware of light, so much light that it woke me because I thought it was dawn. Actually, the crescent moon was rising above the trees. I knew…
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September 5, 2011
My Favorite Bristlecone
This is my favorite tree in the Patriarch Grove of Bristlecone Pines. Even when we pretend neutrality (as with our kids) the truth is that we likely have our favorites.…
September 4, 2011
Ancient Music of the Stars
The Bristlecone Pines were in their youth when Odysseus plowed the Aegean in search of a way home to his Ithaca. These trees were already ancient when Julius Caesar crossed…
September 2, 2011
Distant Night Storm
I spent last week leading a night photography workshop high in the White Mountains on the California-Nevada border. This eastern California desert mountain range is home to the ancient Bristlecone…
August 31, 2011
Photographing Flowers: Advance copy arrives
In keeping with family tradition, Katie Rose is shown here with an advance copy of Photographing Flowers: Exploring Macro Worlds with Harold Davis from Focal Press. The bulk of the…
August 20, 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
Stonemountain and Daughter, and Ribbons, and HDR
This is a portion of the ribbons rack at Stonemountain and Daughter, a very cool fabric store here in Berkeley, shot for HDR in seven exposures. I used a 12mm…
August 16, 2011
Shortlisted
My image of Death Valley Star Trails has been shortlisted by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England for their 2011 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Wish me luck! Here's…
August 13, 2011
Gone with the Wind
As with Arrested Decay, this is an HDR shot taking advantage of the textures inherent in the abandoned buildings of the ghost town of Bodie. Usually, when I get into…
August 11, 2011
Japonica: Papaver Dreams
All art is referential to other art. Even post-modernist art---which makes a point of studiously appearing to avoid artistic antecedents---is in fact playing off the very traditions it thumbs its…
August 9, 2011
Arrested Decay
In the eastern California ghost town of Bodie the curatorial choice has been made to leave things in a state of "arrested decay." Notionally, this means that dwellings in Bodie…
August 7, 2011
Aspens near Sonora Pass
Towards dusk, on the slow 20%-grade slopes up the Sonora Pass road on the Eastern slope of the Sierras, I passed this grove of Aspens. There was something about the…
August 4, 2011
The Forest and the Stars
At about 10,000 feet elevation the mosquitos were ferocious. They swarmed in great clouds, buzzing their way through any minute gaps in my defences. Even lotion purportedly made of 100%…
August 3, 2011
Go van Gogh: August print offer from Harold Davis
Go van Gogh is an unusual image of a sunflower in the swirling style of Vincent van Gogh presented against a starry night sky. The image makes a great large…
August 2, 2011
Star Trails over Half Dome
Leaving Berkeley in mid-afternoon, I grabbed a quick bite in Mariposa and made it up to Glacier Point just after sunset. There was still some light to see what I…
July 31, 2011
Making a Floral HDR Panorama
This is a floral HDR panorama, meaning I shot it in two horizontal pieces planning to stitch the pieces together. The logistics of this were somewhat complex---as with any HDR…
July 26, 2011
Fancy That
Briefly noted: Some scenes, like this shot of one of the swimming pools at Hearst Castle near San Simeon look more, well, classical when converted to classical monochromatic. Fancy that!
July 25, 2011
Harold Davis Webcasts and Video
You may be interested in some of my webcasts and video appearances that you can find online. These are all sponsored as noted in the listings, and free to watch.…
July 23, 2011