On Creativity
Becoming a Dream, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Creativity is very important to me, in photography and in life. I do not think that being creative is…
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July 9, 2010
Cycle of Life
Cycle of Life, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Spring turns to summer, the precise demarcation of the season change lost for me in a haze of books…
July 7, 2010
Alien Fresh Jerky
Alien Fresh Jerky, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I used this photo in a demonstration for our new Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations. The point was…
July 6, 2010
Eye Pluribus
Eye Pluribus, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a composite photo collage created in Photoshop---as if you couldn't tell! The background image shows the shadow of…
July 3, 2010
Dahlia Flutes
Dahlia Flutes Purple, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger Two recent macro shots of a Dahlia reveal the structure and mystery of this flower viewed extremely close-up. Both…
July 2, 2010
Stacking Waves
Wave Stack, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been thinking about stacking as a technique to use for subjects besides with star trails. I've tried a spider…
July 1, 2010
Dahlia
Dahlia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I found this nearly perfect Dahlia growing my garden, in one of the protected side-yard raised beds that I use for…
June 29, 2010
Papaver and Campanula
Papaver and Campanula, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an image of Papaver Rhoeas and Campanula---or, to use common names, Poppy and Bellflower---both kinds of flowers…
June 26, 2010
Human Pretzel
Pretzel, photo by Harold Davis. Briefly noted: Merrique is a model who is very comfortable with figure work, and who is a Yoga adept. This pose may seem contorted, but…
June 25, 2010
Star Trails over Drakes Bay
Star Trails over Drakes Bay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I made this image as a demonstration of star stacking for a recent night photography workshop I…
June 21, 2010
Light of the Poppy
Light of the Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I photographed this poppy from my garden using late afternoon sunlight startegically beamed through a sheet…
June 21, 2010
Katie Rose Tutu Head
Katie Rose Tutu Head, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose likes to wear her tutu on her head, as you can see in this studio portrait. I'll get over what…
June 17, 2010
Yosemite View
Yosemite View, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo appears in Creative Black & White: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques on pages 118-119. Here's what I wrote…
June 15, 2010
Papaver Rhoeas Portrait
Papaver Rhoeas Portrait, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been photographing people lately---and writing, thinking, eating and breathing portraits, people photography, and lighting people for my new…
June 10, 2010
Introduction to Compositing
Shadow Within 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Read the original story featuring this image. My column about the wonderful universe of compositing is live on Photo.net.…
June 8, 2010
Tough and Tender
Tough and Tender, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Scott works as an intensive care nurse. He wears his heart on his skin---a tattoo of each of his…
June 6, 2010
Mathew and the iPad app
Mathew Viking, photo by Harold Davis. Mathew dressed up in a knight's tunic and plastic Viking helmet seems no one to mess with, particularly with the sword in hand and…
June 4, 2010
Katie Rose
Katie Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the family studio mayhem, Katie Rose wandered off and on the seamless paper background, always in motion as is…
June 1, 2010