Dandelion Inversion
A simple Dandelion contains a world, in a sense a fractal world, as each node in the outer Dandelion world reveals its own world within if you get close enough.…
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September 25, 2021
Bus Window Impressionism
Riding in a bus is not always exalted or exalting, but it does leave one time for conversation and for looking out the window. In my case, on my recent…
September 16, 2021
Pre-order Composition & Photography by Harold Davis
My new, upcoming book Composition & Photography: Creating Structure Using Forms and Patterns is now available for pre-order from Amazon. I am very excited about this title, which will be…
September 10, 2021
Does size really matter?
Does size really matter? Sometimes smaller is better, as I think is the case with these two light box compositions. Both are based around a lattice of small viola blossoms,…
September 7, 2021
ICM is for iPhones too!
ICM---in camera motion---is a technique used to add interpretive aesthetics to an image by moving the camera during exposure while the shutter is open. Generally, the effect created is impressionistic.…
September 5, 2021
Live Long and Prosper
This photograph shows the Carpellary receptacle of a Lotus flower, Nelumbo nucifera. The Lotus is a sacred flower in both Hinduism and Buddhism. I photographed this Lotus in a small…
September 3, 2021
Cymbidium Orchid and Sidewalk
The Cymbidium Orchid image is a reprocess of a 2016 light box image, with a background texture added at the behest of a client. The Cymbidium grows outdoors in our…
August 26, 2021
More about seeing in Black & White
Recently I've been thinking about black and white photography. One context is the landscape of Iceland, and the relative appropriateness of color and monochrome. A comparison of black & white…
August 24, 2021
Iceland in Monochrome
There's something about the wild and stark landscapes of Iceland that compel me towards monochrome. Oh, there's plenty of color in Iceland, depending on the time and place (as examples…
August 23, 2021
Succulents
Photographed with my iPhone 12 on a walk around my neighborhood...Succulents!
August 22, 2021
Hollyhock ‘Halo Candy’
I photographed this Hollyhock (Alcea rosea) blossom from our garden on a light box. The blossom was positioned upright with an improvised holder constructed from paperclips, tape, and an empty…
August 21, 2021
New Webinar Video Recordings Uploaded
While I was in Iceland, Phyllis was not idle. With four kids at home, this should go without saying. But she also found time to catch up with our webinar…
August 7, 2021
Farewell to Iceland
It is bittersweet to say farewell to a destination as lovely and memorable as Iceland. But it is good to be home, and I have many images from our time…
August 4, 2021
In the Winter of 1477
In the bitter-cold winter of 1477, a foreigner stayed for a while at the community around the site of this church at the tip of Iceland's rugged Snaefells peninsula. The…
July 29, 2021
Oddities
In common with many photographers, I like to collect visual oddities. Yellow Stanchion, below, is odd because of the prosaic foreground subject contrasted with the almost elegiac background of the…
July 28, 2021
Gullfoss Rift
An unusual feature of the famous and spectacular Gullfoss waterfall is that the water flow makes an almost immediate 90 degree turn to the left at the bottom of the…
July 27, 2021
Godafoss
Godafoss---"Waterfall of the Gods"---is one of the largest and most visited waterfalls in Iceland. It is shown here at sunset (maybe midnight at this time of year!) from above. The…
July 25, 2021