Book Review: Understanding Shutter Speed
When I first looked at Understanding Shutter Speed by Bryan Peterson on Amazon I wondered how shutter speed, only one of the components of an exposure, made up a book.…
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July 16, 2008
Feeding Katie Rose
Katie and Bottle, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose is sneaking up on five pounds. She is doing so well. A couple of days ago, on her first try, she…
July 15, 2008
Gaillardia in Flight
Gaillardia in Flight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Gaillardia in flight...afternoon delight. Well, I did take the images in this composite in the afternoon, and Gaillardia is…
July 15, 2008
Software Review: Fluid Mask 3
When you use Photoshop, nothing is more important than the ability to make selections. As a simple example, when you want to make a composite by moving a person from…
July 14, 2008
Vanishing Point
Like World without End, my image of endless doors, I shot the base photo for this image at Fort Point in San Francisco. In the shadow of the Golden Gate…
July 13, 2008
Mathew’s Fourth Birthday
Mathew at Step One, photo by Harold Davis. Yesterday was Mathew's fourth birthday. Despite the stress of Katie Rose's birth, not to mention our commutes back and forth to the…
July 11, 2008
Après Moo
Après Moo, photo by Harold Davis. When we visited Katie Rose in the NICU today she was about to be fed using the gavage tube directly to her stomach. Phyllis…
July 10, 2008
On My Way to Visit Katie Rose
Tuesday evening I gave a presentation to the Marin Photo Club about night photography, then drove into San Francisco to visit Katie Rose in the hospital. My drive took me…
July 10, 2008
Book Review: Welcome to Oz
Vincent Versace's Welcome To Oz is quite possibly the most innovative and best digital photography title I've ever come across (excluding my own books, of course!). Versace is a superb…
July 9, 2008
Zeiss 100mm f/2 Macro Lens
Gaillardia, Papaver, and Iris, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I bought a Zeiss Macro 100mm f/2 ZF Makro-Planar T* Manual Focus Lens to use with…
July 8, 2008
Katie in a Basinette
Katie's Family, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose is out of her isolette and into a basinette. This is a very big step for Katie, and one that is appropriate…
July 6, 2008
Thumb
Thumb, photo by Harold Davis. Katie Rose has found her thumb. Not always, not always easily, but when she does find her thumb it seems to bring her great peace…
July 3, 2008
100 Views of the Golden Gate
Here's the copy from the publisher's to-the-book-trade postcard advertising my new book, 100 Views of the Golden Gate. The Golden Gate as you've never seen it before...Now available, 100 Views…
July 3, 2008
Art Is Where You Find It
Art Is Where You Find It, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We were getting the boys haircuts. At the hair cutting place I saw this mirror and…
July 1, 2008
Our Boys
I've been spending so much time photographing Katie Rose in the NICU that I haven't been photographing her big brothers much. Last week I remedied this, with several photo sessions…
July 1, 2008
Hands
Hands, photo by Harold Davis. Phyllis was kangaroo holding Katie Rose, and I thought their hands together made such a great contrast of sizes that I snapped away. Katie has…
July 1, 2008
Revelation and Hiding
Crown of Hydrangea, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Several years ago I planted a couple of exotic hydrangea plants in the shade in my front garden. (I…
July 1, 2008
When Phyllis Holds Katie
Phyllis & Katie, photo by Harold Davis. When Phyllis holds Katie Rose, first Katie explores. She touches Phyllis with her hands, squeals, and makes little grunts. Her eyes open. She…
June 29, 2008