Dome
Dome, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the interior of the dome of San Francisco City Hall. I lay on my back in the central space…
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April 5, 2008
Hike to Alamere Falls
Alamere Falls, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Alamere Falls tumbles down a cliff to the Pacific Ocean in Point Reyes National Seashore. This awesome waterfall lies north…
April 4, 2008
Nicky Jumping
Nicky Jumping, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a recent trip to Alcatraz, Nicky started jumping in the exercise yard. I was mindful of Philippe Halsman's famous…
April 3, 2008
America at Home
Rick Smolan gave me a coupon for a version of his book America at Home with a custom cover, and I put Julian and Nicky in the design (see below).…
April 3, 2008
Asiatic Lily Bouquet
Asiatic Lily Bouquet, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this interesting mixed Lily bouquet on black velvet, with natural daylight and a tungsten spot. As always…
March 31, 2008
Caught in the Freesia Drops
Caught in the Freesia Drops, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After a night of gentle rain I went out into the garden on a bright, overcast windless…
March 30, 2008
Nautilus in Black and White
Nautilus in Black and White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Finley Eversole contacted me for permission to use one of my chambered nautilus images in his book…
March 28, 2008
Schadenfreude
Solitude, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The fishing trawler Point Reyes is forever aground on a Tomales Bay mud bank behind the Inverness, California general store. Along…
March 26, 2008
McClure Beach
McClure Beach, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Over last weekend I took the kids out to Point Reyes. We explored Pierce Farm, and hiked along the Tomales…
March 26, 2008
Darkness Revealed
Two things are special to me about wandering the night with my digital camera. The first is the way I experience night. The second is the way a digital sensor…
March 26, 2008
Simple Pleasures
San Francisco Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was able to get away the other day for an hour around sunset. The clouds viewed from Indian…
March 25, 2008
Door Knob
Door Knob, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an unmanipulated photo of a glass door knob. I'm mentioning that this is a straight photo as I…
March 24, 2008
Point Reyes Field Seminars
I'll be giving two workshops in 2008 under the auspices of the Point Reyes National Seashore Association. Please consider joining me on Saturday, June 14 for a one day intensive…
March 22, 2008
San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco City Hall, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. They say you can't fight City Hall, and in the case of this beautiful neo-classical San Francisco building…
March 21, 2008
Close Encounters with Calypso
Close Encounters with Calypso 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In Greek mythology, Calypso was a water nymph. In ancient Greek, calypso (Καλυψώ) was a form of…
March 20, 2008
Proofing in Bed
I know that many things are done in bed, but I think it is kind of unusual to review the proofs for a book in that location. But Phyllis is…
March 18, 2008
Wet Leaf
Wet Leaf, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I saw this small leaf with water drops in our side yard and couldn't resist taking the time to photograph…
March 18, 2008
Vertigo
Vertigo, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I lay down at the bottom of the spiral staircase shown in After the Wedding. With my tripod fitting clumsily in…
March 17, 2008