Giant Ficus Tree
This giant Ficus tree, Ficus macrophyllia, dominates one corner of Ventura's Plaza Park. It was planted in 1874, and you can see how big it is by comparing the size…
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January 16, 2019
Pixel Pie
When I was a kid growing up in the east they used to have "snow days"---when school was called on account of snow. You went back to bed, covered your…
January 16, 2019
Ventura Pier and Dark Sea
It rained all day as I was recording, but towards late afternoon there was a break in the weather. I positioned myself on the roof of a parking garage, and…
January 14, 2019
Workshop and Travel Opportunities—Off to make a new video course!
I'm spending next week near Santa Barbara making a new video course. This one is about the Creative Use of LAB Color in Photoshop. I've been scripting and rehearsing the…
January 12, 2019
Harold’s LAB Color Action: New Version Available
I am feeling smug that I still have some decent computer skills. The last time I updated this Photoshop Action (a kind of macro using Photoshop's internal scripting language) was…
January 11, 2019
Before the LAB Color Creates
I'm using this image as one of the starting examples for the new course I am recording next week on working with creative LAB color in Photoshop. Click here for…
January 8, 2019
Marble, Don’t Jump!
The marble languidly perches on the cornice of the volumes of the collected New Yorker cartoons, high above the carpet. "Marble, don't jump, " I cry, as I spring into…
January 6, 2019
A Tale of Three Flower Workshops
I am giving three flower-related photography workshops in 2019. I have been asked a number of times how these workshops differ, and how they overlap---so I'd like to make things…
January 2, 2019
Looking forward to 2019—2019 Harold Davis Workshop Schedule
In 2019 I am looking forward to another exciting year, with travel, creative projects, books to deliver, more online courses, and workshops. If you are interested in my workshops, I…
January 1, 2019
On the Coming of a New Year
The coming of a new year brings reflections on the year that has past, thoughts appropriate to the last day or first day of a year, and ideas about new…
December 31, 2018
Optical Studies
My favorite comment on this series of images, on #3, found over on Instagram: "I've sat here a long time looking at this!"
December 30, 2018
Playing with Light
For the past few days of the break between Christmas and New Years, I have been playing with light. Of course, the word photography is derived from "writing with light"---and…
December 29, 2018
Study in Petals on Black © Harold Davis
Harold Davis—Best of 2018
2018 has been quite a year in art for me. Travel has included the Southwest of France, the Balearic Islands, a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, teaching at Maine…
December 21, 2018
Star Gazer Lily
The Star Gazer Lily is more correctly StarGazer Lily or Lillium 'StarGazer', with "StarGazer" crammed together in one word. This Asiatic Lily is a fairly recent hybridization (circa 1974) of…
December 20, 2018
Cosmic Misunderstanding
Somewhat in the spirit of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, maybe it is all a misunderstanding on the cosmic scale, with the universe a multidimensional freeway interchange where we've…
December 17, 2018
Life Is Strange—Further Abstractions and some Abstract Thoughts
Life is strange. We take inspiration, and the other self-actualization needs and desires that are high up the Maslow hierarchy, where we can find them. From within the prison of…
December 16, 2018
Easy Travel to Other Planets
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December 14, 2018
Exploring the Sacramento Delta
The Steamboat Slough Bridge, shown here from underneath, was built in 1924. According to HistoricBridges.org, this bridge is a good example of a Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridge. Despite some repair…
December 13, 2018