A Lens, Spirals, and a Selfie
On the boat ride around Menorca with PhotoPills camp, sitting up high on the upper deck, I saw a rig with a 19mm tilt-shift Nikkor. Cool lens. From the right…
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June 2, 2018
The Art of Photographing Flowers for Transparency: A new book from Harold Davis
We're excited to announce a new book: The Art of Photographing Flowers for Transparency by Harold Davis. Of course, my new book will showcase many of my botanical images. In…
June 1, 2018
Visit Paris in the Spring with a small group of Photographers
Visit Paris in the Spring with a small group of photographers. Early-bird discount applies. Click here for more information.
May 31, 2018
Summer Grass
In the traffic island in the middle of our Morning Glory Circle, as spring turns to summer the grass is drying and turning a California brown. I cut and carefully…
May 29, 2018
Cala Galdana
In 1969, Cala Galdana was a quiet and deserted sandy cove on the Balearic island of Menorca, off the Mediterranean coast of Spain. No human structures were in evidence, other…
May 28, 2018
Composition with Delphinium and Poppies
Composition with Delphinium and Poppies is a good example showing one of the organizing principles I teach in my Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop and my books. The first premise…
May 27, 2018
Papaver Rhoeas
What joy to come home to my family and garden in Berkeley, and find spring still in bloom! These are two Papaver rhoeas---corn poppies---from our garden. I photographed each on…
May 26, 2018
Seriously Twisted
Here's a four-panel construction based on the spiral image shown above using rotations and reflections: Related stories showing the same staircase: Waiting for Escher and Triple-Spiral Stair.
May 23, 2018
Departure
To depart is to leave one place, but not to arrive as yet at another place. Departures are in-between. They are neither one place, nor the other. As such, departures…
May 20, 2018
Pont d’En Gil
The Pont d'En Gil is a stunningly beautiful natural arch formation near Ciutadella on the island of Menorca.
May 18, 2018
Lighthouse on the Hill
Back to the Far de Cavalleria, this time at night. Weather conditions weren't ideal. The idea had been a Milky Way arch over the lighthouse, but clouds---with an occasional burst…
May 15, 2018
Far de Cavalleria
At the wonderful but somewhat exhausting PhotoPills Camp on the island of Menorca I photographed the Cavelleria Lighthouse this morning. We rolled up to the lighthouse in our bus in…
May 14, 2018
Atlantic Coast of Galicia
The Atlantic coast of Galicia is rugged. Sheer cliffs reach down to the ocean at the end of long peninsulas. Skies are often gray, and waves can be large. No…
May 13, 2018
Echoes of the Past
At La Mola, the immense fortress that guarded the entrance to the strategic port of Mahon, or Mao in modern rendering, on Menorca, it is easy to feel echoes of…
May 12, 2018
Shadows of Color
This is an image of the color shadows cast by the late afternoon sun shining though stained glass in the Royal Chapel of the Hostal dos Reis Catolicos in Santiago…
May 10, 2018
I Hugged an Apostle
As I wandered about the interior of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, I noticed a sign saying "Embrace the Apostle." There was a line of people waiting behind a…
May 10, 2018
Waiting for Escher
The previous images of the triple-spiral staircase were from below looking up, or from above looking down. This one is neither up nor down, it is in about the middle…
May 9, 2018
Triple-Spiral Stair
The Vatican has its famous and grand two-spiral Bramante stair, and there are other examples of double-spiral stairs throughout the world; for example, Calling Alice (San Francisco) and Edificio Cuervo Rubio (Havana, Cuba)…
May 8, 2018