Vases from Japan
Lilies in a Vase © Harold Davis

Vases from Japan

While in Kyoto I stopped by the Official Shop of the Kyoto Ceramic Art Association. There are 210 members of the association, and the works on display range from one-of-a-kind…

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Design Pattern: Criss-Cross Stairs
Stairs, Hiroshima © Harold Davis

Design Pattern: Criss-Cross Stairs

Understanding design patterns is a crucial part of construction of almost anything from buildings to object-oriented software. Visual design patterns originally derived from architecture, and are bedrock to composition; both…

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Bamboo Woods near Kyoto
Bamboo Woods near Kyoto © Harold Davis

Bamboo Woods near Kyoto

For the image of Bamboo Woods near Kyoto, I made seven exposures on my tripod at shutter speeds ranging from 1/2 a second to 20 seconds, varying each exposure by about…

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Cup Noodles Museum

When I first heard about the museum in Yokohama honoring Cup of Noodles instant soup, Nissin Food Products, and Momofuku Ando, the company's founder and the inventor of instant ramen…

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5-Story Pagoda
5-Story Pagoda © Harold Davis

5-Story Pagoda

I spent the day on Miyajima Island, which is a pretty wonderful place. I told Phyllis it was like Sausalito with a bit of religion, tame deer, and 300,000 oysters…

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Pretty Train
Pretty Train © Harold Davis

Pretty Train

At Kanazawa Station, on my way to Hiroshima, I saw this pretty train on a local track. I don't really know what it was about, but it seemed to be…

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Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima © Harold Davis

Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima

The atomic bomb dome is the only structure left even partially standing after the detonation of the first atom bomb over Hiroshima. This structure, built in 1915 with a gorgeous…

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Sushi Made by Harold
Sushi I Made © Harold Davis

Sushi Made by Harold

I had a lesson in making Temari sushi at In Kenazawa House. This kind of sushi is a specialty of the Kenazawa region, and based on small, round balls that…

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Coming into Kanazawa
Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa © Harold Davis

Coming into Kanazawa

Following a long "day" of travel I am now in Kanazawa, Japan. I use the term "day" somewhat notionally: I started early Wednesday morning California time and arrived at my…

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Cloud Spiral
© Harold Davis

Cloud Spiral

Yesterday was a day for meditation. First up: Gathering the raw materials (see image at bottom). With several bunches of alstroemeria ("Peruvian Lilies"), I harvested the petals from the blossoms,…

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Butterfly Ranunculus
Butterfly Ranunculus © Harold Davis

Butterfly Ranunculus

I've been working to upgrade the plumbing at the backend of my website, not (I must say) particularly out of desire to do this kind of task. Although there is…

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Is this me?
Harold Davis by Nan Phelps

Is this me?

I am very pleased with a new portrait of me made by Nan Phelps. This is a square image created on black-and-white film using a medium format camera, so you…

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Shadowland
Gangway Shadow, Maine © Harold Davis

Shadowland

Shadows can play a big role in monochromatic photography. If you are interested in making compelling black and white images consider the important role that shadows play in this kind…

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