Two new rose roses
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November 27, 2017
Interview with QT Luong, photographer and creator of “Treasured Lands”
It’s always fun to change things up and do new things, so from time to time on an ongoing basis I will be interviewing prominent photographers and folks involved with…
November 25, 2017
106 Birthday Candles
Yesterday was Phyllis's mom Barbara's 90th birthday, and our son Nicky's 16th birthday. So Phyllis baked a cakes, and as you see in the photo put 106 lit candles on…
November 22, 2017
It starts with some twigs…
My kids and I gathered some twigs in "The Grove" [of coastal redwoods] in nearby Tilden Park. I used the twigs to create a light box composition, shown immediately below…
November 21, 2017
Exhibition of my photography extended through December 1, 2017
My photography is on exhibit at Shoh Gallery in Berkeley, California has been extended through December 1, 2017 (Road Less Traveled, shown above, is one of the images in the…
November 19, 2017
It Starts with a Photo
Actually, in this case it starts with an arrangement on my light box, and eight high-key HDR exposures recombined in Photoshop. The resulting image is shown immediately below. An LAB…
November 17, 2017
Harold Davis Photography Exhibition until Nov 25 at Shoh Gallery—Come Visit!
My photography is on exhibit at Shoh Gallery in Berkeley, California through November 25, 2017 (Slot Canyon, shown above, is one of the images in the show). This is the…
November 14, 2017
Constructing an image from the materials of nature
In a recent article on art and beauty, I wrote: I would rather think of myself as an inventor more than a discoverer of beauty. My hope is to use…
November 10, 2017
How Long Must Eye Wait?
Wedged in a crack behind the aptly-named Ladyboot Arch in the Alabama Hills of the eastern Sierra near the Nevada border of California, I already knew this wasn't going to be…
November 7, 2017
Grizzly Falls
Just off the road along the South Fork of the Kings River in Kings Canyon National Park, Grizzly Falls presented great contrasts of light and dark. I used a neutral…
November 3, 2017
If Jackson Pollock Dripped using Flower Petals
The great abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock created his paintings largely by throwing paint and ink to drip against the canvas. But suppose he had used flower petals rather than…
November 2, 2017
Landscape in Layers
It's fun to photograph a landscape that appears to be layered. Usually, this works best in the early morning or later afternoon (or even earlier at sunrise, or later at…
November 1, 2017
Please join me at the opening of my photography exhibition November 9, 2017
Please join me at the opening of my photography exhibition Thursday November 9, 2017 at Shoh Gallery in Berkeley, California from 6-9 PM. I look forward to celebrating my vernissage with…
October 31, 2017
My New Nikon D850: First Impressions
While I was away practicing night photography in the eastern Sierra, my new Nikon D850 arrived. Today I got to open the box, configure the menus, figure out where a…
October 27, 2017
Under the Sheltering Sky
The novel The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles details a desert---the Sahara in trans-Atlas Morocco---that is anything but comfortable and sheltering, at least to foreigners. It's true the desert can…
October 26, 2017
PhotoPills Camp 2018
Please consider joining me and other Photography Masters at the PhotoPills Camp in May, 2018 on the beautiful island of Menorca. For more information, click here and register to get…
October 23, 2017
Forgotten Kingdom
When you wander the desert of the imagination you don't know what you might find---the possibilities range from a horse with no name to forgotten kingdoms of myth and legend…
October 23, 2017