Playing with Flowers
Related image: Daffodil on a Bed of Roses.
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January 15, 2017
Free Event: Celebrate Black & White Photography, a new book, and Groundhog Day
What: Come celebrate Groundhog Day, Black & White Photography, and the publication of Harold Davis's new book The Photographer's Black & White Handbook (not necessarily in that order!). This is a…
January 14, 2017
Yellow Daffodil
It's a little early for Valentine's Day, but I though this yellow daffy on a bed of mauve roses says it in a kind of understated way!
January 12, 2017
City on the Hill
I find when I am traveling that misadventures often bring unexpected photographic dividends. A case in point: getting stuck in a muddy field in my rental car in Tuscany got…
January 11, 2017
New Neighbors
Wandering around our neighborhood today in the rain, we came upon this small door and entrance walkway in a redwood tree. I guess we have new neighbors!
January 8, 2017
Everything You Always Wanted to Ask about Printmaking
I'm often asked about high-end printmaking, and I thought, who better to answer these questions for my extended photographic community than a topflight bespoke printer for fine art photographers and…
January 7, 2017
Weekend Workshop: From iPhone to Art (Jan 28-29, 2017)
Our weekend workshop From iPhone to Art: The Art of IPhoneography is coming up soon. You'll find more information about this very special workshop below, as well as many of my photos,…
January 6, 2017
Oculus in Crystal and Optical Sidekick
I was fooling around the other day with photographing glassware and loose (unmounted) lenses on my light box. The images are inverted in LAB. With one of the glasses, I…
January 5, 2017
Workshops and Events in 2017
I want to invite you to join with me and a select group of friends in seeking the sources of our creativity---and working to become the best and most creative…
January 3, 2017
Last Light
As the last light of day touches the sea-kissed cliffs, it is important to keep in mind that although night may follow day, day also follows night. Be of good…
January 1, 2017
Big Sur Coast from Bixby Bridge Overlook
As sunset turns to dusk, and dusk to night, colors linger on the towering westward-facing Pacific cliffs of the Big Sur peninsula. Long after the landscape is a murky, dark…
December 30, 2016
Night Vision Exhibition at the Weston Gallery
Yesterday I made a photographic trip to the Big Sur coast. It was a spectacular day for photography, and some images will no doubt follow in the due fullness of…
December 29, 2016
Mums the Word
I pulled these pretty images of a field of chrysanthemums on a light box from my files, and processed it the other day. Did you know that "Odour of Chrysanthemums"…
December 19, 2016
Orchids in a Blue Bowl © Harold Davis
My Best of 2016
2016 is a year of the fire monkey. This is by way of saying that one should rightfully have expected the unexpected. The monkey is a trickster, and not always…
December 15, 2016
Floral Tondo Variations
Which of these versions of my first floral tondo do you like better? My favorite is Flower Tondo 1 Variation Inversion, shown immediately below on black, without the fancy curvilinear "virtual"…
December 15, 2016
Floral Tondo
Tondo is a Renaissance term for a circular painting. To create my floral tondo, I started with a circular pattern on my light box. I arranged an array of petals---mostly…
December 14, 2016