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"…
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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
Five Minute Wave Exposures
In the practice of modern photography, an exposure as long as five minutes duration during daytime hours seems like eternity. This is particularly true in the context of the raging…
December 12, 2016
Calligraphy of Flowers
I am a great fan of artistic calligraphy, particularly as seen in Japan and in historic Islamic cultures. So when I arranged these flowers on my light box I tried…
December 11, 2016
Flowers Round-Robin in a Workshop
This image was made as an in-class demo of light box flower arrangement and post-production. I called on each workshop participant to choose a stem, then arranged them one-by-one on…
December 9, 2016
Workshop Feedback and a Yellow Rose
I'm very pleased with some of the great feedback for the recent Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop. Here's what some folks said: "Just a fabulous creative presentation for flowers that…
December 8, 2016
Free Webinar: A Homeopathic Approach to Adjustments with Harold Davis and Topaz
Definition of homeopathy: a system of medical practice that treats a disease especially by the administration of minute doses of a remedy that would in larger amounts produce in healthy persons symptoms…
December 7, 2016
I Heart Mom
Here's a portrait of her Mom that Katie Rose made using her pastels. I can sure see the spirit and the likeness in this drawing!
December 6, 2016
Pastels
This is the box of pastels that Katie Rose loves to use to make her art. You can see she uses the pastels hard, but treats them with great care,…
December 1, 2016
Upcoming Flower Photography Workshops with Harold Davis
I'm very pleased and excited to be leading a sold-out session of Photographing Flowers for Transparency next weekend here in Berkeley, CA. If this topic interests you, we are running…
November 27, 2016
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
First a kingdom, then a republic, and finally an empire---for a thousand years the pax Romana held. Today the glory that was Rome amounts to a curiosity, ruins of an…
November 25, 2016
Workshop in a Suitcase
I am used to leading two kinds of photography workshops: one is close enough to my home base in Berkeley so it is easy to set up the workshop room…
November 22, 2016
Apple
Ever since the era of Adam and Eve, there has been something enticing about an apple!
November 21, 2016
Digital Doodle
The Digital Doodle shown above comes from the black and white Embarcadero Center (shown below) via I never wanted a cubicle (monochrome) (bottom). To get from Embarcadero Center to I Never…
November 18, 2016