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,…
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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
At sixes and sevens this weekend? Photograph Black & White in San Francisco!
Free this weekend? Interested in a last minute extraordinary opportunity to photograph San Francisco with a master of digital black & white photograhy? We are photographing San Francisco in black…
November 17, 2016
Starry Night by Harold Davis in exhibition at Weston Gallery
I am very pleased and honored that a print of my Starry Night (shown below) is on exhibit at the Weston Gallery in Carmel, CA as part of Night Vision:…
November 15, 2016
Advanced LAB Color (Nov 12) and Photographing San Francisco in B&W (Nov 19-20)
We still have a few remaining spaces in Advanced LAB Color (Nov 12) and Photographing San Francisco in Black & White Weekend Workshop (Nov 19-20). Note, the San Francisco in…
November 10, 2016
Abbazia di Sant’Antimo
Nestled in a valley in the Tuscan Hills, the Abbazia di Sant'Antimo---Abbey of Saint Anthony---dates originally from the eighth century. If you arrive at the right time, you can hear…
November 7, 2016
Forever Young
I've been listening to a Nobel prize play-list of Bob Dylan---both his own voice and cover versions of his songs---while photographing and processing my White Phalaenopsis Orchid and Variegated Phalaenopsis Orchid images.…
November 6, 2016
Vida and Shopvida: Annals of Deceptive Business Models
Being a Professional Artist Means Business As a successful professional artist and photographer—and, not entirely coincidentally, a business person—I am aware that sometimes you have to spend money to make…
November 4, 2016
Romantic Landscapes
There's nothing I like better than to capture romantic landscapes. Of course, any landscape can be romantic in the right light, and almost any landscape can be grim in harsh…
November 3, 2016
Phalaenopsis Orchid
This one is more colorful than the white-on-white Phalaenopsis I photographed yesterday!
November 2, 2016
Phalaenopsis
Nice to be back to photographing flowers on my light box after so many adventures in the field...starting with this orchid blossom!
November 1, 2016
Hotel Room with a View
I like to photograph from my hotel room, and I make a point of requesting rooms with a view. Sometimes this works. There's nothing particularly characteristic of Milan, Italy in…
October 31, 2016