Positano Morning
The early morning light from my hotel room, the Villa La Tartana, in Positano, Italy was warm and life-affirming. I positioned my camera on the tripod, and bracketed a series…
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January 3, 2016
Davis Family Startup
Now if only I could direct them away from Minecraft and Wizard 101 into something that pays...from left to right in our computer lab for the kids, top row: Julian,…
January 2, 2016
Romanesco Broccoli
Browsing in the produce section of Berkeley Bowl I was transfixed by spiral nature of Romanesco Broccoli, an edible flower in the broccoli family. The flower's form approximates a natural fractal…
January 1, 2016
Happy New Year!
Words to Live and Create By Being Creative => peace · joy · love · creativity · harmony · beauty · imagination · exploration Being Loving => freedom · exploration ·…
December 31, 2015
New Span of the Bay Bridge © Harold Davis
Best of 2015: Backwards and Forwards
As a photographer and artist, I'm the kind of person who would much rather look forward than backward. The next adventure, or the next photo, is always more interesting to…
December 28, 2015
Warm wishes for a great 2016
Warm wishes for a joyous and fulfilling new year from Phyllis and myself---from our family to your family! Coming into 2016, it is so important to remember the beauty and…
December 28, 2015
Changing Focal Lengths in a Multiple Exposure
Over more than a year, I've been working on a series of in-camera multiple exposure images using models in a studio and strobes. Generally, my approach has been to make…
December 25, 2015
Patterns in Fishnet
The quest for an interesting photographic image is in large part the need to find order in an inherently chaotic universe. Even if that quest ends up showing disorder, it…
December 24, 2015
Manarola and the Rooftops of Paris
I am particularly fond of the patterns of buildings and rooftops you see in European towns and cities. Above, the town of Manarola in Cinque Terre, Italy, photographed this year…
December 23, 2015
Papaver Nudicaule
A bright flower for a gray day in the East Bay! For more about photographing this Icelandic Poppy, click here.
December 20, 2015
A Tale of Two Cities
I was in New York City just now for 48 hours, give or take an hour or two. It's hard for me to visit New York without sensing a bit…
December 17, 2015
Two Icelandic Poppies
Phyllis and I like to take out slices of pizza, and eat them in the beautiful garden at Berkeley Horticultural Nurseries. The other day, after having our lunch while sitting…
December 12, 2015
Three Graces
The Three Graces are actually a three-in-one trinity: this is one model (Anastasia Arteyeva), via an in-camera multiple exposure. Processed for the distinctive---almost cave painting look---using the Da Vinci filter in…
December 11, 2015
Photograph Venice with Harold Davis (Early Bird Discount)
There's no place in the world like Venice, and in particular no place for photographers like Venice with its maze of streets, canals, bridges, and ever-changing light. Please consider joining…
December 10, 2015
In a Blue Hour
Over the weekend on Saturday I led a fun workshop sponsored by the Point Reyes Field Institute on Point Reyes photographing Waves. I had some very enthusiastic participants and I think…
December 9, 2015
Paestum
Paestum, on the Gulf of Salerno, is probably the best-preserved site of Greek ruins on the Italian mainland (there are also some notable spots on Sicily). To make this image…
December 8, 2015
Classic Harold Davis Prints
We are offering four prints of my most iconic images at a very special price. Each print is hand-crafted in my studio using archival inks, hand-signed using acid-free ink by…
December 7, 2015
Piazza San Marco at Night
One reason to photograph at night in a tourist destination is, as I explained in Photographing the Bridge of Sighs at Night, to avoid selfie-stick-toting tour groups. Another reason is…
December 4, 2015