Ranch on Point Reyes
On Point Reyes in the spring, I photographed the details of the deteriorating buildings in the historic (but abandoned) D Ranch. Walking back towards my car I turned and saw…
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September 19, 2015
Last chance for an incredible trip-of-a-lifetime photo tour to Italy
We have room for two more in my very small "trip of a lifetime" photo tour of Italy beginning October 28 in Florence. This is your last chance to register…
September 18, 2015
Strahov Monastery Library
The photo in this story is of the Philosophical Hall, part of the library of the massive Strahov Monastery in the hills above Prague in the Czech Republic which I…
September 15, 2015
The poet among the photographers
My sponsor Zeiss has announced a spectacular new line of lenses, the "Milvus" lenses. As a prelude to the product launch, I got to work with two of the lenses,…
September 10, 2015
Kreativ Fotografieren: Entfallen Sie Ihr fotografiches Potenzial
As you can see in the photo, I am very pleased with the German translation of Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer: A Photographer's Creative Companion and Workbook. This is…
September 9, 2015
A portfolio by Harold Davis: A Modern Pilgrimage along the Kumano Kodo
A Modern Pilgrimage: Along the Kumano Kodo by Harold Davis is an artist book and portfolio of images that astutely blends old-craft hand traditions and materials with and cutting-edge new…
September 7, 2015
Katie and Mask
Katie Rose loves to draw and paint, and make things like the mask shown in the photo. If you ask her, she'll tell you she wants to be an artist…
September 6, 2015
From Heaven to Hell
Poet William Blake wrote about building a Hell in Heaven's despite, and the cognitive dissonance of traveling in Japan often put me in mind of this poem of Blake's (which also…
September 4, 2015
Long Live Blur!
Much of the time we photographers are concerned with sharpness---how to make a photo that is "tack sharp," how to manage depth-of-field (or even how to focus stack), how to…
September 3, 2015
Denali, the Great One, Alaska by Harold Davis
The long overdue official renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali, Alaska, and the resulting outcry from the State of Ohio (the birthplace of President McKinley), puts me in mind of my…
September 1, 2015
Lumiere Fillagree
This is a combination of two hand-held shots. The carousel in the foreground was photographed at 3 seconds and f/22 at ISO 64. The three second exposure produced the filigree effect.…
August 31, 2015
Beneath the Pont de la Concorde
The modernism of the underpinnings of this bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France belies the ornate fancifulness of the bridge from above. This is one of the joys of…
August 30, 2015
Special Print Offer: Kiss from a Rose
Special Print Offer: Kiss from a Rose by Harold Davis on Moab Juniper Baryta I am offering a limited-time print special: my Kiss from a Rose, shown below, printed at roughly 11"…
August 29, 2015
Simulating a Calotype Glass Negative Print
The underlying photography in this image consists of two photographs of trees reflected in a puddle that I made in the Parc de Sceaux in suburban Paris, France with the…
August 28, 2015
Sunflowers and Friends
Sunflowers and Friends is a light box bracketed high-key sequence combined in Photoshop. The sunflowers, echinacea, and other flowers are from our garden, and shown in In the field for transparency…
August 27, 2015
Unmade Bed in homage to Lilo Raymond
My friend and mentor Lilo Raymond died a few years ago. Lilo was a wonderful photographer with a wonderful eye, who fled from the Nazis as a youth and ended…
August 26, 2015
I can only give my heart
Words have a place as a companion to photography, as titles, in captions, in statements, and in books that combine words and imagery. It's often a useful exercise to attempt…
August 25, 2015
Happy Birthday Mom
The other day we celebrated my Mom's 86th birthday. My Mom, Virginia Davis, is a working artist, deeply interested in the textiles and art of Mexico. So it seems appropriate that…
August 24, 2015