Black and White Masterclass
There are only a (very few) spots left in my Black & White Masterclass in Heidelberg, Germany July 2-5, 2015. Click here for more information and registration. Note: the workshop…
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April 28, 2015
The Virtues of Translucency
Normally, to create the illusion of transparency against a single background is feat enough. In this image I "upped the ante," by adding white roses above an existing floral arrangement…
April 27, 2015
Rain on Variegated Bamboo
Last week there was a much-needed overnight rain. Early in the morning I prowled the neighborhood with my camera and tripod, and as the showers were winding down photographed these…
April 27, 2015
Old and New: A Tale of Two Kirk BH-3 Ball Heads
My Kirk BH-3 tripod ball head has served me well on four continents on the trail, in the studio, in mountains, deserts, and along the rugged Pacific host, from the…
April 24, 2015
Hierarchy of Photographic Needs
The American psychologist Abraham Maslow famously wrote of a hierarchy of needs, with basic physiologic needs at the bottom of the hierarchy and self-actualization at the apex of the triangle…
April 23, 2015
Flora Exhibit at Photo Oakland
Welcome the summer with PHOTO’s beautiful and curious new collection of plant imagery! The exhibition will run May 14 - June 20, 2015. I'll have a few pieces of my…
April 22, 2015
Photograph Italy with Harold Davis this Autumn
I am offering a unique opportunity to join me and a very exclusive group as we photograph Italy this autumn (the dates are October 28 – November 11, 2015). If…
April 21, 2015
Hyper-Reality
It is certainly possible to capture a world in a grain of sand, or a water drop. Perhaps less obviously, there is also a chance of rendering the apparently mundane and…
April 20, 2015
Flowers at a Restaurant
I photographed these orchids through translucent etched glass at the handsome Murray Circle Restaurant at the Cavallo Point Inn, part of Fort Baker in Sausalito, California. The location is right across…
April 19, 2015
Palace of King Charles V in the Alhambra
The Alhambra in Granada, Spain was first a fortress, and then a fairy-tale palace built as a citadel on a hill by the Moorish rulers of Andalusia. Conquered by Ferdinand…
April 17, 2015
Creative Portfolio Weekend Workshop
We have a few spaces available in the Creative Portfolio Weekend Workshop, Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10, 2015. Click here for information and registration. The gist of this…
April 17, 2015
LAB Inversions
I am often asked about my technique for obtaining creative effects using LAB color adjustments in Photoshop. While the theory behind this set of techniques is a bit complicated, there's…
April 16, 2015
What do Harold Davis and Georgia O’Keeffe have in common on Pinterest, and how is Pinterest going to make money, anyway?
Actually, I don't really care how Pinterest plans to make money, although in the light of the rest of this story it is worth noting that Pinterest has a private…
April 15, 2015
Digital paintings that use photographs as the medium
Harold Davis’ talent as a painter is evident in this beautifully rendered photograph of the Jamaa-el-Fnaa marketplace in Marakesh, Morocco. © Harold Davis Eileen Fritsch, a writer who often covers…
April 13, 2015
Antoni Gaudi and the shell game
Antoni Gaudi, the architect of the fabulous Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Catalonia, liked to use organic shapes of nature in his designs. Hence the pillars in the Sagrada Familia cathedral…
April 13, 2015
We are not afraid of color
I photographed these flowers on my light box using the bright and sharp Zeiss Otus 85mm lens, then created a number of variations in Photoshop. The colors in flowers give me…
April 11, 2015
Waterlogue and Harold Davis iPhoneography
The best camera to use is the one you have with you, and I pretty much always have my iPhone camera with me. My iPhone is not only a camera,…
April 10, 2015
San Francisco Dreams in Black and White
San Francisco dreams in black and white. Please come visit my new virtual gallery of San Francisco in Black and White! What goes on behind the shades in the lit…
April 10, 2015