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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
To make this image, I placed the vase of tulips on a mirror, and lit the vase and flowers from behind with a standing light box. This is the same setup…
Dear fellow photographers: My name is Harold Davis, and I am an artist, photographer, writer, and teacher. If you are not familiar with my photography books, please check out my…
Four in-camera exposures, with the model stationary besides her arms. Related stories: Pagan Goddess, Multiple Exposures.
In this image, I used my iPhone to photograph and process the shadows of a Venetian blind projected by the late afternoon sun onto the linen curtains in my office.…
Phyllis keeps the Davis Easter bunnies hopping, and a good time is had by all!
My Karate kids and Karate spouse, Phyllis, Julian, Nicky, Mathew, and Katie Rose are shown at the Rohai Dojo in Berkeley, California where my family learns Cuong Nhu, a Vietnamese…
Over the years, I have photographed the beached and slowly decaying Point Reyes trawler, located near Inverness, California, by starlight and by daylight in the afternoon. This photo was by…
From the humble Echinacea photographed for its delicate petals, the miracle of LAB channel inversions and adjustments leads straight to the drug-crazed and colorful versions you see here (just as…
Last year I bought an Echinacea and planted it in a pot on the porch, assuming it would essentially be an annual. Somewhat to my surprise, it has come back…
I've been having fun with some photography of a kind I haven't done in a while: relatively straight macro photography of flowers. The photography is straightforward (as I explain below),…
Renowned photographer-artist-author-teacher Harold Davis can’t imagine letting someone else print his images. Printing is how he fully realizes the image he envisions before he even snaps the camera shutter or…
If you are like me---and most other professional photographers that I know---you will have acquired over time an extensive collection of camera bags. Some bags fit some gear, but not other gear. Some are…