Looking back and thinking forward
I've been looking through my archives from last year in Paris---and finding many images that I want to process! Looking back at the crop from the spring of last year…
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April 8, 2014
Iris Friends
These variegated iris are clearly friends. They look at each other with empathy, tendrils even apparently touching---or at least waving to each other!
April 7, 2014
Apartments on the Boulevard Haussman
I was struck by the regularity in this apartment building. Nobody had planters out, no bikes were stored, and old shoes weren't resting in the window embrasures. This kind of…
April 6, 2014
Something Fishy
One of my favorite characters in fantasy literature, J.R.R. Tolkein's Smeagol, would have appreciated the nice, plump and juicy slab of fish I brought back from the store. The fish…
April 5, 2014
Nature’s Palette
Contrary to common cliché, the colors of nature are not always beautiful. But in the case of flowers, colors are almost always beautiful to human eyes. True, flowers need to…
April 4, 2014
Zeiss Lens Ambassador – Harold Davis
I'm really pleased with my new page as a sponsored photographer on the Zeiss Camera Lens Ambassador site. Check it out: http://www.zeiss.com/camera-lenses/en_us/ambassadors/harold_davis.html. Related link: Otus & me (an informal review).
April 3, 2014
Banks of the Seine
Using the same lens (my Zeiss 35mm) and the same camera-in-motion technique as In a Paris Park creates a moody and atmospheric image in monochrome of the banks of the…
April 2, 2014
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George. "George" in this case was my Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens. The park is Square Jean XXIII, just behind Notre Dame in Paris, on a…
April 1, 2014
Adventures in a higher key
I photographed these tulips on a light box using my normal shooting sequence, but when the time came to process them I did things somewhat differently. The normal workflow is…
March 29, 2014
French Gardens in Sepia
I was asked to prepare these monochromatic images of gardens in France with a slight sepia cast for possible use by an art world client. I like the way they…
March 28, 2014
Hip to be square
An important part of the gentle art of photographic composition is to recognize that we are rendering a three-dimensional world, in part by presenting it within a two-dimensional frame. An…
March 27, 2014
Photographer as Poet
When people learn that I am a professional photographer, it is not unusual for them to ask me next what kind of photographer I am. The answer is trickier than it might…
March 26, 2014
Awagami Video with Botanique
I'm really pleased to note a new professionally-made video from Awagami about photographers who print on Awagami washi that shows my Botanique. The video can be played below, embedded from…
March 25, 2014
Rose after Delauney and O’Keeffe
At a recent lunch with my brother he reminded me how we both benefited from a classical education in the arts when we were young. I may not have got…
March 24, 2014
Where in the world is Harold Davis?
Anybody else remember Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? My kids sure don't! Their world of computer gaming is deeply involved with Minecraft. Anyway, where in the world is…
March 23, 2014
Flowers for the vernal equinox
To celebrate the spring equinox yesterday, here are some Tulips and Anemones shot on my light box for translucency (a white ranunculus peeks through on the upper left as well!).…
March 21, 2014
Curated—A Different Version of Harold Davis
Danielle Wohl, an art consultant based in Palo Alto, California, has curated a different version of my work on her website. These are not the translucent florals on washi or…
March 21, 2014
The feeling is mutual: my Otus lens
I've posted a new informal review of my Zeiss Otus 1.4/55 on Photo.net. My conclusion: "If you can afford it, and if you can work with manual focus (which is…
March 20, 2014