Photographing Waves
On Saturday I led a workshop on Point Reyes about photographing waves. For this workshop, waves are what Alfred Hitchcock called a "MacGuffin"---a fun red herring that lets you get…
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January 30, 2011
Stacking Waves
Wave Stack, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been thinking about stacking as a technique to use for subjects besides with star trails. I've tried a spider…
July 1, 2010
Star Trails over Drakes Bay
Star Trails over Drakes Bay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I made this image as a demonstration of star stacking for a recent night photography workshop I…
June 21, 2010
Red Tail Hawk
Red Tail Hawk, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. One advantage to spending the night out at the end of Point Reyes is being there first thing in…
April 22, 2010
Guiding Light
Guiding Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The Point Reyes Lighthouse is one of my favorite night photography subjects. This was shot during a recent workshop I…
October 26, 2009
Lines
Hill, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been thinking about lines in composition, and black & white. Here are two examples where both visual effects come into…
June 21, 2009
Point Reyes Twilight
Point Reyes Twilight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the LCD, this twilight view of Point Reyes looked like grey mush. Probably the fault of the auto…
June 14, 2009
Boathouse
Boathouse, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the ground floor of the Coastguard Boathouse on the western tip of Point Reyes. I'll be giving a night…
April 21, 2009
Windswept Shore
Windswept Shore, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: On Drakes Beach a ferocious wind blew through the gap in the bluffs out to sea. In the…
March 11, 2009
Night View of Bodega Bay
Night View of Bodega Bay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This view is looking north out from the tip of Point Reyes across Bodega Bay. This is…
October 27, 2008
Edge of Night
Edge of Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Against the backdrop of pounding surf and a light mist on the ocean, I photographed star trails behind Point…
October 26, 2008
Curvature
Curvature, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: A brisk, cold wind blew as the sun set over the Pacific. Mark and I were perched on the…
September 23, 2008
Between Earth and Sky
Between Earth and Sky, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On our way home from a sunset-to-night hike on the Tomales Point fork of Point Reyes, Mark and…
September 22, 2008
Foggy Sea
Foggy Sea, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. What happens when you point a camera out to sea in the fog in an almost pitch-black night? Taken at…
September 18, 2008
Point Reyes Night Photography Workshop
Point Reyes Trawler, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Even though thick fog blanketed the night skies, I think the night photography workshop I taught this past weekend…
September 16, 2008
Clouds
Clouds, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My idea was to hike down to the northeastern end of Drakes Beach, and see if I could make my way…
August 2, 2008
Tree Skeletons
Tree Skeletons, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In 1995 the Vision Fire burned more than 12,000 acres of Point Reyes National Seashore. Fierce Santa Ana winds blew…
June 6, 2008
2,407 Seconds
Star Circles 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is my second forty minute exposure of stars circling over the Point Reyes the other night. The original…
May 2, 2008