Stories that weave through my blog
I've been writing this blog since 2005, which is to say over twelve years. Sometimes there's more, and sometimes I have less to say, but the average is about ten…
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September 22, 2018
New on my website and blog
I've added some content recently that may interest you. This is in addition to my regular postings on my blog, which I think of as my "Daybook"---in the sense that…
September 20, 2018
Detailed Malta Day-by-Day Itinerary—November 2018
We're delighted to have available the detailed itinerary for our November 2018 Destination Photography Workshop to Malta (as a PDF download). Click here for more info. Making this visit especially…
September 19, 2018
Three, Eight, Nine
Models: Do I Know You? and Eight, Gin N Tonic; Nine, Zoe West. Gallery of Multiple Exposure images; Multiple Exposures FAQ; an introduction about how these images are made.
September 18, 2018
Free Live Webinar: A Creative Palette of Possibilities Using Topaz presented by Harold Davis
When: Tuesday, September 25 2018 at 2PM PDT. Where: At your computer, anywhere! Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5500202857890891778 ***The webinar is free, but registration is required. Early registration is strongly suggested! What: In…
September 18, 2018
X-Ray Photography and the Inner Form of Beauty
The process of making these x-ray images of flowers and shells is more like making a photogram---what Man Ray called a rayograph---than it is like using a conventional camera. The flowers…
September 17, 2018
Visit Paris in the Spring with a small group of Photographers
Visit Paris in the Spring with Harold Davis and a small group of photographers. Click here for more information. Features after-hours artist access to Monet's delicious gardens at Giverny!
September 16, 2018
Announcing a new session of Photographing Flowers for Transparency—June 22-23, 2019
We're pleased to announce by popular demand a new session of Harold's acclaimed Photographing Flowers for Transparency weekend workshop, to be held in Berkeley, CA Saturday and Sunday June 22…
September 15, 2018
Photoshop: Backgrounds and Textures with Harold Davis Now Live!
I am very pleased and excited that my online course Photoshop: Backgrounds and Textures is now live. Click here to view my course on LinkedIn Learning and here to view…
September 12, 2018
Under the Wide and Starry Sky
As Robert Louis Stevenson put it, "Under the wide and starry skies glad did I live." But if you live in a city or even a town, it is likely…
September 10, 2018
Rainbow Falls in Black and White
I hiked into Rainbow Falls in Devils Postpile National Monument. No rainbows this day, but a great waterfall in monochrome!
September 8, 2018
East of the Sierras
Coming down the long steep road from Tioga Pass, the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was hazy. In the distance, thunder rumbled. Then, to my surprise, a sharp…
September 7, 2018
Multiple Exposures and Models: Star of Brightness.
The technical idea behind my in-camera series of multiple exposures of models is to work with the models to use the human body to create an external shape, as defined…
September 3, 2018
Frankfurt Station
Like the nearly empty road in Poem of the Road, train stations give rise to existential questions. Where are we hurrying, and why? When a track and platform are empty,…
September 1, 2018
X-Ray and “Fusion” X-Ray Images of Flowers
Here are some (more) x-rays and fusion x-rays of flowers. Fusion x-rays use post-production to combine "straight" x-rays with light box images of the same composition. For background information on…
August 30, 2018
Postcards from Berlin
When I got the call that Phyllis had been admitted to the hospital with a mysterious high fever, I knew I had to cut my visit to Berlin and eastern…
August 28, 2018
Revealing the Unseen with X-Ray Photography of Flowers
I had to quickly change my plans due to a family emergency and fly home from Berlin. Now that I'm at home, it's good that things have settled down again,…
August 26, 2018
Campanulas X-Rays
I write this from the train from Frankfurt to Berlin, where Julian K. and I are sitting in a first class car at the all-important table, with the all-important wi-fi…
August 22, 2018