“Harold Davis is the digital black and white equal of Ansel Adams’s traditional wet photography. Adams would be awed by Davis’s work.”—Seattle Book Review
Key Info
- Photoblog 2.0: Harold Davis’s blog
- You can subscribe to Harold Davis email list (or get his blog posts by email)
- Contact the Harold Davis studio
- Harold Davis Amazon author page
- Learn more about books by Harold Davis
- Harold Davis Workshops and Events
- Webinar recordings
- Harold Davis Photography YouTube Channel
- FAQs
- Learn about Harold Davis prints
- Harold Davis portfolios
- Harold Davis’s bio on Wikipedia
- Harold Davis on Flickr
- Harold Davis on Instagram
- Harold greets connections on LinkedIn as haroldldavis
Sponsors
- Harold Davis is a Moab Paper printmaking Master
- Harold Davis is a Zeiss Camera Lens Ambassador
Selected Interviews, Profiles and Stories
- Harold Davis is the 2022 Photographic Society of America Progress Award winner: “For the development of a high key digital HDR workflow and set of techniques involving specific kinds of back lighting that make it possible to create luminous translucent imagery.”
- Tulips Forever stamp, USPS Information page
- U.S. Postal Service Reveals New Stamps for 2022 (including two stamps with photography by Harold Davis) (11/1/21); USPS 2024 stamps (including five Harold Davis stamps)(11/1/23)
- Interview with Thomas Hammerl, Divine Spark: Insights into the minds of the top creatives worldwide (12/22)
- Conversation with John Cornicello (Video recording of live event) (1/7/21)
- PhotoActive, Episode 75: Harold Davis Creative Garden Photography (8/28/20)
- 2019.12.19—Harold Davis Featured on See.Me
- Guest Blog Post, Scott Kelby Blog: Photographer as Poet Harold Davis
- PhotoActive, Episode 50: Harold Davis Creative Black & White (8/30/19)
- Radiating Beauty: Creating a new photographic form with fusion x-rays (article by Natalie Holmes, Pixsy blog, March 2019)
- On Art and Beauty (Exploring Colour Blog guest post)
- Creativity: Going Mobile (article about Harold Davis’s iPhone Photography, Oct 2017 Shutterbug Magazine, PDF Download, by Barry Tanenbaum)
- Interview, Podcast with Harold Davis (produced by Mid Century Books) (Part I)
- Harold Davis Talks at Google (The Photographer’s Black & White Handbook and The Zen of Photography)
- Behind the Lens with Harold Davis (Topaz Labs Blog, how I got where I am)
- Learn to Photograph Flowers for Transparency in Six Steps (Pixsy blog).
- Interview ASMP Business Blog with Harold Davis about copyright enforcement with Pixsy
- The poet among the photographers, profile on Zeiss Lenspire website, September, 2015
- Q&A: Harold Davis, Interview with Dominique James, July, 2015.
- Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer, pre-publication review, Rangefinder Magazine, May, 2015.
- Monochromatic HDR Photography, Fine Art Printer Magazine (Germany), January 2014 issue (PDF download)
- Präsentation: Harold Davis and Botanique, Fine Art Printer Magazine (Germany), March 2013 issue (PDF download, pages 50-51)
- Photo featured in the 25th annual John Templeton Foundation capabilities report (PDF download, page 4)
- New York Times, H.D.R. Photography for the Realist (Roy Furchgott provides tips on High Dynamic Range photography techniques from Harold Davis on the Gadgetwise blog) (PDF download)
- Artist Harold Davis Uses Moab Paper for Artisanal Inkjet Prints, Printing Ideas/Freedom Paper
- Profile of Harold Davis; reviews of Photographing Flowers, Photographing Waterdrops, and Creating HDR Photos, Rangefinder Magazine, articles by Jim Cornfield (PDF download)
- Pure Petals: Make flowers look translucent, Popular Photo Magazine (PDF download): “Harold Davis’ ethereal floral arrangements have a purity and translucence that borders on spiritual.”
- “Los fotógrafos hacen fotografías, las cámaras no”: Harold Davis nos habla de su relación con el mundillo fotográfico (Xatakafoto, October 2013)
- Making Stunning Floral Images (HTML), Digital Photo Magazine, images and text by Harold Davis (PDF download)
- Interview with Harold Davis, Hannah Thiem, Photo.net
- Harold Davis—The Impossible and Improbable, Martha Blanchfield, Rangefinder Magazine (PDF Download)
- Photographer of the Month: Harold Davis, Darwin Wiggett, Life and Learning through the Lens
- Harold Davis interview, Suprada Urval, Photo Talk
- Popular Photography, Tips from a Pro: Harold Davis on Getting Better Flower Photos (on PopPhoto.com)
- Inspirational Photographers, Daniel Fealko, PhotoFidelity
- Night Photography with Harold Davis from Nikon, Nikon USA Learn & Explore
- Photographing the Night Sky: Star Trails, Nikon USA Learn & Explore
- Photographing the Night Sky (Part 2), Nikon USA Learn & Explore
- A Preemies Journey: Using Photos to Tell the Story of Katie Rose, Harold Davis, Rear Curtain
- Harold Davis becomes a Moab Master (story on the Moab blog)
Video, Multimedia, and TV
You may be interested in some of Harold’s webcasts and video appearances. These are sponsored as noted in the listings, and free to watch. Click here for a list of Harold’s extensive webinar video recordings.
- Macro Photography Live Chat Show #46 – Harold Davis (July 2019)
- Creative LAB Color in Photoshop, course on the LinkedIn Learning platform.
- The Art of Photographing Flowers for Transparency, livestream recording at B&H Photo in New York
- A Creative Palette of Possibilities with Harold Davis, Topaz Labs webinar recording
- Photoshop: Backgrounds and Textures, course on the LinkedIn Learning platform.
- Photographing Flowers for Transparency: Harold Davis presents at School of Visual Arts in New York
- Black and White in the Digital Era: Harold Davis presents at B&H Photo via YouTube
- Creative Flower Photography with Harold Davis (sponsored by Topaz Labs, on YouTube)
- Focal Press sponsored webcast (on YouTube): Achieving Your Potential as a Digital Photographer with Harold Davis.
- Harold Davis teaches Photographing Flowers at Craftsy.com—this is an online course and community with several hours of HD video instruction.
- Harold Davis at B&H Photo, live video sponsored by Moab Paper: Craft and Vision in Digital Photography (YouTube replay)
- KQED-TV Quest: http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/your-photos-on-quest-harold-davis/
- Creative Flower Photography Q&A with Harold Davis (O’Reilly TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8p5rNlXIEs
- The Making of Photographing Flowers (Focal Masters series): Streaming; Download
- Night photography (O’Reilly TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdn3gJxSzew
- Night photography (O’Reilly TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meQyUxwhmQs
- Photographing Kids, Family & (Other) Weird Things (O’Reilly TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPFURrH-3-k
- Black & White Digital Photography (Creative Edge): http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com/video/photography/9995255810402
Selected Awards
- Photographic Society of America (PSA) Progress Award, 2022. The PSA annual Progress Award recognizes a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the progress of photography or an allied subject.
- Black & White Spider Nominee Award, 2012
- North American Nature Photography (NANPA) Showcase Award, 2011
- World Gala Awards Storytelling Finalist award, 2011
- North American Nature Photography (NANPA) Showcase Award, 2010
- North American Nature Photography (NANPA) Judge’s Choice Award, 2010
- International Aperture Awards, 2009, two bronze medals
- North American Butterfly Association art award, 2009
- North American Nature Photography (NANPA) Showcase Award, 2009
- International Aperture Awards, 2008, two silver medals
Member
- The Authors Guild
- International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
Model Photography
Click here to view some of Harold’s photos of models and Multiple Exposures.
Photo.net Columns by Harold Davis
- Otus and Me: An Informal Review, March, 2014
- Creatively Using Selective Focus in Photography and Photoshop, September 2013
- Adding Textures to Flower Photos, July 2013
- Placing a Flower Photo on a Background, June 2013
- A Spiral Model of Creativity, Aug 21, 2009
- Advanced Photoshop Tutorial: Hand HDR, Aug 21, 2009
- Aging Photos Roundup, Sep 13, 2010
- Becoming Composition Conscious, Jul 08, 2009
- Becoming a More Creative Photographer, Apr 20, 2009
- Converting to Black and White, Feb 17, 2010
- Creating HDR Images by Hand: Part I, Dec 09, 2009
- Creating HDR Images by Hand: Part II, Jan 14, 2010
- Creating Photo Books, Nov 02, 2010
- Creating a Photo Book Proposal, Dec 07, 2010
- Creativity in the Photoshop Darkroom, Dec 15, 2009
- Expecting the Unexpected, May 18, 2009
- Finding an Audience for Your Photos, Jan 19, 2011
- Focusing on What Matters, Jun 09, 2009
- HDR in Adobe Photoshop CS5, Jun 28, 2010
- Harnessing the Power of Flickr, Apr 17, 2011
- Harold Davis Column, Aug 21, 2009
- Intro to Compositing, Jun 02, 2010
- Inverting Backgrounds with LAB, Apr 28, 2010
- Knowing When to Quit, Aug 21, 2009
- Making Colors Pop in Photoshop, Oct 08, 2010
- Making the Unseen Visible, Aug 11, 2009
- Multi-RAW Processing, Sep 15, 2009
- Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 Review, May 12, 2010
- Setting Limits, Aug 21, 2009
- Sharpening in LAB Color, Feb 03, 2010
- Using Email to Find an Audience, Mar 11, 2011
- Using Image Apply Image, Aug 05, 2010
- Using LAB Color Adjustments, Mar 17, 2010
- Using Twitter to Find an Audience for Your Photos, Jun 09, 2011
Harold’s LAB Action
The updated action (Version 01.09.2019) contains some new usability features, and two new LAB color adjustments included in the palette. Download the Readme file for Harold’s LAB color channel adjustment action from https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/lab/Readme.rtf, and the Zip archive containing Harold’s Photoshop Action from https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/lab/Action.zip.
Photoshop Darkroom and Photoshop Darkroom 2 Practice Files
Click here to download the Photoshop Darkroom practice files (zip archive) and here to download the Photoshop Darkroom 2 practice files (zip archive).
Ringing Cedars Covers
Harold Davis created nine book covers for the Ringing Cedars of Russia series, click here for more info about this project.