New Video Release: Visit Harold’s Garden
Noted photographer and botanical artist Harold Davis shares a visit with his garden. This is the garden that he uses as source material for many of his light box images…
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July 9, 2025
Magnolia © Harold Davis
Black and White Filter Play
For this black and white image made with my Leica Monochrom M11 I experimented with different color filters. The basic setup was photographing with the camera on a tripod straight…
July 4, 2025
Peaceful © Harold Davis
Off-the-beaten Track Japan Photo Tour: $2,000 pp discount ends July 14, 2025
I'm very excited to be heading back to Japan in November for our Off-the-Beaten Track Photography Destination Workshop to the Art and Sacred Islands of Japan. The special $2,000 per-person…
June 27, 2025
Bridge behind Maple Leaves © Harold Davis
New Museum on Naoshima added to Off-the-Beaten Track Japan Tour
I'm pleased to announce that a visit to the just-opened New Art Museum on Naoshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea has been added to our Off-the-Beaten Track Japan photography…
June 10, 2025
Pink Flower in the Rain ©️Harold Davis
So many photos, so little time!
Heading home from Japan in a long day of travel, I’ve had a chance to glance through some of the many photos I’ve made on this trip. What’s different this…
June 1, 2025
Imperial Palace Wall ©️Harold Davis
Stone Works
It will likely come as no surprise to my friends and those who follow me that this trip to Japan I am very observant of stone works: paths, walls, and…
May 17, 2025
Engetsukyu (Moon Bridge) ©️Harold Davis
Engetsukyu (Moon Bridge)
Engetsukyu (Moon Bridge) in Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens in central Tokyo is said to have been designed by Zhu Shun Shui, a Chinese Confucian scholar of the 1600s. It’s called “Engetsukyu…
May 12, 2025
Amazing Poppies © Harold Davis
Poppies Sayonara
I am traveling in Japan through the end of the month, and by the time I get back most of the poppies in my garden will have bloomed and faded.…
May 11, 2025
Grass © Harold Davis
MS-Optics ISM 50mm f/1.0
MS-Optics is the company belonging to Sadayasu Miyazaki. Miyazaki-san, now an octogenarian, worked out of small office near Tokyo, and for a "retirement job" hand-assembled (and individually numbered) lens in…
May 8, 2025
Stair© Harold Davis
The best camera to use is the one you have with you
Heading to an appointment in San Francisco, Phyllis asked me whether I was bringing a camera. I hadn't been planning to, as I often find it distracting to try to…
May 6, 2025
Invitation to the 2025 Creative Nature Photography Summit! Starts May 19th! 📷
I'm thrilled to invite you to the Base Camp 2025 Creative Nature Photography Summit, starting May 19th! This is your chance to dive into 12 days of Nature photography inspiration, tips,…
May 5, 2025
Bamboo © Harold Davis
Bamboo
In specifying Bamboo for our garden for our garden I learned a great deal about this marvelous plant. There are over 1,200 species of Bamboo. They grow by sending up…
May 4, 2025
Basin © Harold Davis
Serenity and Off-the-Beaten-Track Japan Tour | $2,000 pp discount
In these troubled times I recommend our off-the-beaten track Japan tour in November to restore serenity and some sense of perspective in life. This is a great trip involving beauty,…
April 29, 2025
Red Velvet © Harold Davis
Power to the Poppy
The poppies I planted in my garden in the autumn are blooming wonderfully. I've been enjoying photographing them, this year focusing on the core of the flower. The first image…
April 26, 2025
Flowers Party Too! © Harold Davis
Presentation to the Royal Photographic Society
I'll be presenting Photographing Flowers for Transparency on Saturday July 26, 2025 to the Royal Photographic Society via Zoom. The live event is open to the public with a small fee, although…
April 23, 2025
© Harold Davis
Scenes from my garden
It's my enchanted, secret garden. I've been having a great deal of fun planning, planting, and enjoying our new garden in what was formerly a waste-land of a backyard. Here…
April 21, 2025
More Poppies Galore © Harold Davis
More Poppies Galore
Chicken egg. Chicken egg. Egg chicken. Egg chicken. I am often asked which came first, the gardening or the flower photography. I think the answer is neither: it started for…
April 15, 2025
Poppies Galore! © Harold Davis
Recent Work (in my garden)
My garden is in full bloom, and the new enchanted garden is exciting. The whole ensemble is so peaceful and serene that it is a little hard to motivate myself…
April 14, 2025