Anemone
Anemone, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Anemones are members of the ranunculus family, and related to the buttercup. Taking a break from my task of working on…
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September 11, 2007
Licensing My Photos
I've been getting an average of three or four inquiries a week about licensing my photos. This is a good thing. It's fun to interact with people who are enthusiastic…
September 9, 2007
Westernesse
Westernesse, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the most western point of the Point Reyes peninsula, and therefore the most western spit of land in the…
September 7, 2007
Star Trails
Star Trails, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I wanted to properly expose an image that showed long star trails without the moon. I set my timer to…
September 7, 2007
Using the Exposure Equation
There are a number of problems to solve in night photography, including seeing what you are doing, not falling off a cliff in the dark, running out of juice in…
September 7, 2007
Morning Pink
Morning Pink, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. As the sun rose, the light on these tiny water drops along a petal on a dahlia flower grew translucent.…
September 4, 2007
Morning Star
Dahlia Bud Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the morning, chaos of kids and family permitting, I like to photograph in the garden. The sun was…
September 3, 2007
Overpass
Overpass, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The elevated highway (US 101) passes through San Rafael, California. Below the overpass, a nether world of parking lots, fences, and…
September 2, 2007
Beyond the Fields We Know
In The King of Elfland's Daughter, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Lord Dunsany, wrote about magic beyond the fields we know. You step out into the ordinary, everyday fields…
September 2, 2007
Shadow of the Past
Shadow of the Past, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a close-up of the shadow of an old ranch fence on the barn at Sea Ranch.…
August 31, 2007
Boys in the Tub
Boys in the Tub, photo by Harold Davis. What fun to be four boys in a hot tub! Shown here next to the tripod.
August 31, 2007
Barn at Sea Ranch
Barn at Sea Ranch, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This barn is positioned on the bluffs between Sea Ranch Lodge and the ocean. It is both a…
August 31, 2007
Night Music
Night Music, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On our Sea Ranch vacation we had a number of clear nights without fog. I took advantage of these nights…
August 29, 2007
Cedar Break
Cedar Break, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. When landscape architect Lawrence Halprin camped on the rugged 5,200 acre ranch on the northern Sonoma coast that was to…
August 28, 2007
Fancy Feathers
Past the Golden Gate Bridge, Black Sands Beach lies along the straits between Point Diablo and Point Bonita. The beach faces the open Pacific towards the southwest. On a sullen,…
August 26, 2007
Slipping into the Future
In a significant way, photography is about time. A photograph freezes action and captures a moment. Looking at photographs we see the past, perhaps our past. Photographs become memories. Unlike…
August 18, 2007
Wave Game
Wave Game, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I played a game with the waves on Stinson Beach. I positioned my tripod below the tide line and tried…
August 17, 2007
Feral Turkey Feather
Feral Turkey Feather, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's not unusual to see wild turkeys in the Berkeley hills. Actually, these turkeys aren't wild: they are feral,…
August 17, 2007