Painting with Light
Light Painting Pas de Deux, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Painting with light is a great deal of fun. You can do it anywhere. A darkened room…
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October 29, 2009
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
Dahlia in Decay
Dahlia in Decay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Like people, flowers are beautiful even when imperfect. Perhaps particularly when they are imperfect. If you search for a…
October 23, 2009
Eye of Wonder
Eye of Wonder, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Before leaving my computer behind for several weeks I needed a Photoshop fix---to hold me away from my beloved…
October 23, 2009
Creative Night Advance Copy
Creative Night Advance Copy, photo by Harold Davis. As usual, Katie Rose gets the first crack at the advance copy of our new book. She's shown here looking at the…
October 21, 2009
Travel
Read the story behind this photo. View this image larger. My bags are packed, I'm ready to go. Well, almost. I'm on a photo shoot for a while. I'm not…
October 20, 2009
Setting Limits
Setting Limits sounds like something parents should do to control their kids. Setting Limits is also my most recent Photo.net article about becoming a more creative photographer. The idea is…
October 18, 2009
Book Status
For all those who've asked, here's the status of my new books as of this date: The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing is in stock and shipping. Creative Composition: Digital…
October 18, 2009
Ghost Flower
Ghost Flower, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The monochrome White Dahlia came from a color image. A high key color image, and one that didn't have much…
October 16, 2009
White Dahlia
White Dahlia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I wasn't planning to photograph any more flowers yesterday. Between kids and work things had been hectic indeed. But when…
October 15, 2009
Hope
Echinacea purpurea Hope, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo shows a Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea 'Hope'. This a patented hybrid, with a portion of each sale donated…
October 13, 2009
Advance Copy of Creative Composition
Advance Copy Creative Composition, photo by Harold Davis. In keeping with family tradition, the first look at the advance copy of our new book Creative Composition: Digital Photography Tips &…
October 8, 2009
Night Cliff
Night Cliff, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Facing the beach I turned around. The night cliffs were lit by moonlight. Sometimes there's a story behind one, if…
October 8, 2009
Light & Exposure Reviewed
There's a nice new review by Dominique James in the Sacramento Book Review of my Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers. In his review, Mr. James notes that…
October 6, 2009
Piperii Mori
Piper Mori 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Photographer Edward Weston's son Brett (also a gifted photographer) had the unfortunate habit of eating still life subjects---such as…
October 6, 2009
Big Sur Coast
Bixby Bridge 3, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Here's the Big Sur coast of California and Bixby Bridge by moon and starlight. The faint colors of sunset…
October 5, 2009
Harvest
Harvest, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. As a gardener with some ego invested in my garden, it is a little embarassing to admit that this pear is…
October 3, 2009