Star Trails over Half Dome
Leaving Berkeley in mid-afternoon, I grabbed a quick bite in Mariposa and made it up to Glacier Point just after sunset. There was still some light to see what I…
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July 31, 2011
Making a Floral HDR Panorama
This is a floral HDR panorama, meaning I shot it in two horizontal pieces planning to stitch the pieces together. The logistics of this were somewhat complex---as with any HDR…
July 26, 2011
Fancy That
Briefly noted: Some scenes, like this shot of one of the swimming pools at Hearst Castle near San Simeon look more, well, classical when converted to classical monochromatic. Fancy that!
July 25, 2011
Harold Davis Webcasts and Video
You may be interested in some of my webcasts and video appearances that you can find online. These are all sponsored as noted in the listings, and free to watch.…
July 23, 2011
Mallow into Fabric
Briefly noted: Photographing this mallow blossom unfurling, I was reminded of fabric. Ignoring issues of scale and context, this flower could be the bottom portion of an elaborate and stylish…
July 21, 2011
The Indian Trail
The Indian Trail footpath runs down from our Thousand Oaks Berkeley neighborhood to The Alameda. This shortcut makes walking down to restaurants and shopping on the top of Solano Ave…
July 20, 2011
Katie Rose in the Garden
I shot this photo of Katie Rose in the garden the other day with my new 35mm f/1.8 Nikkor lens. This is essentially a very high-quality prosumer lens, and surprisingly…
July 19, 2011
Special Harold Davis Print Offer
My special limited edition offer of Following the Path will end in a matter of days on July 31, 2011. This print has a normal retail price of $450.00 but…
July 18, 2011
Opium Poppies
I am very excited that a number of my pieces in the style of this image of Papaver somniferum have been accepted into the publishing program at the World Art…
July 15, 2011
Iglesia San Felipe
This is an interior of a church located in Habana Vieja (the old district of Havana, Cuba). The image is comprised of three bracketed exposures, shot using a tripod on…
July 14, 2011
Happy Birthday Mathew
Recently we celebrated Mathew's seventh birthday. He is shown in this photo blowing out the candles on his birthday cake. Mathew and this blog are close to the same age.…
July 13, 2011
Big Chicken
My kids tell me that a T-Rex dinosaur is a relative of birds like a chicken or turkey, both being descendants of pteradactyls. It's a little hard for me to…
July 12, 2011
HDR Car
Over the weekend I spent some time with the kids wandering around and exploring the University of California at Berkeley campus, which is about half a mile from our home.…
July 11, 2011
Visual Make-Believe
In a previous story, I noted the importance of looking behind one. Commentators added the great suggestions of looking up and down as well. A corollary to having the kind…
July 9, 2011
Mr Mom Photographer
As Phyllis finishes up the page layouts for Photographing Flowers, I've been spending a great deal of time with Katie Rose. Our nanny is on vacation, the boys are in…
July 8, 2011
On Turning Around
If you've ever gone shooting with a nature or landscape photographer worthy of their salt you'll notice that they turn around a great deal. Good photographers are not Prussian soldiers…
July 6, 2011
On Critics and Criticism
In his recent book Marketing Fine Art Photography (Rocky Nook, 2011) photographer Alan Briot suggests that "it will be those who are discontent, displeased, or upset by what you do…
July 3, 2011
In the Zone
In a photography blog, when you see the word "zone" in the title of a story it is not unreasonable to assume you may be reading about the Zone system---the…
July 2, 2011