© Harold Davis

I always thought this statue was pompous beyond belief, and patronizing to the subservient folks below and to either side of T.R. Which is why I photographed this trite and hackneyed representation of neo-colonialism from the back, or horse’s donkey, circa 1980.

In case you don’t know, it is beside the front entrance to the Natural History Museum in New York City, and will be taken down. About time, I say!

We’re very pleased and excited that the first page proofs from the press for Creative Garden Photography: Making Great Photos of Flowers, Gardens, Landscapes, and the Beautiful World Around Us are here. They look beautiful, and I can’t wait to see the finished book. Thank you so much to the publisher Rocky Nook, who has worked with us every step of the way. If I say so myself, this will be one beautiful and informative book!

Creative Garden Photography press proofs © Harold Davis

What: Printing, Proofing, and all about Paper [Benefits Equal Justice Initiative] with a Panel of Moab Masters

When: Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 10am PT (1PM ET). Duration about two hours, including Q&A

Where: On your computer or mobile device from anywhere via Zoom. Zoom authenticated registration and a tuition payment of $19.95 are required for enrollment. Click here to register for this webinar.

All proceeds from the tuition payments will benefit Equal Justice Initiative.

Details: In this webinar, noted photographers and Moab Masters Scott Barrow, Harold Davis, and Jim Graham will present their work, and show how printmaking has informed and played a vital role in their professional practices. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion of printing moderated by Phyllis Davis, with Harold, Jim, Scott, and Marc Schotland, VP of Marketing at Legion Paper. There will be ample time for Q&A.

Image © Scott Barrow

About Scott Barrow: Scott writes, “The dance of light on the world around me is what powers my creativity.  I love taking photographs and I can make a beautiful image anywhere.  The challenge for me as an artist is to go beyond beauty and find my connection to a scene, to become part of it in the moment that I release the shutter.  That coming together is what I strive for. It is only then that I can truly share what I saw and felt with you the viewer.” His website is www.scottbarrow.com.

Peonies mon Amour © Harold Davis, shown on Moenkopi Unryu washi with hand inkan stamp

About Harold Davis: Harold Davis is a bestselling author of many books, including Creative Garden Photography from Rocky Nook, which can be pre-ordered. He is the developer of a unique technique for photographing flowers for transparency, a Moab Master, and a Zeiss Ambassador. He is an internationally known photographer and a sought-after workshop leader. His website is www.digitalfieldguide.com.

At the Willowdale Races in Kennett Square, Pa.  (Photography © Jim Graham 2012)

About Jim Graham: My bio says I’ve been a professional photographer since the age of 16. It’s all I’ve really ever done. I have a degree in history from Washington College in Maryland in History. After graduation I wasn’t sure what to do with my life. Luckily, I found my way to Maine and to the Maine Photographic Workshops. After 6 months in Maine I returned home to Chadds Ford and became a stringer for the News Journal Papers in Wilmington, Delaware. Freelancing turned into a staff position and I loved every second of my nine years as a staffer there. I was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize while I was at the News Journal and was also named Southern Photographer of the Year at the Southern Short Course.

I’ve worked with AP, UPI, Bloomberg News, Time, Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and Town and Country.

Today I still do editorial work when I can as well staking assignments from magazines. I’m represented by Redux Pictures in New York. I work also with corporate entities on their marketing materials, photograph weddings, and manage to get in a trip each year to concentrate on my own work. Additionally I teach when the opportunity presents itself.  I’ve been adjunct faculty at The University of Delaware, Widener University, Moore College of Art and Design, Cecil College, as well as teaching at the Maine Media Workshops.

Jim’s fine art photography is shown in many galleries throughout the United States, including Hardcastle Gallery, Graficas Gallery, Seven Seas Gallery, the Redux Gallery in New York and the Delaware Museum of Art.

About Marc Schotland: Marc Schotland is the VP of Marketing at Legion Paper, the manufacturer and distributor of Moab Paper.  Marc has worked in the fine art paper industry for 15 years, having previously worked in Italy for Manfrotto as the Global Brand Manager for still & video tripods.

About Moab Masters: Moab Master photographers are a select group of artists connected by their unique visions and their love of reproducing their images on Moab fine art paper.  The group includes some well-established photographers, as well as photographers on the rise.  Moab is proud to be associated with these artists and thank them for trusting Moab with their images.

Number of Seats, Tuition, and Benefit: The tuition for this webinar is $19.95, and requires prior registration. All proceeds benefit Equal Justice Initiative. The ticket price is not tax deductible.  Seating (on a first come, first served basis) is limited. Click here to register for this webinar.

These are three variations on an image created by pointing my macro probe lens straight down on a parfait glass. I put a crystal ball in the parfait glass, and placed the ensemble on a light box. The lens extended down into the parfait glass, and close to the surface of the crystal ball—where the rim of the glass and the reflections in the ball created a mandala-like structure.

Parfait Mandala 1 © Harold Davis

Parfait Mandala 2 © Harold Davis

Parfait Mandala 3 © Harold Davis

What: Master Photographer Panel with Jennifer King and Alan Shapiro, moderated by Harold Davis [Benefits NAACP]

When: Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 11am PT (2PM ET). Duration between one and two hours, including Q&A

Where: On your computer or mobile device from anywhere via Zoom. Zoom authenticated registration and a tuition payment of $19.95 are required for enrollment. To register, please click this link.

All proceeds from the tuition payment will benefit NAACP Empowerment Funds, https://www.naacp.org/

Details: In this webinar, noted photographers Jennifer King and Alan Shapiro will each present their work. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion with Harold Davis presiding. There will be ample time for Q&A.

Image © Jennifer King

About Jennifer King: Internationally acclaimed landscape and nature photographer with a passion for teaching photography and inspiring artists around the world, Jennifer draws on her fine art and design background to bring a stylized perspective to nature photography. Well known for her black and white images, she creates an energized style that captures the drama of nature that she immerses herself in, and translates that vision into fine art. Jennifer blends her imagination with mindful positivity to share perceived reality in landscapes while also unveiling the quiet visions of nature. Jennifer is a photographer, writer, teacher and speaker.

Jennifer is named 1 of 15 Amazing Women to Follow by 500px

She is the founder of PHOTOGRAPHY for the FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER (pfabc.org), an industry wide organization bringing together the biggest names in photography to raise money for breast cancer research.

Sponsorships include Adobe, Singh-Ray, Prana Influencer, Think Tank Photo, and Mindshift Gear.

Find her photography, video tutorials and interviews in Outdoor Photographer Magazine, Outdoor Photography Guide, Camera in the Wild, Photography Talk, Smoky Mountains Journal of Photography, SouthxSoutheast, Our State Magazine, VIA Magazine and more!

Image © Alan Shapiro

About Alan Shapiro: Alan is a super high energy instructor with a knack for getting people out of their comfort zone as well as helping them find and capture beautifully simple things in beautifully unexpected ways.

He genuinely loves to share his passion for photography from capture through post-processing and printing, describing himself as a perpetual student. He believes the more he shares what he has learned, the more it forces him to learn more.

His macro work can be seen throughout the entire hospital set on ABC’s The Good Doctor, in the launch campaigns for the Apple iPhone, filling walls in Bose stores and Ritz Carlton Hotels worldwide, in addition to hanging in numerous private and corporate art collections. His tabletop and food photography can be seen in publications including Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple and Saveur.

He is the author of Moments in the Monochrome Garden, Another Day, and Beautiful Walls (To Bang Your Head Against). His fourth book, Trippin’ in the Garden on Miracle-Gro will be out eventually but Alan is currently dealing with an acute case of perfection paralysis.

Road Less Traveled © Harold Davis

About Harold Davis: Harold Davis is a bestselling author of many books, including Creative Garden Photography from Rocky Nook, which can now be pre-ordered. He is the developer of a unique technique for photographing flowers for transparency, a Moab Master, and a Zeiss Ambassador. He is an internationally known photographer and a sought-after workshop leader. His website is www.digitalfieldguide.com.

Number of Seats, Tuition, and Benefit: The tuition for this webinar is $19.95, but requires prior registration. All proceeds benefit NAACP, https://www.naacp.org/ but the ticket price is not tax deductible.  Seating (on a first come, first served basis) is limited. You must register via Zoom to be enrolled in this webinar! To register, please click this link.

What: A Pilgrim’s Tale: Walking on the Camino | Free Webinar Presentation

When: Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 11am PT. Duration between one and two hours, including Q&A

Where: On your computer or mobile device from anywhere via Zoom. This is a free webinar, but Zoom authenticated registration is required for enrollment. The link for free enrollment is https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_srnAIs9uSAiarUHQqIy-MA.

Details: In this presentation, Harold will show images from his walks on the Camino de Santiago in 2018 and on the Camino de Portuguese in 2019. He will share stories from his adventures on the Camino, discuss logistics, and talk about the history of these fabled pilgrimage routes.

Harold’s presentation will examine the meaning of pilgrimages, why pilgrimages have been important to him and his work, and discuss how committing to pilgrimages has helped him approach the ineffable in his art.

There will be ample time for Q&A.

Meeting of the Ways © Harold Davis

Number of Seats and Tuition: This is a free webinar, but it does require prior registration. Seating (on a first come, first served basis) is limited. You must register via Zoom to be enrolled in this webinar! The link for free enrollment is https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_srnAIs9uSAiarUHQqIy-MA.

A lightly-edited recording of this Webinar will be posted following a time delay on our YouTube channel, Harold Davis Photography.

About Harold Davis: Harold Davis is a bestselling author of many books, including Creative Garden Photography from Rocky Nook, which can now be pre-ordered. He is the developer of a unique technique for photographing flowers for transparency, a Moab Master, and a Zeiss Ambassador. He is an internationally known photographer and a sought-after workshop leader. His website is www.digitalfieldguide.com.

Phyllis and I are delighted to announce five new live webinars. Registration is now open, and details follow below.

We’re also in the planning stages with a few exciting special-event webinars, with superstar guest panelists, where all proceeds will benefit important causes of our times. Stay tuned for the announcements as this comes together.

Thanks to everyone who has made our webinars possible with your enthusiasm and joy in photography as we remain sheltered in place!

• Light Box Photography in Three Dimensions | Saturday July 11, 2020 at 11am PT click here for registration. Click here for more information. “Want to take your light box photography to the next level? It’s great to photograph flowers for transparency on the light box, but what about flowers in vases and other three dimensional objects?”

• Multi-RAW Processing | Thursday July 30, 2020 at 10am PT click here for registration. Click here for more information. “In this Webinar, Harold shows the possibilities of multi-RAW processing, when it makes sense to use, and discusses potential pitfalls. As a very real competitor to HDR processing, multi-RAW should be in every photographer’s toolkit.”

• Hand-HDR Photography | Thursday September 3, 2020 at 10am PT click here for registration. Click here for more information. “In this webinar Harold discussed when to use hand-HDR in place of automated HDR, and when to use the two technologies in conjunction. He shows examples of photographing for hand-HDR in general situations, and also in high-key and low-key situations that are particularly suited for hand-HDR.”

• Photography on Black | Saturday September 12, 2020 at 11am PT click here for registration. Click here for more information. “In fact, the most iconic monochromatic photographs frequently involve a black background. In this webinar, Harold shows how to photograph with a bracketed low-key sequence to achieve perfect black backgrounds, and how to post-process images to enhance the black-background effect.”

• Photographing Bottled Light | Thursday October 29, 2020 at 10am PT click here for registration. Click here for more information. “How creative can get you get with colored liquid, sunshine, some glass bottles, and a camera? In this webinar, Harold will show you how he used these simple materials to come up with entire new worlds, recreations of Mark Rothko paintings, abstractions, highways at night, and much more!”

Clematis with Friends © Harold Davis