On (and Off)
On, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the reflective plate for an on/off switch in our dining room, reflecting the lights from our Christmas tree. To…
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December 22, 2010
Creating a Photo Book Proposal
My current column on Photo.net is about how to create a photography book proposal. Here's the description: Harold Davis knows his material when it comes to the topic of this…
December 14, 2010
Fifteen Santas on a Trolley
How better to say "Merry Christmas" than to ride along with these fifteen Santas, found boarding a trolley this afternoon in Yountville, California?
December 12, 2010
Hot Bouquet
Hot Bouquet, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The morning has some real autumnal crispness, and there was frost on the ground when I walked the boys to…
November 29, 2010
Morning near Inyokern
Morning near Inyokern, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Consider the life of the itinerant night photographer: I'm up all night photographing, or finding my way into location,…
November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wild Turkey, photo by Harold Davis. Read the original story behind this image. We all have many things to be thankful for---a view of life this wild turkey can certainly…
November 24, 2010
FindMeSpot Not
Desert Skies, photo by Harold Davis. I've travelled with my FindMeSpot for several years, as an emergency precaution in case something happens to me in the wilderness in the watches…
November 24, 2010
Improbable Stairs
Improbable Stair, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I put this impossible image together using a cloudscape from the Bay area and the stairs at Scotty's Castle in…
November 20, 2010
Scotty’s Castle
Scotty's Castle, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: Anyone who knows me knows that I'll flip for a good spiral stair---imagine my surprise and delight in…
November 7, 2010
Death Valley Campsite
Death Valley Campsite, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After shooting several night stacks, I plugged the camera into my big battery and went to sleep in my…
November 6, 2010
Bristlecone Pines in the Snow
Bristlecone Pines in the Snow, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: This is the composition I was working on when rudely interrupted, as told in When…
October 29, 2010
When Workshops Collide
White Mountain Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a break from scouting for our Alabama Hills Star Circle workshop, Steven and I headed up into the…
October 27, 2010
Cherry Blossoms on Skin
Recently, I was sent a snapshot of a tattoo creating using one of my images as inspiration. It's flattering to have someone like one of my photos enough to have…
October 25, 2010
Petroglyphs
More Alien Doodles, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. For thousands of years this rock has faced the sky with its mysterious cargoe of markings. Are these writings…
October 24, 2010
Eros Art Exhibit
Kellie, photo by Harold Davis. I have nine monochromatic prints (including the image of Kellie shown above) in The Eros Show, on exhibit (and for sale) at the Arthouse Gallery…
October 21, 2010
Couch
Couch, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo shows a detail view of the leather couch in our living room. The kids love to jump on it,…
September 15, 2010
Nocturnal Geometry
Nocturnal Geometry, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The model wore one of those old-fashioned mesh veils, pearls, and not much else. In Photoshop, I applied the Topaz…
September 3, 2010
Sea Palm Forest
Sea Palm Forest, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Along the rugged northern California coast, on BLM land near the Point Arena Lighthouse, I stopped to photograph a…
August 29, 2010