Plumbing
Porcelain Series No. 1, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. For my first post of the new year, I'll note that things are often not what they seem.…
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January 1, 2010
La Vie En Rose
La Vie En Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. If you look at this Photoshop composite, the building blocks I used to create it may not be…
December 15, 2009
Stair Knot
Stair Knot, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I should think it would be puzzling to be caught on this staircase---a giant knot apparently suspended in space with…
December 10, 2009
Study of a Twisted Stair
Study of a Twisted Stair, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. If the perspective in this Photoshop Darkroom creation seems twisted, well, it should. Here's the original twisted…
December 9, 2009
Hemingway and Cuba
This cougar head occupies a place of honor in Papa Hemingway’s dressing area at the Hemingway Museum in the suburbs of Havana, Cuba. Photo by Harold Davis. View this image…
December 5, 2009
Tower Play
Inside the Tower, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. These two images are of the tower above the Palacio Ferrer in Cienfeugos, Cuba. I shot both the interior…
November 28, 2009
Alter Ego
Alter Ego, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this gourd in Joseph's studio. It seems the inner gourd has the soul and shadow of a dinosaur---aided…
November 27, 2009
Looking Up
Looking Up, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is looking up the spiral staircase in the Edificio Cuervo Rubio in La Habana, Cuba. Here's the view looking…
November 25, 2009
Stair to Heaven
Stair to Heaven, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an abstraction created in the Photoshop Darkroom from Twisted Stairs. Here's an earlier post about some of…
November 24, 2009
Twisted Stairs
Twisted Stairs, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a fisheye shot looking up from beneath the bell tower stairs at the Revolutionary Museum in Trinidad, Cuba.…
November 18, 2009
Creative Close-Ups
Creative Close-Ups, photo by Harold Davis. In keeping with recent family tradition, Katie Rose is shown here photographed with Creative Close-Ups: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques, which is now shipping.…
November 13, 2009
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…
October 29, 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
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
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
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
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