Beep! Beep!
Some days it's fun just to play! In that spirit, this morning I made this motorcycle (or car) from flowers on my light box. It's complete with headlamps and exhaust.…
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July 22, 2017
Flower Photography Workshop in Maine Coming Up Soon
Please consider joining me July 31 - August 5, 2017 at Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, Maine for a week of intensive flower photography---both on the light box and in…
July 4, 2017
Matilija Poppies and Mallows
You got to love the Matilija Poppy, a California native, with its wonderful huge yellow center and puffy white petals. The poppies are of the Romneya genus (so are neither…
June 23, 2017
Ladybird Poppy
Yesterday was a cool Father's Day. I woke to freshly brewed coffee and cards from the kids. Then I went with Phyllis, my own wonder woman, to see the new…
June 19, 2017
Design for a Stained Glass Window Made of Flowers
To create this design for a stained glass window, I started by laying down a series of mallow blossoms in a loose spiral (the magenta flowers). Next, I filled in…
June 1, 2017
The Amazing World of Flowers
One of the things I love most about flower photography is that it compels one to look closely at flowers. The more you look, the more you see! What a…
May 27, 2017
Recent Flower Photos
I'm happy to take advantage of the wonderful spring flowers this year here in California, and make up for the time I was traveling with some extensive flower photography! Here…
May 25, 2017
Home is Best…with Flower Photography
As the saying goes, "You may travel east, you may travel west, but in your heart you know home is best!" In the past two months, I have traveled east…
May 17, 2017
Tulips and a Clematis Vine
It's wonderful to be back---if only for a brief while---in the flowering springtime of northern California. It's always hard for me to resist spending some time photographing flowers, and today…
April 15, 2017
The Whole Magnolia Branch
This is the magnolia branch I brought home and used for macro photography practice in an image I showed earlier. Composition of the entire branch was a bit of a…
March 13, 2017
Magnolia Blossom
Wandering the paths and stairways of the Berkeley hills, I came upon a gardener shaping a venerable flowering magnolia tree. A largish branch lay on the ground. I asked if…
March 13, 2017
White Rose Blushing in Color and Black and White
I thought this white rose with a hint of satin-like blush was going to look great in black and white, but when I processed it I saw that the color…
March 6, 2017
Harold Davis Presents Photographing Flowers for Transparency at School of Visual Arts Masters in Digital Photography
I'm pleased to share with you my presentation on Photographing Flowers for Transparency at New York's School of Visual Arts in the Masters in Digital Photography program. Enjoy! If for…
March 4, 2017
Cherry Branches
Cherry Branches for a wet and windy weekend! Phyllis brought these back from a neighborhood tree, and I photographed them using high-key HDR on a light box, then combined the…
February 17, 2017
Hellebore
In my garden in the rain the hellebores are in bloom. These lovely bell shaped flowers face downward in nature in a wide variety of colors and internal configurations. It's…
February 10, 2017