White Dalhias
Shot on a lightbox at the same session as When Dahlias Dream, my thought in processing White Dahlias was to create an image that showed its photographic heritage with a…
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October 16, 2012
When Dahlias Dream
Shopping for groceries at Berkeley Bowl the other day I came across these dahlias and asters that called out for photography. Taking the flowers home, I shot them on a…
October 8, 2012
Photographing Flowers on a Lightbox for Transparency
So far as I know I am the inventor of my process for creating images of flowers using a lightbox that are transparent---actually, images that seem translucent. This process relies…
September 4, 2012
Botanicals Fine Art Photography Exhibition
I'm excited about having my large botanical Washi prints in the Botanicals group exhibition at PHOTO in Oakland. The exhibit runs from August 23 through September 29, 2012. Note that…
August 22, 2012
Questions about the Harold Davis Kickstarter project
Since I wrote my story about our handmade botanical art book project on Kickstarter, I've had a number of questions. If you are one of the people who wrote me,…
August 8, 2012
Kickstart an art book of botanical prints by Harold Davis
Phyllis and I have created many conventionally published photography books. Recently, we've become interested in the possibility of using new technology to create a hand made, limited edition art book,…
August 6, 2012
Purple Dahlias
I love to photograph dahlias---and, as I wrote in Photographing Flowers, it is "not for their good taste. Rather, I see these flowers as extravagant: wonderfully different from each other, and wild…
July 21, 2012
Peonies and Matilija Poppies
The Vertical Panoramic Format I've been creating a number of horizontal floral panoramics, for example my Star Magnolia Panorama and Floral Tapestries, but this image, Peonies and Matilija Poppies, is my first…
July 6, 2012
Red Poppies
Shooting the other day at Blake Garden I notice a glorious stand of red poppies. I asked for permission to cut a bunch and bring them home to my studio,…
June 27, 2012
Pretty Peonies on Unryu
This is an arrangement of Peonies, Hydrangeas, and Campanulas---mainly Peonies---arranged on my lightbox and shot straight down in pieces. Each piece was shot using high-key HDR, with ten bracketed exposures.…
June 20, 2012
Inspiration is a demanding mistress
I never know when that moment of revelation is going to strike. It is kind of like an "aha" feeling---but a little bit different, both more and less. I'm plodding…
June 8, 2012
Peonies mon amour
At this time of year some flowers are too special not to photograph. In that spirit, I've been having a great time the last few days photographing peonies. These flowers…
May 24, 2012
Ghost Flowers
I noticed some white "Iceberg" roses growing in a corner of my garden. Their lovely white-on-white shapes truly appealed to me, but I knew all the whiteness would cause difficulties…
May 20, 2012
Tulip
The tulips were strongly backlit by the sun. The flowers were also swaying to and fro in a swift breeze. With my 200mm telephoto macro lens mounted on a tripod…
May 15, 2012
Clematis
Like my Star Magnolia Panorama, I shot these Clematis flowers using a lightbox as the background. The image was shot in three pieces, each piece an HDR blend of six…
April 27, 2012
Star Magnolia Panorama
To create this image of a Star Magnolia, I brought some branches into my studio and arranged them on my lightbox. I shot the images in three panels using HDR…
April 20, 2012
Sunflowers on Black
It's hard not to love sunflowers. Sunflowers are a sunny flower. It's in the name, and also in the big, yellow, platter-sized flowers. They are artistic and often painted by…
April 4, 2012
Duet of Daffodils
Traditionally, when daffodils bloom it is a harbinger of spring. In a famous poem, William Wordsworth described a group of daffodils encountered on a walk with his sister in England's Lake District this…
March 1, 2012