Category Archives: Fruits and Veggis on Light Box

Peppers and a Pear

September 7, 2020 by Harold Davis | 0 Comments

My idea with these yellow (actually, close to orange) peppers was to create a lattice composition on the light box. The lattice should be arranged so that it had a three-dimensional look. This is inherently non-trivial with a light box composition, because to take advantage of the back lighting one needs to keep the subject close to flat and two-dimensional. So I worked towards this effect by “hooking” the stems of the cut-out pepper slices through one another.

Orange Peppers © Harold Davis

This single pear called out to me as an image worth creating on its own, with the symmetry along the vertical axis of the two seeds the primary driver of the composition.

Pear Slice with Two Seeds © Harold Davis

Also posted in Patterns, Photography

Special Pandemic Print Pricing

September 1, 2020 by Harold Davis | 2 Comments

I have been asked a number of times about special print pricing during the pandemic, and have already made prints available on reduced terms to several collectors. I am particularly happy when one of my prints goes to another artist, or to someone who loves photography.

We’ve decided to generally extend a pandemic print-pricing offer. Most of my images are available as prints.

So here’s the deal: Prints are $200 each plus shipping ($25 domestically, $50 internationally). In addition:

These are top-quality, handmade prints on premium paper that I personally sign
Exterior paper dimensions approximately 11″ X 14″ (or 12″ X 12″ if the image is square)
U.S. residents add California sales tax ($18)
Payment is in advance by Paypal, credit card, or check
These prints are intended for retail customers only (click here for my normal print-price schedule, and for information about other print sizes)
Offer may be changed or withdrawn at any time

Please let us know if you have any questions, or would like to buy a print.

Lady Pink Apple Slices with Lemons © Harold Davis

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Flowers Made from Beet and Radish Slices

August 30, 2020 by Harold Davis | 1 Comment

These two images show virtual flowers constructed on my light box from thin slices of root vegetables. The Chiogga Beet slices have been cut vertically, as opposed to the horizontal slices in image shown in an earlier story.

Flower Made from Radish Slices © Harold Davis

Chiogga Beet Slices Arranged as a Blossom © Harold Davis

Also posted in Photography

The Beet Goes On

August 28, 2020 by Harold Davis | 2 Comments

In parts of the Caribbean, edible root vegetables are often called “ground provisions.” Yesterday was a ground-provisions day.

I primarily photographed beets and radishes. This is a continuation of my light box sliced vegetable and fruit work, some of which is shown in Sliced Fruit on My Light Box, Making Mandalas from Fruits and Vegetables, and Melange of Slices.

I’ve titled the image shown below of sliced Chioggia Beets (Beta vulgaris) “The Beet Goes On”, after the Sonny and Cher song, with a homophonic relationship between the second word in the name of the song and the ground provision I photographed (e.g., “Beat” and “Beet”).

The Beet Goes On © Harold Davis

Check out the new interview with me about garden photography on the PhotoActive Podcast: Episode 75: Creative Garden Photography with Harold Davis!

Also posted in Abstractions, Patterns, Photography

Melange of Slices

August 27, 2020 by Harold Davis | 2 Comments

Just like the aggregation of pear slices, it is possible to create interesting melanges of all kinds of sliced fruits and vegetables. The sliced kiwi fruits (below) remind me of paper lanterns. Perhaps the seeds running vertically are the writing on the lanterns, in some kind of Kanji characters. The red onions (bottom) are certainly more pleasant to look at in their painterly and patterned abstraction than they were to slice!

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Sliced Fruit on my Light Box

August 22, 2020 by Harold Davis | 3 Comments

Where do ideas come from? In the case of these translucent fruit slices, an art consultant showed me an image of translucent fruit. I immediately thought of photographing fruit slices on my light box.

I’d never want to specifically imitate someone else’s art, but it seems fair enough to use a general idea as a leaping off point. I’ve seen plenty of images styled after my own flowers photographed for transparency in this fashion. I guess a moral is to keep looking at art of all styles and stripes. You never know when this will lead to an actionable idea.

Another benefit of photographing fruit in addition to photographing flowers: not only do the subjects not require a release, but also you can eat them once the photography is done.