Running Photoshop 2021 in Emulation Mode on a Mac M1
I don't these days write much about computers, and I also like to say (when asked) that the only software I have written in the last decade is my LAB…
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July 3, 2021
Digital cameras, lenses, tripods, and more…
Crashing Waves
Many things crash. Property that is overvalued. Waves on a storm-tossed sea. Computers that have outlasted their normal lifespan. Thus it was that my old Windows computer died…
February 13, 2012
Ruffles Have Ridges
Ruffles Have Ridges, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I "discovered" (or perhaps "realized" would be the better verb) that there's no reason I can't combine flatbed scans…
March 26, 2009
Hexachrome Color
The Lithographers Club of Chicago is a printing industry trade group. They selected an image of mine to use for the cover of their May/June 2008 magazine issue (the cover…
June 18, 2008
Blossoms and Sensitivity
I've written about using noise for aesthetic purposes. I've also explored the possibility that noise generated by boosting a camera's sensitivity (ISO) will become a historical artifact and thing of…
March 2, 2008
Physical Prints in a Virtual World
When I came back to photography in early 2005, I confronted a world gone digital and virtual. On the whole, I thought this was a good thing, and I was…
May 31, 2007
Bridge Time
Bridge Time, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming up the trail from Kirby Cove, it was fully night. Not a pitch black night, because there was a…
April 28, 2007
In the Bag
In the Bag, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Photographers tend to collect gear bags. I have lots of camera bags. As photographer John Shaw once put it,…
April 18, 2007
World without End
World without End, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. There's more to this picture than meets the eye. Put another way, no matter how hard you look at…
December 19, 2006
My Favorite Worlds
Getting the Drop, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. If you've been reading my blog, you'll know that I've been photographing water drops. And that for me, each…
August 5, 2006
McClamp Bubble
McClamp Bubble, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. If you've been reading my blog, you probably know that about a year ago, I started a series of extreme…
July 27, 2006
Beyond the Visible
Indian Paintbrush, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. It's fairly well known that digital sensors are more sensitive to infrared (IR) than either film or the human eye.…
June 25, 2006
Slow Flash
Dahlia Glowing, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. "Slow flash" is an oxymoron because there can be no such thing as a slow flash exposure. A flash duration…
June 13, 2006
My New Toy
Monitor Lizard, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I photographed this monitor lizard at the Vivarium in Berkeley with my new toy. My new toy is a Pentax…
January 10, 2006
To dSLR or Not to dSLR
Pink Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View photo larger. I took this close-up using the macro setting of my Canon PowerShot G3 mounted on a tripod. Although sophisticated enough in…
December 7, 2005
Working that Lens Baby Macro
Yellow Greeting Red, photo by Harold Davis. Click to view in large size. A reader writes: I've read your piece on photographing the lobelia flower with your lens baby, as…
November 29, 2005
Lobelia Lens Baby
Lobelia, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. No, it's not Photoshop! I did nothing in post processing except to crop in a little, normalize the levels and sharpen…
November 28, 2005
Alas for Analog
Golden Gate Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. Meta information: Nikon D70 Raw capture, AF-S VR-Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 78mm (117mm 35mm equivalence); tripod mounted and VR (vibration reduction) turned…
November 22, 2005
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