Please consider joining me for a hands-on black and white weekend workshop in beautiful Carmel, California, from Friday October 14 through Sunday, October 16, 2011 under the auspices of the Center for Photographic Art…
An inversion, in noun form, is a reversal. In verb form, applying an inversion is inverting, or even "to invert." In Photoshop, you can invert an entire image, or a…
Looking up through layers of rock makes me feel that I can see the structure of time moving at a geological pace. Note: This is an exposure blend of five…
In Upper Antelope near Page, Arizona the sunbeams hit the slot canyon floor intermittently. Also intermittent, sand blew down in waves. The two conjoined in this 20 second exposure, with…
Briefly noted: From near West Point Inn on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais I watched the fog come over the city of San Francisco and the Marin Headlands, with each…
This is a photo of a tree beside Route 120 near China Camp on the way to Yosemite. I shot the photo on a gray day, and underexposed by about…
I shot these railroad tracks near the dusty mining town of Trona, California---where I'll be headed again in the next couple of days on my way to Death Valley and…
I spent a thrilling couple of hours in the late afternoon photographing inside the old barn at the Pierce Ranch on the north fork (towards Tomales Point) of Point Reyes.…
This is a monochromatic studio portrait of Keira, a professional figure model. Usually, as I note in Creative Portraits, I prefer to use the camera to show someone's eyes when…
This is a shot of the Race Track---a dried lake bed in Death Valley---taken just as the sun was coming up. The rising sun provides a harsh side light that…
Briefly noted: This is a high-key shot of professional model Amanda, exposed without flash to take advantage of the beautiful light coming through the window.
A visit to Cuba launches you into an understanding of revolutionary and totalitarian hagiography. The likenesses of the heros of the revolution—Fidel, Che, and other less well-known revolutionary generals—are everywhere…
Sea Urchin 3, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been photographing shells such as this sea urchin for a project the last few days. My friend Steven…
Narrows, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Trudging up the Virgin Narrows light comes through the openings only briefly---creating a contrast that provides both photographic difficulties and possibilities.…
In the clear light of a November day I strode up the Virgin River in Zion National Park, Utah. The water down the Virgin Narrows ran fast and cold, and…
Sunrise, Alabama Hills, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Do you miss the colors of sunrise in this landscape shot taken in the Alabama Hills above Lone Pine,…
Beneath the Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Please join me on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 10AM PDT for an interactive webcast. There is no charge…
Improbable Stair, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I put this impossible image together using a cloudscape from the Bay area and the stairs at Scotty's Castle in…