Scotty’s Castle
Scotty's Castle, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: Anyone who knows me knows that I'll flip for a good spiral stair---imagine my surprise and delight in…
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November 7, 2010
Eros Art Exhibit
Kellie, photo by Harold Davis. I have nine monochromatic prints (including the image of Kellie shown above) in The Eros Show, on exhibit (and for sale) at the Arthouse Gallery…
October 21, 2010
Couch
Couch, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo shows a detail view of the leather couch in our living room. The kids love to jump on it,…
September 15, 2010
Figure Study
Figure Study, photo by Harold Davis. Briefly noted: These are fair-skinned models painted in silver and gold. Monochromatic conversion gives the impression that the skin tones are much darker than…
September 9, 2010
Sea Palms
Sea Palms, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: Another version of the Sea Palm Forest, this one processed in a Photoshop Statistics stack using only four…
August 30, 2010
Reclining Nude
These two images of the female nude are abstractions---the female forms are composed as if they were sculpture or even a still life. In the Photoshop darkroom, to create the…
August 24, 2010
Sunny Saw Up
Sunny Saw Up, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this saw blade last year at Joseph Siroker's Palo Alto studio. Our idea was to create shadows…
July 31, 2010
Apple
Apple, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Half of an apple. Simple, basic---to the core! However, an image of this apparent simplicity is often not as easy to…
July 27, 2010
The Riddle
The Riddle, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: What is the question? What is the answer? There's a story here. But it's carefully guarded by this…
July 19, 2010
Human Pretzel
Pretzel, photo by Harold Davis. Briefly noted: Merrique is a model who is very comfortable with figure work, and who is a Yoga adept. This pose may seem contorted, but…
June 25, 2010
Yosemite View
Yosemite View, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo appears in Creative Black & White: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques on pages 118-119. Here's what I wrote…
June 15, 2010
Another View of Kellie
Kellie 3, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. As promised, here's another view of Kellie---both in color (below) and after my monochromatic conversion (above). Some other stories with…
May 16, 2010
Portrait of Kellie
Portrait of Kellie - Monochrome, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I have had quite a bit of email related to my stories Kellie and Making Herself Small.…
May 12, 2010
Making Herself Small
Kellie, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I posed Kellie by asking her to make herself as small as possible (not easy for this six foot plus model).…
May 1, 2010
Kellie
Kellie in Monochrome, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Kellie is a model with an obviously attractive physique. She's also a thoughtful young woman who is an omnivorous…
April 28, 2010
Snow in the Forest
Snow in the Forest, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: On a recent trip to Yosemite, snow was falling at the foot of the John Muir…
April 25, 2010
No Take-Backs
Sheer White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Based on the responses I've got, my story in Nearly Naked Women struck a chord. People were truly worried, which…
April 12, 2010
Birth of a Frond
Unfurling, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Delicately unfurling, this young fiddlehead fern frond promises birth. Its curl is a precursor to motion, the potential energy of a…
April 8, 2010