Surf, Kirby Cove
Surf, Kirby Cove, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a recent overcast evening, with my guest from Finland, on a bluff above Kirby Cove, I waited for…
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June 3, 2009
Poppy Core
Poppy Core, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this poppy core handheld in my garden in the late afternoon. I used my 100mm macro lens at…
May 24, 2009
Pinhole
Pinhole, photo by Harold Davis. I took this photo of the Golden Gate with the pinhole plate attachment that is part of the Lensbaby Composer Optic Swap System. The effective…
May 23, 2009
Absence of Color
White Tulips, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed these white tulips in a crystal vase with a Lensbaby Composer. I shot it in RAW, and (obviously)…
May 16, 2009
Breaking Wave
Breaking Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I shot this photo a few years ago, obliquely facing the rugged cliffs along the outer Marin Headlands. Here's the…
May 9, 2009
Golden Gate in Black and White
We've been working on the section of The Photoshop Darkroom that treats black and white imagery, so how fitting that a client should ask for black and white images of…
May 5, 2009
Weaving
Weaving, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was taking care of Katie Rose one morning while Phyllis got the boys to school. Sitting up in Katie's little…
February 6, 2009
Black and White for the Digital Era
What is the appeal of black and white photography? After all, we see the world in color, and a gray day is emotionally perceived as depressing and monotonous. Historically, black…
January 9, 2009
Woodland Path
Woodland Path, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the slopes of Mt Tamalpais the cloud cover hung thick, but high above the sun was shining. We found…
January 2, 2009
Glory
Glory, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Crawling out of my sleeping bag to the sounds of a massive rock slide (here's the story), I found the Yosemite…
October 18, 2008
Cala Lily Flute
Cala Lily Flute, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I've been experimenting with monochrome (black and white) images of flowers and shells. These images start in…
September 12, 2008
Fog on the Headlands
Fog on the Headlands, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The other day Mark and I climbed Slacker Ridge, and watched the early evening fog pour over Marin…
August 12, 2008
Hayward Marsh in Black and White
Hayward Marsh, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a black and white version of my photo of the Hayward Marsh. I prepared the black and white…
June 5, 2008
Monochrome Shore
Monochrome Shore, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I've been thinking a good bit lately about making black and white prints from certain of my digital images. Actually,…
April 22, 2008
Nautilus in Black and White
Nautilus in Black and White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Finley Eversole contacted me for permission to use one of my chambered nautilus images in his book…
March 28, 2008