Hoan Kiem Lake
In 2017, my friend Eric and I explored Vietnam. We flew into Hanoi through Taiwan, and checked into our hotel. As we explored the bustling, steamy city, we stopped on…
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October 26, 2021
Romanesco Broccoli
Broccoli that we enjoy on our tables is the blossom of a flowering plant, and this is nowhere more apparent than with Romanesco Broccoli, shown in extreme close-up below. The…
September 29, 2021
More about seeing in Black & White
Recently I've been thinking about black and white photography. One context is the landscape of Iceland, and the relative appropriateness of color and monochrome. A comparison of black & white…
August 24, 2021
Iceland in Monochrome
There's something about the wild and stark landscapes of Iceland that compel me towards monochrome. Oh, there's plenty of color in Iceland, depending on the time and place (as examples…
August 23, 2021
Gullfoss Rift
An unusual feature of the famous and spectacular Gullfoss waterfall is that the water flow makes an almost immediate 90 degree turn to the left at the bottom of the…
July 27, 2021
Coming into Iceland
Coming into Iceland after a long-haul overnight flight, the land near the airport looked flat and green as a steady mist fell. Talking the shuttle bus in from the airport,…
July 12, 2021
The Blossfeldt Effect webinar video recording
We've posted The Blossfeldt Effect video webinar recording. Here's the description: In this unique and creative webinar, Harold starts with a look at the characteristics of a Blossfeldian composition. What…
June 21, 2021
The Blossfeldt Effect Webinar coming up on Saturday June 12
Karl Blossfeldt (1866-1932) began his career at a decorative ironwork manufacturer. He was assigned the task of creating reference botanical photographs to use for wrought iron designs. Eventually, his iconic…
June 8, 2021
Travels in the Inter-Mountain West
These are newly-processed images from travels in the inter-mountain American West in early 2020 just before the pandemic struck and we began sheltering in place. As vaccinations proceed apace, I…
March 25, 2021
Wayback Machine
Today we will journey to a labyrinth and church on the island of Gozo in the Malta archipelago, followed by the Île de la Cité along the banks of the…
March 13, 2021
From the Files
Here are two images from my files. California Live Oak (above) is from 2019, photographed in Walnut Creek, California. Arcade, Trapani (below) is from November, 2018, photographed in Trapani, a seaport…
March 11, 2021
My Back Pages
I spent some time over the last few days going through my archives for 2019, and processing images that I had somehow overlooked. 2019 was, of course, the last pre-pandemic…
February 27, 2021
Monochromatic Visions Portfolio
We're pleased to be able to offer my Monochromatic Visions Portfolio at a still fairly affordable price ($1200). There are only two portfolios left at this price. The twelve images…
February 12, 2021
Announcing new Homage to Blossfeldt limited edition prints
We're pleased to announce a new series of eight limited edition Harold Davis prints in homage to the great botanical photographic artist Karl Blossfeldt, now available for sale on Saatchi…
October 24, 2020
X-Ray Bouquet
The upper photo is an X-Ray of a bouquet of dahlias, nemesia, and kangaroo paw flowers. It was made in May, 2019 using medical x-ray equipment, and processed yesterday while…
August 20, 2020
Dancing Trees
The other day I went for a long walk in nearby Tilden Park, which lies about a mile from my home, on the farther side of the initial crest of…
June 21, 2020
High Key to Low Key and Back Again
Today Phyllis and I gave the second webinar in our black and white series. This episode showed conversion to black and white, starting from a few images that I made…
May 26, 2020
Creative Black and White Webinar, Part 2: The Assignment
I'm teaching the second live webinar in the Creative Black and White series on Tuesday, May 26 at 10am PT. Here's the registration link. I've decided to take a chance…
May 14, 2020