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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Under the Yaquina Bay Bridge has become, somewhat to my surprise, one of my iconic images in the sense that there have been quite a few prints sales, image licenses…
Sometimes an image is simply about a point, or a line. In this high-key image across the Bay on an overcast day, I created an image of a train bridge…