digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
© Harold Davis
When and where: November 6-19, 2024; the adventure begins in Osaka and ends in Kyoto, Japan. Group Size: This is an exclusive, small photo workshop (non-photographer significant others are also…
Flower Magic © Harold Davis
Well, flowers are magical. So is nature, and so are people. Of course, with light comes darkness, and without the contrast we would not grasp the magic of the moment…
Eye of the Artist © Harold Davis
Following an appointment at the eye doctor with the usual ocular poking and prodding, I came home inspired to create another composite image based on the photo of my eye!
Aye Tondo © Harold Davis
Here are two more Photoshop composites (I call these "Impossible Images") based on the photo of my left eye!
Irises and Red Tulips © Harold Davis
Sometimes a limited palette of colors can actually seem more colorful than a full spectrum of rainbow colors. As a case in point, consider these two compositions, limited to a…
Davis Family
In December 2023, with Mathew home from college, we engaged portrait photographer Nan Phelps to make a family photo of the six of us. Nan worked the old-fashioned way: with…
New Year's Dragon on Black © Harold Davis
In honor of the quickly approaching Year of the Dragon, and since I am a "golden Dragon," I thought it would be fun and appropriate to post some of my…
Eye (I) Spy © Harold Davis
I was walking north from the Oculus in downtown Manhattan along West Broadway. Back in the day, when I lived and worked out of my studio at 18th Street and…
Rhapsody in Tulip © Harold Davis
Rhapsody in Tulip is my last 2023 image in the Artfully Random series. As I look back, this image speaks to me with its sense of color and rhythm: a…
Rose Study #42 © Harold Davis
A bouquet of luscious white roses came home one day. The interior curves of these roses attracted me with their grace and serenity, and I decided to photograph them close-up…
Iris Window © Harold Davis
I have been photographing Irises close-up and personal. Irises are wonderful flowers, and I come back to them quite a bit. With these images, I used a simple setup with…
Nurture your creative garden and watch it bloom in 2024! With best wishes for the New Year from our family to yours. I am a realistic person, and I do…
Hollyhock Lace © Harold Davis
"Lace" in this case seems to have been formed by the operations of time and small insects. Then again, beauty is where you find it. But with this composition there…
© Harold Davis
I've written about looking through my viewfinder with a macro lens on the camera and navigating a new country. The topography and contours of this "country" are unknown, and it…
I've been looking through and re-photographing old family photos because I am putting together a visual presentation for the memorial event for my parents Martin and Virginia Davis coming up…
Osaka Castle © Harold Davis
I think that "subversive metaphoto" is a mouthful, but I kind of like the phrase. Ponderous? Sure. Pretentious? Double sure. But here's the thing. I spend much time thinking on…
Curtain Study © Harold Davis
If you would like to attend the special event remembering my father Martin Davis remotely via Zoom, please register using this link. The event is scheduled for Friday, January 26,…
Mandala (White) © Harold Davis
Thank you to everyone who contributed, attended, and helped get the word out about today's Photographing Flowers for Transparency webinar benefiting Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Phyllis and I…