digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
I'm off to the other coast for a while---to lead a composition workshop in Maine. Since my last trip to Japan I haven't traveled much, and have been enjoying serenity…
My Wet Poppy Bud (shown below) has been one of my most stolen images over time. It's found in some of less savory corners of the internet---inevitably without requesting permission or…
The image is a capture of the first flower from an iris bulb I planted in the spring. I think the photo makes the beautiful iris look like she is…
Back before the pandemic Moab had a silver metallic paper that I used to good effect, even though this substrate had a few drawbacks. It was difficult to handle, scratched…
Before dawn on what would become a hot, steamy Berlin summer day. We approached the Brandenburg Gate on foot, dodging multiple lines of traffic, as the sun blearily rose through…
I wanted to share a special limited-time opportunity for nature and landscape photographers. I’ve had the pleasure of teaching for Base Camp Photo Club, and for a short time, my…
The Meyer Optik Goerlitz Lydith 30mm f/3.5 lens is a modern remake of an older optical design that is known for its ability to create "soap bubble" bokeh. To create…
This has been a spring for watching my garden grow, and enjoying the beautiful shapes and colors that nature creates. It has been my great pleasure to tend the garden.…
Here's my entire series of six miscellaneous United States postage stamps, shown on a page of the current USA Philatelic Magazine. The stamps are © USPS and the images are…
I have a new, old lens. It is a Canon 50mm TV f/0.95 lens, in some circles known as the "Dream Lens" because of its dreamy bokeh at f/0.95. The…
4-cent Angel’s Trumpets Per the USPS: This 4-cent stamp follows the 2024 release of other low-denomination flower stamps: the 1-cent Fringed Tulip, 2-cent Daffodils, 3-cent Peonies, 5-cent Red Tulips and…
Please consider joining us for our new photography tour: Great Gardens of Japan: A Photographic and Botanical Journey with Harold Davis. We'll be posting a complete itinerary and opening registration…
This Japanese white pine with its imposing roots was originally a bonsai given by the 11th Tokugawa Shogun, Ienari, to the ninth lord of Takamatsu, Matsudaira Yorihiro, in Edo (Tokyo)…
Exiled to remote Shikoku, the sad samurai played the Biwa beneath this waterfall in melancholy melodies of their distant home.
Creating Compelling Compositions Masterclass is an online workshop I will be giving on December 15, 2025 at 10am PT. Click here to register. My workshop is sponsored by The Nook, and…
The other day I set out to create a mandala using flower petals on my light box. The mandala uses petals that I plucked from alstroemeria, with the center formed…
I had great fun yesterday photographing a rose in my garden after an overnight shower. In the morning, the rose had wonderful, small water drops on its petals. I used…