White Rose
When I saw this white rose, I wanted to contrast the spiral center with its clear delineations and the softness of the outer petals. I used a Lensbaby 85mm Velvet,…
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January 7, 2020
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
First Flowers of the Decade
First and foremost, we enjoyed the pale orange and white roses with the coming of the New Year. Next, I photographed petals close-up (these are still to come as I…
January 4, 2020
Happy New Year!
Click here for my Workshops & Events; here for my Best of 2019; here for my blog; and here for a link to my reflections on my life in and…
December 31, 2019
Updates to My 2019 Best; Happy New Year!
I've updated my self-selected 2019 Best of Harold Davis selection with a few new images. These were either photographed or processed after I initially compiled the list. Since the selection…
December 29, 2019
Print Sold: San Francisco Moonrise
I'm happy to have sold a print of my San Francisco Moonrise to a collector particularly interested in local (San Francisco) imagery. By the way, a color version of this image…
December 28, 2019
Greetings of the Season!
Best wishes from my family to you and yours for a wondrous and happy holiday!
December 24, 2019
Japanese Monastery Courtyard
This is a photograph of the garden courtyard of a Shikubu (guesthouse) in a monastery in Mt Koya Japan in autumn. There's no place like Japan, and when I am…
December 22, 2019
Accessing the Goddess
Perhaps she is the goddess of ballet, or another deity such as Ambika, ferocious with her many arms on the back of a tiger, or Kamala, seated on a lotus…
December 15, 2019
Harold Davis—Best of 2019
The journey continues! 2019 was an exciting year for art, photography, books, teaching workshops, and travel. Abroad, I walked another pilgrimage trail; this time from Tui, on the River Minho…
December 11, 2019
Flower Magic
This is a light box image of sunflowers, tulips, and irises, with bamboo cut from the neighborhood. Click here for an FAQ about my techniques for photographing flowers for transparency,…
November 29, 2019
Mandala with Starfish
I've been experimenting with creating light box mandalas that include seemingly unlikely objects, particularly as the central element. Last week I built the mandala around a succulent plant. Along with…
November 28, 2019
Untitled In-Camera Multiple Exposure
I'm back at the in-camera Multiple Exposures. This one can be visually interpreted in a number of ways if you don't look too closely, as is the case for many…
November 23, 2019
My life story in and out of photography along my road less traveled
In Guest Blog Post: Photographer as Poet Harold Davis I write that selfies are silly and that photography is poetry. I also tell some of my life story in and…
November 20, 2019
Wreath
A good time of year for wreaths, this is a not-quite-Thanksgiving wreath slash mandala in California style with a succulent in the center and autumn grasses arranged symmetrically around the…
November 18, 2019
Trio of Prints Sold: Sometimes Simplicity Is Best
I'm very happy to have sold a trio of lightly sepia-toned monochromatic prints on Moab Juniper Baryta to a collector. In garden photography, sometimes simplicity is the point. I made…
November 12, 2019
Tracking the Curls
I don't know how to keep track of the curls any more. Maybe the best way is to run a train track through the curls in the two-dimensional substrate. Any…
November 8, 2019
Print Sold
I am grateful to a longtime collector and friend who recently purchased this print on Moab Juniper Baryta of my Through the Rabbit Hole. Most of my images are available…
November 6, 2019
End of Days
Soon the hot wind from on high is among us, and we feel the devil's riding crop. What unknown blasts fuel the motion of an already unstable and pockmarked sphere?…
November 5, 2019