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Sushi Made by Harold
Sushi I Made © Harold Davis

Sushi Made by Harold

I had a lesson in making Temari sushi at In Kenazawa House. This kind of sushi is a specialty of the Kenazawa region, and based on small, round balls that…

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Cloud Spiral
© Harold Davis

Cloud Spiral

Yesterday was a day for meditation. First up: Gathering the raw materials (see image at bottom). With several bunches of alstroemeria ("Peruvian Lilies"), I harvested the petals from the blossoms,…

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Butterfly Ranunculus
Butterfly Ranunculus © Harold Davis

Butterfly Ranunculus

I've been working to upgrade the plumbing at the backend of my website, not (I must say) particularly out of desire to do this kind of task. Although there is…

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Is this me?
Harold Davis by Nan Phelps

Is this me?

I am very pleased with a new portrait of me made by Nan Phelps. This is a square image created on black-and-white film using a medium format camera, so you…

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Shadowland
Gangway Shadow, Maine © Harold Davis

Shadowland

Shadows can play a big role in monochromatic photography. If you are interested in making compelling black and white images consider the important role that shadows play in this kind…

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Jewel of the Prairie
Grinnell, Iowa © Harold Davis

Jewel of the Prairie

On my way back from teaching Composition & Photography in Maine, I met Phyllis and our son Mathew in Iowa, where we spent the better part of a week while…

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What’s the Maine Thing?
Train Bridge, Maine © Harold Davis

What’s the Maine Thing?

When I was young, my parents, my brother and I traveled with Raymond Smullyan. Raymond was a mathematician, logician, writer, classical musician, and---most important from my child's eyes perspective---a magician…

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Pretty in Pink
Sunflowers in the Pink © Harold Davis

Pretty in Pink

With all the fuss about the recent Barbie movie, I decided to photograph a field of flowers in the key of pink. As pink as all these flowers could be,…

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Artfully Random
Glory of the Garden 3 © Harold Davis

Artfully Random

I've stumbled into a new series of flower images. These images have in common the appearance of "artful randomness." They are supposed to seem casual and minimally arranged. But the…

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Joy of the World in Flowers!
Wilder Shores of Love 2 © Harold Davis

Joy of the World in Flowers!

Having a number of teenagers and twenty-somethings in the house exposes me to some (understandable) pessimism about life, society, and the future. These are indeed strange times. We---and our kids---have…

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Glory of the Garden
Glory of the Garden © Harold Davis

Glory of the Garden

How wonderful to be photographing flowers from my garden at this time of year when the world comes to life and all the colors glow and are so glorious!

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