Special Snowflake
No, this is not really a snowflake at all. It's a macro photo of the seed pod of a Gaillardia ("blanket flower") [below] and the all 3-channels LAB inversion of the…
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June 20, 2017
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Ladybird Poppy
Yesterday was a cool Father's Day. I woke to freshly brewed coffee and cards from the kids. Then I went with Phyllis, my own wonder woman, to see the new…
June 19, 2017
This Father Gives Thanks
On this Father's Day, I want to give thanks for the miracle that is Katie Rose, and for all my kids. Thanks for my family. And thanks to all fathers who…
June 18, 2017
Son Doong Cave
The interior landscape of Son Doong Cave is ethereal and fantastic. Keep in mind that this mystical landscape is cloaked in darkness. The camera sees far more than the naked…
June 9, 2017
Shameless Quote Department
"Harold Davis is the digital black and white equal of Ansel Adams’s traditional wet photography. Adams would be awed by Davis’s work. In The Photographer’s Black and White Handbook Davis…
June 4, 2017
The Amazing World of Flowers
One of the things I love most about flower photography is that it compels one to look closely at flowers. The more you look, the more you see! What a…
May 27, 2017
Recent Flower Photos
I'm happy to take advantage of the wonderful spring flowers this year here in California, and make up for the time I was traveling with some extensive flower photography! Here…
May 25, 2017
Upcoming Flower Photography Workshop—A Few Spaces Available—Other Updates
We have only a few spaces open in my upcoming Flower Photography Intensive 4-Day Workshop here In Berkeley California coming next month, June 22-25, 2017. This will be a great time…
May 22, 2017
Home is Best…with Flower Photography
As the saying goes, "You may travel east, you may travel west, but in your heart you know home is best!" In the past two months, I have traveled east…
May 17, 2017
Pear (or Pair)
Good to be home to a land of lush florals and fruit supreme, always with anthropomorphic potential. Taking a little time to be laid back, while Phyllis and I consider…
May 16, 2017
Center of Soller
This is a color and a black & white version of the center of the town of Soller, Mallorca, Spain, seen from high up on the roof of the hotel…
May 3, 2017
Window and Door
Always nice to photograph interesting windows and doors. Window (above) photographed in the back streets of St Emilion, France. Door (below) an iPhone capture in Bordeilles, with the Waterlogue version…
April 26, 2017
iPhone Workflow in Brantome
To make these images of Brantome Abbey (above) and the so-called "dog-leg" bridge in Brantome ("dog-leg" because there is a 90 degree bend in its crossing of the Dronne River,…
April 25, 2017
Le Moulin de l’Abbaye
This is Le Moulin de l'Abbaye, the mill of the Abbey, and the hotel we will be based in Brantome, France for exploring the Dordogne countryside. Two different interpretations! Above:…
April 21, 2017
Regarding Scale and Wonderment
There's something very tricky about creating images that capture a truly vast wonder of the world such as the Grand Canyon or the Son Doong Cave. The sense of scale…
April 5, 2017
Portals
Son Doong Cave---Wind River Cave---is located in the impenetrable mountainous jungles along the old Ho Chi Minh trail on the Vietnamese side of the Vietnam-Laos border. To get to the cave,…
April 2, 2017
Long Bien Bridge
The Long Bien Bridge stretches across the Red River from Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a cantilevered iron structure designed in the studio of Gustav Eiffel. Strategically important because it connects…
March 16, 2017
Martin Then and Now
This is a photo of my wonderful father Martin Davis that I recently scanned and retouched to restore some damage. Martin thinks it was taken when he was sixteen and…
March 10, 2017