Rescued from the Mud
It's my personality for my "eyes to be bigger than my stomach," my artistic ego to be large, and my ability to say no to a possible photo nil regardless…
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October 22, 2016
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Visiting the Vatican Museum is an affair of moving with and through crowds. Most are in densely packed "schools of fish" (in tour groups). Others lumber slowly, couples or small…
October 21, 2016
Guitar Solo
From the tower hanging above the central piazza in the Tuscan hill town of Montepulciano, I heard lucid guitar chords rising on the wind. I looked down to find the musician.…
October 17, 2016
Tuscan Landscape
Rising not quite with the sun, on my way over to the breakfast room, I saw the landscape below with patches of fog, a veritable pattern of lights and darks,…
October 15, 2016
Heart of the Dolomites
The Dolomites, in northeastern Italy, are a spectacular range of pinnacles forming the southern reaches of the Alps. These mountains have characteristically grand rock formations, and if you like landscape…
October 13, 2016
Duomo di Pavia
The ancient Lombard city of Pavia lies on the Ticino River near its confluence with the Po. Pavia is about twenty miles south of Milan. A long time ago, Pavia…
October 12, 2016
Dawn on Lake Como
I've been in Italy only a couple of days, and already it seems like there have been some incredible adventures (but not much sleep). This morning I woke in the…
October 8, 2016
Pont Neuf, Toulouse
On a sunny and warm early spring day I explored Toulouse in southwestern France. Heading down to the Garonne River, I found the banks occupied by university students enjoying the…
October 2, 2016
Saint-Sulpice at Dusk
This is an image I made earlier this year outside the wonderful Saint-Sulpice in Paris as day faded to night (see this earlier story, also this one, and also this…
October 1, 2016
New Multiple Exposures with Katje
I have some new images in my Multple Exposures series, photographed in collaboration with the beautiful and intelligent model Katje Gee.
September 24, 2016
Planet of the Succulents
This is a succulent from our front porch. I brought it inside, and photographed it straight down on a black velvet background. My thought was that it looked rounded like…
September 16, 2016
Two new tote bags added to the Harold Davis Vida collection
Two new tote bags have been added to the Harold Davis Vida Collection. The Geostationary Orbit and Edge of Night tote bags are made in California. Each retails for $55.00.…
September 14, 2016
Farmhouse in Maine
This farmhouse down east in Maine struck me as quintessentially chic-shabby, or in Lewis Caroll's turn of phrase, "sweetly picturesque in rags." Not that there are any rags in view,…
September 13, 2016
San Francisco and all that Jazz!
This is an in-camera multiple exposure from Battery Spencer of the Golden Gate Bridge. There were five exposures overall. Each exposure was five seconds in duration. For the first three…
September 10, 2016
Announcing the Harold Davis Textile Collection
I've really, really wanted to create textiles from some of my floral images, so I am pleased and excited to show the Harold Davis collection of scarves and wraps (and…
September 9, 2016
Pigeon Tower
This is an image of a stone tower pigeon coup in the Lot River valley in the southwest of France. I photographed it while staying at the Mas de Garrigue…
September 6, 2016
Juxtaposition—Windows, Entrances, and Bridges
I've added a new gallery and slide show of windows, entrances, and bridges to my website. Here are two of the images from the set juxtaposed, of the Yaquina Bay Bridge…
September 1, 2016
Purple Dahlia
In what is almost a starfish of the land, this purple Dahlia is wonderfully asymmetric and spiral-like. Related image: Dahlia.
August 26, 2016