Sunset from Sutro Baths
Sunset was spectacular here in the San Francisco Bay area yesterday. I shot west out to the Pacific Ocean from Sutro Baths, shown here with a long enough exposure (15…
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January 19, 2013
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Assembling Botanique
I am very excited that Botanique is finally becoming real. Botanique is my limited edition, handmade book of floral prints, partially funded by Kickstarter (thanks Kickstarter sponsors so much!). The…
January 17, 2013
Stanford Memorial Church
This is an HDR fisheye shot looking up at the ceiling of the Stanford Memorial Church and its rather wonderful mosaics.
January 14, 2013
Star Magnolia
This Magnolia stellata was clipped from a flowering hedge in my neighborhood that borders a major avenue and photographed for maximum translucency. It makes a great print on Kozo washi…
January 11, 2013
Ice-Nine
In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle ice-nine is a crystal with the power to freeze all life on earth, perhaps as I did with these yellow roses. Not really! Nor…
January 9, 2013
Lombard Street at night
The idea of this night shot along the famous curves of Lombard Street in San Francisco was to use my shutter speed setting creatively to get the desired effect with…
January 6, 2013
Art is where you find it
Art is where you find it. I found this light phenomenon---caused by the reflections off two parked cars---when I came out from a Costco shopping adventure with the kids. Shot…
January 3, 2013
Fireworks to greet the new year!
An expression of joy and hope with the coming of a new year can be lavish in size, or small indeed. This dandelion, shot from below and skyward, exhibits points…
January 2, 2013
Happy New Year!
My very best wishes for a happy and wonderful 2013! May you find peace, love, and magic---both in photography, and in life. I've heard the saying that if you want…
December 29, 2012
Bristlecone textures
I lead a night photography workshop in the Bristlecone Pines in the White Mountains in eastern California every year. So of course I shoot night images while I am there. But…
December 28, 2012
Patterns on my windows
Rainy season in Northern California can seem endless, and when it does rain for days the windows on the inside of my house steam up with myriad waterdrops. These droplets…
December 27, 2012
On Duxbury Reef
A monster low tide occurred at the same time as the early winter sunset. Taking advantage of this conjunction, a friend and I wandered out on Duxbury Reef. Duxbury Reef, shown in…
December 25, 2012
Seasons Greetings
Best wishes from Harold, Phyllis, and the Davis family for a happy holiday and a wonderful 2013!
December 22, 2012
Midwinter Print Fair
Come say hello to me at the Midwinter Print Fair hosted by PHOTO, Fine Art Photography in Oakland, California. I'll be there Friday, January 4 and Saturday, January 5 along with…
December 21, 2012
Emergence
The idea behind Within the Canvas (below) is to show the model emerging from a background. It is not clear where the model begins and where the model ends. Model and…
December 10, 2012
Wet Adherence
For the past several days we've had very wet and windy weather---the epitome of winter's rainy season in the San Francisco Bay area. During an interlude in this weather I…
December 5, 2012
Nicky in a fedora
We recently celebrated Nicky's eleventh birthday. The fedora hat shown in this photo was one of the birthday presents he had requested. I don't know where he gets his sense…
November 25, 2012
Light at the end of the tunnel
Often in life it's really hard to do things that matter. In The War of Art Steven Pressfield calls the force that makes accomplishment so hard resistance: "Are you are writer…
November 21, 2012