Long Exposure Waves
Now that things are opening up, I've been thinking about giving a long exposure waves workshop again. It's been several years since I've given this workshop in person and with…
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May 30, 2021
My Back Pages
I spent some time over the last few days going through my archives for 2019, and processing images that I had somehow overlooked. 2019 was, of course, the last pre-pandemic…
February 27, 2021
Waves on Drakes Beach
Today I reprocessed this image of Waves from a while back so that the photo would work for a substantial enlargement. I wanted to keep the soft quality of the…
June 13, 2019
First-Order Fresnel Lens at Point Reyes Lighthouse
This is an image of the first-order Fresnel lens inside the Point Reyes Lighthouse on the western tip of Point Reyes, California. According to the Point Reyes National Seashore website,…
June 20, 2016
In a Blue Hour
Over the weekend on Saturday I led a fun workshop sponsored by the Point Reyes Field Institute on Point Reyes photographing Waves. I had some very enthusiastic participants and I think…
December 9, 2015
Ranch on Point Reyes
On Point Reyes in the spring, I photographed the details of the deteriorating buildings in the historic (but abandoned) D Ranch. Walking back towards my car I turned and saw…
September 19, 2015
Historic D Ranch, Point Reyes
Point Reyes National Seashore is probably unique among the American National Parks in that this public land is shared with working cattle and dairy ranches. These ranches date from the…
May 19, 2015
Monterey Cypress Row on Point Reyes
On my way to teach a weekend Seascapes and Wildflowers workshop at the western tip of Point Reyes, California I stopped to photograph the well-known row of Monterey Cypress trees…
May 18, 2015
Photographing the Point Reyes boat with my iPhone and the Waterlogue app
Over the years, I have photographed the beached and slowly decaying Point Reyes trawler, located near Inverness, California, by starlight and by daylight in the afternoon. This photo was by…
April 4, 2015
Photographing Waves
Waves are a fundamental form of the universe. Light and sound come in waves. Wave formation underlies much that we know, and don't know, about the universe around us. As manifest…
December 22, 2014
Playing with my boys on Point Reyes
On the Friday of the Thanksgiving weekend I drove out with my boys---Julian, Nicky and Mathew---to Point Reyes. Nicky's friend Tamen came along too. It was a balmy, almost summer-like…
December 2, 2013
Swinging under the stars
The world's best swing is under an old oak tree on the Bolinas plateau facing the Mount Tamalpais ridge line. It is shown here under the oak tree by starlight…
July 9, 2013
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
Scale
One of the most powerful tools we have as photographers is the ability to manipulate the viewer's sense of scale. Why does this matter? When the viewer first looks at…
December 13, 2012
Harold Davis Postcard Books
We are very pleased to announce that Cameron + Company has released three postcard books of my work. Each of the three postcard books each contain twenty detachable postcards. They are…
March 15, 2012
Sunset Koan
On Christmas Day I calculated that from the summit of Wildcat Peak the sun would set directly behind the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge. This seemed like a great excuse…
December 28, 2011
Point Reyes Morning
I set out for Chimney Rock in the dark before dawn, and turned back towards the Coastguard Boathouse in time for sunrise. From above, the scene was lit with a…
May 13, 2011
Darkness and Light
Without darkness there is no light, and when things are darkest distant light seems brighter. Metaphor and solace, perhaps, for these troubled times---or at least my meditation on this "grab…
February 1, 2011