Trifecta!
I'm really excited to have three photography books coming out in the next few months. These are very different books. The commonality is that each of the three books is…
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January 24, 2008
Myths, Metaphors, and Digital Photography
If you grant my premise that digital photography is an entirely new medium of expression, then you have to wonder about the prevalence of metaphors that use the techniques of…
June 22, 2007
Digital Night Website
It all started when I pointed my digital camera into the void of night and was surprised by the results. In apparent darkness, there's plenty of "light" we cannot see…
June 14, 2007
Living Photography
Golden Wonder, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. A Personal Statement about My Workshop For me, photography is life and life is photography. You can’t separate who you…
May 3, 2007
Photography is Poetry
Dawn Reflections in the Merced, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Photography is poetry. A movie is a story, but a photograph is a poem. Robert Frost is…
March 29, 2007
Portrait of the Artist
Papaver pistils and pollen, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. An art student named Melissa had to research an artist for a school assignment, and she chose me.…
October 24, 2006
Even the Miwok Names Are Forgotten
Yan-o-pah, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Every view in Yosemite Valley has probably been photographed, and most views more than once. The famous vistas have been photographed…
May 31, 2006
Making Money with a Photography Blog
Here's a piece I wrote about making AdSense money from a photography blog. The very short version: traffic + content + community = $$$.
March 8, 2006
Compare and Contrast
Flower Surprise, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Back when I was in high school, I was often asked to write essays that compared and contrasted two things…
December 8, 2005
Flower Like the Sun
Flower Mine, photo by Harold Davis. Click to view this photo larger! This flower photo, like an earlier Lens Baby flower photo, reminds me of hot sun held secret within…
December 7, 2005
The Fly and I
The Fly, photo by Harold Davis. Click to view this fly BIGGER It all started this morning with this fly buzzing around my work room. After I'd captured the fly,…
December 4, 2005
Bright Lights Big Leaf
Bright Lights Big Leaf, photo by Harold Davis. Click to view larger. A reader writes: Man, I love how you photograph water! And someone else asks: How do you do…
December 3, 2005
Giving Thanks
First Bridge Lights, photo by Harold Davis. Meta information: Nikon D70 Raw capture, AF-S VR-Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 200mm (200mm 35mm equivalence); tripod mounted and VR (vibration reduction) turned…
November 24, 2005
Alas for Analog
Golden Gate Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. Meta information: Nikon D70 Raw capture, AF-S VR-Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 78mm (117mm 35mm equivalence); tripod mounted and VR (vibration reduction) turned…
November 22, 2005
Shadows in the Sand
Shadow in the Sand, photo by Harold Davis. Meta data: Nikon D70 Raw capture, AF-S VR-Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 200mm (300mm 35mm equivalence). Exif: ISO 200, 1/200 second, f/9.…
November 18, 2005
Bloomin’ Bromeliads, Batman
Bloomin Bromeliad, photo by Harold Davis. Meta data: Nikon D70 Raw capture, AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 (157mm 35mm equivalence). Exif: ISO 200, 0.8 second, f/36. Focus: Manual, about 0.33…
November 17, 2005
Moon Caucus
Moon Caucus, photo by Harold Davis. I've been working on photographing the wonderful full moon we've had the last few evenings, and you'll see some of the results in this…
November 16, 2005
Mint Choc Chip
Mint Choc Chip, photo by Harold Davis. For miles I struggled, slipping on the icey green fields of mint chocolate chip ice cream. When the temperature warmed, my snow shoes…
November 15, 2005