Oreo with a Sparkle
Oreo, photo by Harold Davis. Photography is a way to eat one's cookie and have it, too!
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November 15, 2005
Equivalents
Sunset Clouds, photo by Harold Davis. Photographer Alfred Steiglitz called his famous series of cloud photos "equivalents"--meaning, as far as I can tell, that the cloud subject material was not…
November 13, 2005
Happy Halloween 2005, Jolly Pirates!
Jolly Pirates, photo by Harold Davis. Happy halloween 2005, jolly pirates, bumble bee and all other revellers! Halloween is a pretty quiet, family event in our neighborhood. The teenagers mostly…
November 1, 2005
Should I Buy a Canon or a Nikon?
Digital Fisheye Universe, photo by Harold Davis. I often get questions from readers about what digital cameras they should buy. There's no one answer, of course. It depends on many…
October 31, 2005
Devil Truck
Devil Truck, photo by Harold Davis. This truck was apparently delivering bottles of Coca Cola when it was hijacked by the devil along with assorted cronies, ghouls, and demons. Very…
October 30, 2005
Digital Photography Cyborg
I like saying that digital photography is a cyborg: one part photography and one part computer. To be a good digital photographer, you should be skilled at both parts of…
October 27, 2005
Road Trip Wrap-Up
Road Trip, photo by Harold Davis. If you've been reading my blog, you know that lately I've been to some lonely and lovely places that are surprisingly near to where…
October 20, 2005
Death Valley Sunrise
Death Valley Sunrise 2, photo by Harold Davis. After photographing sunset at Rhyolite, I spent the night in a motel-casino in Beatty, Nevada. This motel-casino was truly a disturbing place,…
October 17, 2005
Rhyolite and Ozymandias
Rhyolite Under Moon, photo by Harold Davis. Rhyolite is a ghost town at the eastern entrance to Death Valley. (View a map of the area towards the bottom of my…
October 17, 2005
Seeking Methuselah
Endurance, photo by Harold Davis. Bristlecone Pines are the oldest living things in the world, and the largest group of Bristlcone Pines are high in the White Mountains on the…
October 17, 2005
Beyond Westgard Pass
Westgard Pass, photo by Harold Davis. Westgard Pass lies on lonely Route 168 between Big Pine and the great open desert country of basins, ranges, and valleys. (View a map…
October 16, 2005
The Deepest Valley
Owens River Gorge, photo by Harold Davis. After reluctantly leaving Hot Creek, I headed down Route 395 into Owens Valley. (View road map of my route here.) Between the Sierra…
October 15, 2005
Risk Management
Hot Creek, photo by Harold Davis. Hot Creek is a cold mountain stream flowing out of the eastern Sierra. Intense volcanic activity makes eddies of hot, bathable water in the…
October 14, 2005
The Hitchhiking Millionaire
Reflections, photo by Harold Davis. Leaving the waterfalls of Yosemite behind, I continued with my trip. The sun was just reaching the trees, as in this picture, when I drove…
October 14, 2005
There and Back Again!
Yosemite Autumn, photo by Harold Davis. I'm just back from a week trip to the mountains and the desert. Phyllis is a saint and took care of the three kids…
October 11, 2005
Oh Cecil, We Hardly Knew Ye!
Cecil Bruner Rose, photo by Harold Davis. This is a Cecil Bruner rose from my planting of about five or six years ago. What turns out is that Cecil Bruners…
September 24, 2005
Phinding Photos in my Pholders
Pale Rose, photo by Harold Davis. I've been rationalizing the organization of the my photos. This is nothing radical. The problem is that the software that comes with my various…
September 4, 2005
Albany Waterfront Trail
San Francisco Bay, photo by Harold Davis. This photo is a view of the San Francisco Bay from the Albany Waterfront Trail. What a weird place the Albany Waterfront Trail…
September 2, 2005