First-Day-of-Issue Stamp Event Featuring Local Berkeley Photographer’s Images What: An unveiling event for new low-denomination stamps that feature images of flowers by Berkeley native, Harold Davis. Who: USPS Berkeley Postmaster Katrina…
When tourists are abjured in the national parks from feeding the wildlife, one slogan notes that "it's a smart bear that knows where the hotdog ends and the hand begins."…
I wanted to see how close I could get with reasonable resolution using the Leica M11 Monochrom. The upper photo of the coin is somewhere between 5:1 and 10:1, meaning…
Both images were photographed just now in my garden on the summer solstice, with the sun just setting below the horizon. I used my Leica M11 Monochrom with the Novoflex…
I've talked---and written---about designing a structure behind an apparently free-form image. With flower photography on a light box, possible forms this structure can take include a bouquet, a garden patch…
My client was a designer working on the decor for a luxurious vacation home for a well-to-do photography collector. The designer's request for the prints once the collector had selected…
Please consider joining me for an online Composition and Photography Masterclass sponsored by RockyNook. Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 10am PT; click here to register. Description: Learn the fundamentals of…
Mostly the irises in my garden have already bloomed for the year. But this one is an exception! And exceptional! I love the textures and folds in this wonderful flower.…
I'm pleased and excited to report that five new "miscellaneous" stamps of my work have been announced by The United States Post Office. The first date of issue is July…
How wonderful to come home to my garden in full bloom! Ah, but the flowers are almost overwhelming...so much color, so much growth. I am greeted by hummingbirds. They hover…
It was lightly raining, more like a heavy mist, when we visited Derreen Garden in Lauragh, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. The history of this garden is interesting. In the 1870s,…
What does County Kerry, Ireland have in common with my hometown, Berkeley in California? One thing in common is infinitely changeable weather. As in the San Francisco area, in County…
Kinard Beach is on the Dingle peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Dingle and the Dingle peninsula ares truly magical places, with frequent rain, changeable weather, and mountains slipping into the…
With so much rain the past week in the southwest of France, some of our photography has been close to "home". These are iPhone captures. The top image is of…
Traveling with a great group and guide I was able to take the time to expose a fisheye image of the ceiling of the spectacular Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi.
Take some nicely colored old buildings, add a canal or two and some reflections, and voila, you have a "little Venice". Like the one shown belowm in Castres (in southwest…
Yesterday evening I decided to leave my camera backpack in the room, and I headed out to explore Arles with one lens. This was my 35mm Zeiss f/1.4. I set…
There is something about the wisteria in the French spring that seems particularly stylish. Not that there is anything wrong with our wisteria at home. In fact, my garden has…