Actually, I don't really care how Pinterest plans to make money, although in the light of the rest of this story it is worth noting that Pinterest has a private…
Harold Davis’ talent as a painter is evident in this beautifully rendered photograph of the Jamaa-el-Fnaa marketplace in Marakesh, Morocco. © Harold Davis Eileen Fritsch, a writer who often covers…
The best camera to use is the one you have with you, and I pretty much always have my iPhone camera with me. My iPhone is not only a camera,…
If you are like me---and most other professional photographers that I know---you will have acquired over time an extensive collection of camera bags. Some bags fit some gear, but not other gear. Some are…
What is the worst mistake you make with a customer? Probably it is the inability to see things from the customer's viewpoint, and to only see costs and benefits from…
I have been a Flickr member for almost a decade (since 2005). According to Flickr’s dashboard, there have been more than 5,000,000 views of the 4,500+ images that I have…
I am always amazed when I start a flower photography session: no two flowers are ever the same, and there are always an infinitude of possible ways to imagine a…
It’s always fun to change things up and do new things, so from time to time on an ongoing basis I will be interviewing prominent photographers and folks involved with…
2014 has been an exciting year for me photographically, from many viewpoints, including the geographic and chronological. When I am not suffering from temporal displacement syndrome (otherwise known as jet…
It is the job of the artist to plunge into Terra Incognita. This means exploring unknown country both literally and figuratively. When artistic territory seizes to be unknown and verges…
In an earlier story illustrated with iPhone captures, I wrote: The city of Cahors in the southwest of France is a slightly gritty provincial capital—but back in the middle ages it was…
In the surprising uplands of Dordogne and Lot in the southwest of France high alkaline plateaus are bisected by deep river valleys. You'll find medieval towns and castles, with markers…
Want to be able to get the nuts and bolts of a subject and play it again as often as you'd like? Access to the following webinar recordings is available.…
Using Backgrounds and Textures with Harold Davis Webinar Recording Have you ever wanted to turn your photos into fine art design pieces? With a little bit of Photoshop know-how, a…
Please consider joining me for the opening reception for the Best of Botanicals exhibition at Photo Oakland on Saturday, June 7, 2014. Best of Botanicals is a national juried photography…
Today the city of Cahors in the southwest of France is a slightly gritty provincial capital---but back in the middle ages it was fabulously wealthy. Protected on three sides by…
Paris is a city with a tremendous and varied historical legacy from many eras. But after you are here for a while you realize that it is also constantly changing.…
An important part of the gentle art of photographic composition is to recognize that we are rendering a three-dimensional world, in part by presenting it within a two-dimensional frame. An…