From Heaven to Hell
Poet William Blake wrote about building a Hell in Heaven's despite, and the cognitive dissonance of traveling in Japan often put me in mind of this poem of Blake's (which also…
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September 4, 2015
Long Live Blur!
Much of the time we photographers are concerned with sharpness---how to make a photo that is "tack sharp," how to manage depth-of-field (or even how to focus stack), how to…
September 3, 2015
Denali, the Great One, Alaska by Harold Davis
The long overdue official renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali, Alaska, and the resulting outcry from the State of Ohio (the birthplace of President McKinley), puts me in mind of my…
September 1, 2015
Lumiere Fillagree
This is a combination of two hand-held shots. The carousel in the foreground was photographed at 3 seconds and f/22 at ISO 64. The three second exposure produced the filigree effect.…
August 31, 2015
Beneath the Pont de la Concorde
The modernism of the underpinnings of this bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France belies the ornate fancifulness of the bridge from above. This is one of the joys of…
August 30, 2015
Special Print Offer: Kiss from a Rose
Special Print Offer: Kiss from a Rose by Harold Davis on Moab Juniper Baryta I am offering a limited-time print special: my Kiss from a Rose, shown below, printed at roughly 11"…
August 29, 2015
Simulating a Calotype Glass Negative Print
The underlying photography in this image consists of two photographs of trees reflected in a puddle that I made in the Parc de Sceaux in suburban Paris, France with the…
August 28, 2015
Sunflowers and Friends
Sunflowers and Friends is a light box bracketed high-key sequence combined in Photoshop. The sunflowers, echinacea, and other flowers are from our garden, and shown in In the field for transparency…
August 27, 2015
Unmade Bed in homage to Lilo Raymond
My friend and mentor Lilo Raymond died a few years ago. Lilo was a wonderful photographer with a wonderful eye, who fled from the Nazis as a youth and ended…
August 26, 2015
I can only give my heart
Words have a place as a companion to photography, as titles, in captions, in statements, and in books that combine words and imagery. It's often a useful exercise to attempt…
August 25, 2015
Happy Birthday Mom
The other day we celebrated my Mom's 86th birthday. My Mom, Virginia Davis, is a working artist, deeply interested in the textiles and art of Mexico. So it seems appropriate that…
August 24, 2015
In the field for transparency
One interesting point that often comes up in my Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshops (such as the recent one I gave at Maine Media) is whether the techniques I teach…
August 23, 2015
Come with me to Italy this autumn!
I am leading a small group of photographers to Italy for two full weeks at the end of October (15 days and 14 nights beginning October 28, 2015). We will…
August 22, 2015
Harold Davis Photo wrongly attributed as Georgia O’Keeffe painting; special print offer
I am always amused, flattered, and slightly aghast when one of my photos turns up as a Georgia O'Keeffe painting. This happens most often with Kiss from a Rose (shown below).…
August 20, 2015
Steven Pressfield on Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer
I sent Steven Pressfield, the author of The War of Art, a copy of my new book Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer: A Photographer's Creative Companion and Workbook. Steve…
August 19, 2015
Old Train Bridge
I photographed this old train bridge in Maine, with the idea of extending the apparent length of the bridge visually as far as I could. To achieve this goal in…
August 17, 2015
Reflections in a Maine Pond
"To be calm, to be serene! There is the calmness of the lake when there is not a breath of wind. . . . So it is with us. Sometimes…
August 16, 2015