Ginger Leaf
On a walk around the block with the kids yesterday I saw this translucent wild ginger leaf. I snipped it, brought it home, and shot it on my lightbox. This…
Harold Davis in the News
Harold Davis in the News 2022.02.28---Tulips, sunflowers decorate two new U.S. stamps The Tulips stamp “features a luminous, almost ethereal assortment of overlapping tulips in red, orange, yellow, purple, and…
Flowering Quince on My “Bucket List”
Most photographers have bucket lists of things they'd like to photograph before they die. Flowering quince---because of the lushness of the blossoms contrasted with the sparseness of the stems--has long…
Thistle While You Workshop
Arlington Avenue is a divided street that runs a block away from my home from Marin Circle in North Berkeley to downtown Kensington, California---a quaint low-key strip that hosts a…
Floral Tapestries
To create these images, I arranged flowers on a lightbox that was proportionally much wider than it was tall. Next, I shot straight down with a macro lens, bracketing for…
HDR is technique, not style
Among the many misconceptions about HDR (High Dynamic Range) image creation is a big mistake: the belief that HDR represents a style, or a particular look. Photographers who subscribe to…
Floral Tapestry Panel
This is a panel in a "floral tapestry"---shot in several pieces using a lightbox as the background, then stitched together as a panorama. Related image and story: Making a Floral…
Glass Bead Game
One of the great things about the Crooked Creek Research Station, nestled high in a valley in a desert mountain range east of the Sierras in California, is the curatorial…