Playing with my boys on Point Reyes
On the Friday of the Thanksgiving weekend I drove out with my boys---Julian, Nicky and Mathew---to Point Reyes. Nicky's friend Tamen came along too. It was a balmy, almost summer-like…
Happy Fisheye Family
Every once in a while a photographic gadget comes along that is simply so silly, and such a kluge, that I have to try it! After all, photography is about…
Photographing your kids
Pity the poor children of the shoemaker---who go around perpetually down at their heels. Although photographic projects, clients, flowers and more beckon, such is not the case for my kids when it comes…
Encapsulation
When you have four kids like I do, shopping for food occurs frequently. The one thing you want to do when you take the kids into the supermarket is to…
iPhoneography
The best camera to use is the one you have with you, and the camera I have with me all the time is my iPhone. So most of the photos…
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…
Blanket DNA
Picking compulsively at his beloved blanket, Mathew leaves these microscopic skeins of fabric everywhere. He and Nicky have dubbed them "blanket DNA."
Flying Dragon
Flying Dragon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We grabbed our four kids and brought them into the controlled environment of a studio. Actually, the environment became uncontrolled…