Stargazer Lilies
I photographed these Stargazer Lilies on a light box to show them on a white background. With one version (above) I added them in Photoshop to a scanned paper background.…
Passion for Flowers
A passion for flower photography is of course one of my ruling passions. What better way to show it than by photographing this Passiflora ("passion flower") from a vine outside our…
White Dahlia
Every time I am away for an extended trip Phyllis seems to embark on a home improvement project. This time, while I was in the Czech Republic and giving my…
Clematis
To photograph this Clematis Bee's Jubilee blossom, I placed it on a light box and photographed it straight down using a tripod with a Nikon D810 and my special Zeiss…
Mandalas from a Crystal Bowl
Wandering the crowded aisles of Berkeley's Urban Ore---a somewhat dodgy cross between an upscale junkyard and a down-at-the-heels flea market with an added smidgen of green ideology---with my camera and…
Preview: The Way of the Digital Photographer
I am very pleased to be able to show you a preview adapted from my new book, The Way of the Digital Photographer. In this story: a special pre-publication discount offer from…
Shell Spiral
This is a photo of a very small shell sometimes called a "Sundial" (of the architectonica genus). It is less than an inch across, and shown elsewhere on my blog…
Butterfly Totem
Butterfly Totem, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This started as a photo of a backlit butterfly on white. I then composited the butterfly with itself at a…