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September 05 2008
Tioga Pass is the highest car crossing of the High Sierra. I always find the view down towards Owens Valley, Mono Lake, and the high desert awe inspiring. Tioga Pass Road at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. For this photo, I stopped at one of the… read moreSeptember 01 2008
Katie Rose's theoretical due date was a few days ago even though she was actually born in mid May. Happy Birthday Katie Rose! Katie Rose in a Pink Dress, photo by Harold Davis. The pink dress was a gift for Katie Rose from her great aunt Adelaide. Phyllis wanted a… read moreAugust 27 2008
On my way across the Tioga Pass road I stopped at Olmstead Point. I made my way out a few hundred yards, and distanced myself from the road, parking lot, and people. Then I laid my head on a rock pillow and watched the clouds hurry past. After a while,… read moreJuly 25 2008
When you use Photoshop, nothing is more important than the ability to make selections. As a simple example, when you want to make a composite by moving a person from one background onto another, you need a way to select the person---in other words, to tell Photoshop which pixels you… read moreJuly 19 2008
I'm not maintaining this photo is a piece of great art per se. But I do believe that if you want to take interesting photos you need to look with fresh eyes at the everyday things around you. We were getting the boys haircuts. At the hair cutting place I… read moreHayward Marsh in Black and White
July 15 2008
Briefly noted: This is a black and white version of my photo of the Hayward Marsh. I prepared the black and white version for an environmental magazine doing a story on marshes created using reclaimed waste water (as is the case with the Hayward Marsh, south of Oakland, California). Hayward… read moreHayward Marsh in Black and White
July 15 2008
Briefly noted: This is a black and white version of my photo of the Hayward Marsh. I prepared the black and white version for an environmental magazine doing a story on marshes created using reclaimed waste water (as is the case with the Hayward Marsh south of Oakland, California). Hayward… read moreJuly 11 2008
Here's the cover of the 7th edition of Prentice Hall's Introduction to Clinical Psychology textbook. The image is my composite of a spiral stair and a chambered nautilus shell. You can read the back story of the composite Spirals image here. Introduction to Clinical Psychology cover, image by Harold Davis.… read moreJuly 05 2008
Phyllis was kangaroo holding Katie Rose, and I thought their hands together made such a great contrast of sizes that I snapped away. Katie has come such a long way, and grown so much, but comparing mother-and-daughter hands reminds me she is still pretty small. Yesterday she gained two ounces… read moreJuly 04 2008
The Golden Gate as you've never seen it before...Now available, 100 Views of the Golden Gate by Harold Davis from Wilderness Press. These are digital photos, taking full advantage of the extraordinary light and exposure conditions of the Golden Gate. Here's the copy from the publisher's to-the-book-trade postcard advertising my… read moreJune 29 2008
We've had a couple of spells of really warm weather lately. This is an unusual pattern for the San Francisco Bay area in summer. It is well known that summer weather in San Francisco is often cold and foggy. On one of these hot and sultry summer days Mark and… read moreJune 26 2008
In November of 2007, while I was clambering around Zion Canyon at night, exploring the Wave, and getting lost in the desert, Phyllis fielded a business call from Ringing Cedars Press. Ringing Cedars is the English language publisher of a series of books by Vladimir Megré. The Ringing Cedars series… read moreJune 21 2008
The Lithographers Club of Chicago is a printing industry trade group. They selected an image of mine to use for the cover of their May/June 2008 magazine issue (the cover is shown below). Printing was contributed by Komori (they are a large manufacturer of printing presses) and demonstrates the Hexachrome… read moreJune 18 2008
Hydrangea Sheila blooms in the shade of my garden. I snipped this crown of flowers, and brought it inside to play with. The image combines two captures, both exposed for transparency, and a flatbed scan. View this image larger. [Composite image derived from Epson flatbed scanner and two Nikon D300… read moreJune 15 2008
Yesterday I got to hold Katie in the NICU. Katie Rose is looking more like a newborn baby. Katie is looking like herself. Katie is going strong and closing in on three pounds fast. View this photo larger. In the NICU, they've turned off the environmental settings in Katie's isolette… read moreAlso find Harold on:
