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It Starts with a Photo
Stars of Petals on Black Variation 3 © Harold Davis Actually, in this case it starts with an arrangement on my light box, and eight high-key HDR exposures recombined in Photoshop. The resulting image...
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Patterns in Paris
The common theme in these three monochromatic images taken in Paris is that they are about patterns—as seen in three dimensional architectural objects, but reduced to two apparent planes. And also...
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Looking down the frond—Been down so long it looks like up to me!
What you may find a little different about this photo of a palm frond is the viewpoint: my macro lens is looking straight down the frond, so that it looks almost like a causeway of some kind, with the...
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Death Valley Landscapes
There are few more beautiful landscapes on this good earth than Death Valley. Here are a few images from my recent visit, with the photographs emphasizing patterns and folds in the vastness of this...
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Melange of Slices
Just like the aggregation of pear slices, it is possible to create interesting melanges of all kinds of sliced fruits and vegetables. The sliced kiwi fruits (below) remind me of paper lanterns. Perhaps...
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The Beet Goes On
In parts of the Caribbean, edible root vegetables are often called “ground provisions.” Yesterday was a ground-provisions day. I primarily photographed beets and radishes. This is a continuation of my...
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Peppers and a Pear
My idea with these yellow (actually, close to orange) peppers was to create a lattice composition on the light box. The lattice should be arranged so that it had a three-dimensional look. This is...
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Ruth Asawa and my crystal ball
The other day I was introduced to the rather wonderful work of the artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013). She is perhaps best known for her intricate nature-inspired sculpture made of metal wires, many of them...
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Cymbidium Orchid and Sidewalk
The Cymbidium Orchid image is a reprocess of a 2016 light box image, with a background texture added at the behest of a client. The Cymbidium grows outdoors in our garden (as a transplanted Easterner...
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Pre-order Composition & Photography by Harold Davis
My new, upcoming book Composition & Photography: Creating Structure Using Forms and Patterns is now available for pre-order from Amazon. I am very excited about this title, which will be published...
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