Harold Davis's Blog, page 125
August 29, 2016
Pre-order Photographer’s Black and White Handbook
Please consider pre-ordering my new book from The Monacelli Press. My book is The Photographer’s Black & White Handbook: Making and Processing Stunning Digital Black and White Photos. It’s also available for pre-order on Amazon. We have been working extremely hard on this book, with much thought, photography, and experimental monochromatic processing over the past several years, and it is truly exciting for me as it gets published!
Book description: You’ll find inspiration, ideas, techniques, and tools to use in your black and white photography, along with a soup-to-nuts workflow to take you from black and white pre-visualization through capture and post-production. Along the way you will lean over Harold’s shoulder as he travels to exciting photo destinations and creates stunning black and white imagery, explaining his creative and technical processes as he goes.
Photograph in Black & White with me: If you are interested in black & white, why not consider Black & White in San Francisco: A Weekend Workshop with Harold Davis? The dates of this workshop are Nov 19-20, 2016.
Where could be more fun to photograph in black and white than the southwest of France? If this intrigues you, please check out our April, 2017 guided destination photography workshop to rural France. Click here for the Prospectus, and here for the Reservation form.
If not now, when?
Related stories: Explore Bordeaux, Perigord, and the Dorodgne with Harold Davis; Handsome Gargoyle Devil and the Pinhole Effect; Black & White in San Francisco; Rooftops of Paris—Split-Toned Version; Traveling France with Harold (PDF download).
Pre-order Photographer’s Black and White Handbook—Early-bird discounts expiring
Please consider pre-ordering my new book from The Monacelli Press. My book is The Photographer’s Black & White Handbook: Making and Processing Stunning Digital Black and White Photos. It’s also available for pre-order on Amazon. We have been working extremely hard on this book, with much thought, photography, and experimental monochromatic processing over the past several years, and it is truly exciting for me as it gets published!
Book description: You’ll find inspiration, ideas, techniques, and tools to use in your black and white photography, along with a soup-to-nuts workflow to take you from black and white pre-visualization through capture and post-production. Along the way you will lean over Harold’s shoulder as he travels to exciting photo destinations and creates stunning black and white imagery, explaining his creative and technical processes as he goes.
Early registration discounts ending: I also wanted to alert you to several early registration discounts that are expiring this month. If you are interested in black & white, why not consider Black & White in San Francisco: A Weekend Workshop with Harold Davis? Sign-up in the next few days for this Nov 19-20, 2016 workshop to take advantage of the discount.
There is also a substantial early-registration discount available through the end of August for our April, 2017 guided destination photography workshop to rural France. Click here for the Prospectus, and here for the Reservation form.
If not now, when?
Related stories: Explore Bordeaux, Perigord, and the Dorodgne with Harold Davis; Handsome Gargoyle Devil and the Pinhole Effect; Black & White in San Francisco; Rooftops of Paris—Split-Toned Version; Traveling France with Harold (PDF download).
August 27, 2016
Rooftops of the 5th arrondissement
You’ve got to love the roofs of Paris for their variety, antiquity, and the sheer wackiness of the patterns they create!
I made this pair of images, shown here in color and black & white, in Paris this spring on a bright day with my Zeiss 135mm telephoto shooting hand held at a very fast shutter speed (1/8000 of a second) and intentionally underexposed by about 3 EVs to get more contrast. When I enlarge the images and zoom in, I can see an incredible array of details!
Some related stories and images: Rooftops of Paris (Split Toned); Manarola and the Rooftops of Paris.
August 26, 2016
Purple Dahlia
In what is almost a starfish of the land, this purple Dahlia is wonderfully asymmetric and spiral-like. Related image: Dahlia.
Purple Dahlia © Harold Davis
August 25, 2016
Metamorphosis
This is a single in-camera multiple exposure, photographed at a variety of focal lengths. The model is Sera Ferron, who you can also see in Three Poses and a Two-Fer and Fight Off Your Demons.
Metamorphosis © Harold Davis
Related image (and technique): Obeisance.
August 24, 2016
Stonington Harbor, Maine
When you saw the title of this blog story, I’ll bet you thought it would be illustrated with images of picturesque lobster boats, lobster traps, and so on. Well, there are plenty of those in Stonington, at the foot of Deer Isle, facing Penobscot Bay.
Stonington Harbor © Harold Davis
Stonington is a true working harbor, and a little off the beaten track of tourists to Acadia National Park, with an industrial-scale lobster operation. At dusk, when the tide was low, I wandered some of the rundown piers, and admired the still reflections in the waters of the Atlantic.
Pier, Stonington Harbor © Harold Davis
Setting up my tripod amid tall grass and old lobster traps, I ignored the mosquitoes buzzing my ankles, and focused on the pilings and stone walls across the inlet from Stonington’s commercial fishing pier.
August 22, 2016
Infinite Repeating Flower Pattern
Top: Photographed on a light box (FAQ, Workshops); composited with flipped mirror of itself twice to create repeating, infinite pattern. Bottom two: LAB inversions (webinar recording).
August 21, 2016
Two iPhone Floras
Succulent © Harold Davis
Air plant © Harold Davis
August 18, 2016
Dahlia Petals
Yesterday I photographed my dahlias on a literal table (the term “table-top photography” can sometimes be a bit figurative), using sunlight, a telephoto macro lens, and a low-to-the-ground tripod to make portraits of the petals.
Dahlia Petals Purple © Harold Davis
Dahlia Petals Red Yellow © Harold Davis
Dance of the Seven Dahlia Petals © Harold Davis
Are you an experienced photographer who enjoys photographing flowers? If so, you might consider my Flower Photography Intensive: 4-Day Masterclass in Flower Photography, scheduled for June 2017 in Berkeley, CA. We will explore some of the advanced nuances of light box photography for floral transparency, and work on flower photography in the field and studio. Click here for more information and registration.
August 17, 2016
Spring 2017 Destination Photo Workshop to France: early-bird discount ends soon
We have only a few spaces left in our exclusive small-group destination photo workshop to southwestern France April 22-30, 2017. $500 early-registration discount ends August 31. What are you waiting for? Click here for the Prospectus, and here for the Reservation form.
