Harold Davis's Blog, page 36

Monochromatic Visions Portfolio: Video

Monochromatic Visions is a limited edition portfolio of twelve black & white prints. You can find out more about Monochromatic Visions, including current edition and pricing information, by clicking here.

Can’t view this video? Check it out on YouTube. Click here for more information about our artist books and portfolios.

Iceland Photo Adventure with Harold Davis this July! Yes!

Please consider joining me for a photography adventure this July in Iceland. I’ll be posting full details soon, but here’s the gist (below the photo). Note that this is an extremely small group size, and there seems to be a great deal of interest, so if you think you want to come drop us an email right away!

Photo credit: Iurie Belegurschi / Iceland Photo Tours

Trip dates: July 14-25, 2021 (Twelve days and eleven nights)Size: Minimum 6, Maximum 8Vaccination: The Icelandic government will require proof of Covid-19 vaccination (we will need to see this for registration)Itinerary: We will combine a visit to the remote summer Highlands with touring the Ring Route waterfalls and other attractions. Day-by-day details are in the full trip description to follow.Volcano: This cannot be guaranteed, but we are planning an optional aerial helicopter photo session of Mount Fagradalsfjall (which started erupting in March!)Inclusions: Professional photo local guide, working with Harold, transportation in a comfortable vehicle, accommodation in hotels and guesthouses (rooms with private bathrooms), and all meals. Detailed inclusions and exclusions are in the full trip description to follow.Cost: $8,995 per person. Single supplement is $1,100. Optional helicopter photography of the volcano is $1,250 additional per person. $1,000 deposit required for reservation, with balance due May 15, 2021.

Click here for the Reservation form! Full trip description and details to come soon.

Thanks for giving this exciting photography adventure your consideration. I hope you decide to join me!

 

Photo credit: Iurie Belegurschi / Iceland Photo Tours

 

Serenity

Happy to recently process this Study in Blue, photographed a while ago at Crater Lake, Oregon. This early morning image gives me a feeling of peace and serenity.

Serenity © Harold Davis

Night Photo Webinar Contribution to Alameda County Community Food Bank

Special thanks to Jeff Sullivan and the attendees of our Night Photography webinar yesterday! Thanks to you, we were able to contribute $972.57 to Alameda County Community Food Bank. According to their website, every $1.00 contributed to this organization results in seven times the amount donated in food given away. So that is quite a bit of food in these times that are so tough for so many!

We’ll be posting the recording of the event once it has been processed. Click here for the listing of our webinar video recordings, and here for our upcoming schedule.

Heidelberg at Night © Harold Davis

Two More NFTs

Today I minted two new NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Unlike my previous two, which were unique moving GIFs (not part of an edition), these are monochromatic “fine-art” images minted from JPEGs: Eiffel Tower and Paris, France and Wreck of the Point Reyes, California. 

Each is in an edition of three NFTs. There’s no lower limit, meaning you can bid anything you want, however small the amount (provided your bid is in Ethereum!). And there’s no “Buy It Now!” price set at which the NFT will automatically sell. By the way, I am probably open to getting this ball rolling by accepting almost any bid. For now, that is—later I am expecting these NFTs to do wonders for my digital currency account! LOL.

Check out Eiffel Tower and Paris, France on Rarible, and on OpenSea.

Eiffel Tower and Paris, France © Harold Davis

Check out Wreck of the Point Reyes, California on Rarible, and on OpenSea.

Wreck of the Point Reyes, California © Harold Davis

Botanique—Watch the Video!

Botanique is my handmade limited edition artist book of botanical prints. You can find out more about Botanique, including current edition and pricing information, by clicking here.

https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Botanique-r-encoded.mp4

Can’t view this video? Check it out on YouTube. Click here for more information about our artist books and portfolios.

Night Photography Webinar Panel on Saturday, April 3, 2021

Please consider joining us this Saturday April 3, 2021 at 11am PT for a night photography webinar. This panel session will present work by accomplished night photographers Steven Christenson and Jeff Sullivan.

I’ll be showing some of my own work, with a look at my urban night photography from around the world and other work that uses long-exposure techniques, as well as dark skies and star circles in nature.

The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion in which the photographers will discuss how they approach night photography, as well as their future plans.

All proceeds will benefit the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

Click here to register for the Night Photography Webinar, here for more information, and here for our scheduled Workshops & Events.

Edge of Night © Harold Davis

I Have Minted Two NFTs

I have “minted” two NFTs—non-fungible tokens. To break this down a little further, to mint an asset such as a digital file means to place it on the blockchain. Placing the asset—the NFT—on the blockchain also generally means in the case of digital art to associate it with ability to buy and sell it using cryptocurrency, most often with digital art, Ethereum. 

Just saying, you can make NFTs out of things that have nothing to do with art. Just saying, a JPEG file minted into an NFT recently sold for $69 Million via the Christie’s Auction House. Just saying, what can you do with this thing besides buying and selling it (you can’t hang it on your wall)?

My first NFT is Petal Pushing, a GIF file. The description reads “This is a hand-created artisinal GIF file forged in Photoshop from a series of LAB L-channel inversion light box petal images by free-range artist and photographer Harold Davis.” The “Buy It Now” price is 0.5 Ethereum (or about $850 at today’s exchange rate). You can check it out here on Rarible, and here on OpenSea.

Petal Pushing © Harold Davis

My second NFT is Harold Davis—Petal Circles.gif, another GIF file. The description reads “This is a hand-created artisinal GIF file forged in Photoshop from a series of  light box petal images by artist and photographer Harold Davis.” The “Buy It Now” price is one Ethereum (or about $1700 at today’s exchange rate). You can check it out here on Rarible, and here on OpenSea.

Harold Davis—Petal-Circles.gif © Harold Davis

They are such a bargain, compared to $69 Million at least. Just saying. And just to be clear, what are you buying? You can’t put it on the wall. You are buying the one minted copy, but it can still be digitally copied and displayed. And, you are not buying my copyright in the image or its components. So, this is literally a trading vehicle—which can be said for some art editions, and some original art, as well!

More thoughtfully, I did have a few minutes back in the 2000 aughts when I was just starting as a digital artist and photographer when I considered whether there really was a reason to make a physical manifestation of an image. Then I fell in love with physical printmaking, making books, and all the old-fashioned stuff. 

Phyllis came over to my work station as I was going through the software gyrations to load up my digital wallet with Ethereum and pay for the “minting.” She said, and I quote, “Just what do you think you are doing?”

She has a point. But I’m going to stick with it a bit, and so far have enjoyed my first venture on the blockchain, with cybercurrency, and with minting NFTs.

Get creative in this photo challenge with Harold Davis [Free]

PHOTO CHALLENGE

Photography on Black with Harold Davis

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 at 2:00 pm CT
FREE! Click here to register.Knowing a variety of techniques to work with gives you the power to be more creative. Join Harold Davis as he shows you how to create low-key HDR images using a black velvet or other dark background. His demonstration will emphasize photography of floral subjects and various background possibilities, plus post-processing tips to create beautiful effects that almost seem like light painting. Afterwards you’ll get a fun photo challenge to put Harold’s ideas into practice, plus an invitation to share your results in the community.

Click here to register for this FREE live webinar. Be sure to forward this email to invite your friends!

Space is limited. If you are unable to join us live, a recording will be available.  If you would like to participate in the photo challenge and be part of the discussion in our community you need to be registered for Out of Chicago LIVE!

 [image error]Harold Davis is an internationally known photographer and a sought-after workshop leader. Harold’s most recent book is Creative Garden Photography, published by Rocky Nook. His prints are widely collected. He is the developer of a unique technique for photographing flowers for transparency, a Moab Master, and a Zeiss Ambassador. Learn more.

Travels in the Inter-Mountain West

These are newly-processed images from travels in the inter-mountain American West in early 2020 just before the pandemic struck and we began sheltering in place.

As vaccinations proceed apace, I am looking forward to traveling with my camera again soon!

Old Tree © Harold Davis

Colorado River © Harold Davis

Death Valley Landscape © Harold Davis