I will be leading a Composition & Photography field workshop in beautiful and scenic mid-coast Maine from Monday August 17 - Friday August 21, 2026 at Maine Media Workshops (one…
Before dawn on what would become a hot, steamy Berlin summer day. We approached the Brandenburg Gate on foot, dodging multiple lines of traffic, as the sun blearily rose through…
I wanted to share a special limited-time opportunity for nature and landscape photographers. I’ve had the pleasure of teaching for Base Camp Photo Club, and for a short time, my…
The Meyer Optik Goerlitz Lydith 30mm f/3.5 lens is a modern remake of an older optical design that is known for its ability to create "soap bubble" bokeh. To create…
Serenity for me is often found in a garden. There's a different way of being when I spend slow time around plants and flowers. My mind enters into a state…
This has been a spring for watching my garden grow, and enjoying the beautiful shapes and colors that nature creates. It has been my great pleasure to tend the garden.…
Base Camp welcomes Harold Davis for Intimate Flowers: Exploring Macro Photography on Feb 25, 2026 When and where: Online on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 4pm PT (7pm ET). Click…
Here's my entire series of six miscellaneous United States postage stamps, shown on a page of the current USA Philatelic Magazine. The stamps are © USPS and the images are…
I have a new, old lens. It is a Canon 50mm TV f/0.95 lens, in some circles known as the "Dream Lens" because of its dreamy bokeh at f/0.95. The…
Great Gardens of Japan: A Photographic and Botanical Journey with Harold Davis Monday, November 9 to Saturday, November 21, 2026 --- 13 days and 12 nights Click here for a…
This year saw the extensive renovation of our back garden with addition of elegant stone walls, a water feature, and many specimen plants. I made two extended photography trips to…
4-cent Angel’s Trumpets Per the USPS: This 4-cent stamp follows the 2024 release of other low-denomination flower stamps: the 1-cent Fringed Tulip, 2-cent Daffodils, 3-cent Peonies, 5-cent Red Tulips and…
Please consider joining us for our new photography tour: Great Gardens of Japan: A Photographic and Botanical Journey with Harold Davis. We'll be posting a complete itinerary and opening registration…
The Japanese maples in autumn are in all their fiery beauty. Wandering around Kyoto with my camera I felt the need to write poetry. Hence these two haiku, the form…
Saihoji, the serene Zen moss garden in Kyoto, is known—-as you’d expect—-for moss. The Japanese Maples in the garden are also wonderful, and beautifully tended. Here are two photos showing…
This Japanese white pine with its imposing roots was originally a bonsai given by the 11th Tokugawa Shogun, Ienari, to the ninth lord of Takamatsu, Matsudaira Yorihiro, in Edo (Tokyo)…
Exiled to remote Shikoku, the sad samurai played the Biwa beneath this waterfall in melancholy melodies of their distant home.