Professional Model Professional Model, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In Cuba, posing for tourist photos is a desirable profession—and a good way to get convertible pesos. All it takes is to be “sweetly picturesque in rags” and official permision. The government license comes with a ...

Museo de la Revolucion Museo de la Revolucion, formerly the Presidential Palace. View this image larger. Prologue to a Revolution On a humid and unseasonably hot day in March of 1957, forty-two men armed with sub-machine guns, carbines and automatic pistols crammed into the back of a small delivery ...

Creative Close-Ups Creative Close-Ups, photo by Harold Davis. In keeping with recent family tradition, Katie Rose is shown here photographed with Creative Close-Ups: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques, which is now shipping. Earlier I showed Katie with Creative Night, Creative Composition, and ...

Havana Panorama Havana Panorama, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a panoramic view of Havana and its harbor taken from the huge statue of Jesus that overlooks the city. I stitched together 18 captures using Photomerge in Photoshop CS4 to create this panorama. The level of detail ...

Milk Scam Milk Scam, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Across the street from the Cuban capitolio nacional under a dark and crumbling arcade a mother and two daughters watched me. She asked me if I wanted to take their photo. I wasn’t very interested, but snapped a few frames to be polite. ...

Capitolio Nacional Capitolio Nacional, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The dome of the capitolio nacional is a landmark that can be seen from many parts of Havana, Cuba. The building sits between Centro Habana and Habana Vieja (the partially restored old city). The area immediately surrounding ...

Back Stair Back Stair, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a back staircase in the rundown Palacio Ferrer in Cienfuegos, Cuba. Built by sugar baron Jose Ferrer Sires, the Palacio housed one of the leading families of Cuba’s colonial sugar oligarchy in great style. Today the dilapidated ...

El Malecon El Malecon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Night comes to El Malecon, the boulevard that runs along the ocean. Old Havana glimmers in the distance. Soft light and surf spray in the air soften decrepitude. Lovers meet, music plays. You’d never know this isn’t the good life. ...

Light Painting Pas de Deux Light Painting Pas de Deux, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Painting with light is a great deal of fun. You can do it anywhere. A darkened room will work, as will the night itself. These two shots were taken at a recent night photo workshop I gave on Point Reyes. ...

Dahlia in Decay Dahlia in Decay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Like people, flowers are beautiful even when imperfect. Perhaps particularly when they are imperfect. If you search for a perfect version of a flower or a person, then you substitute shallowness and ephemeral beauty for ...