Pastimes, Enoshima, Japan, July 2009

Diversions, Enoshima, Japan, July 2009

Mystery, Enoshima, Japan, July 2009

From a day trip in Enoshima, Japan, a center of beach culture near Tokyo and Yokohama; the kitsch, bored surfers and methods of separating people from money are the same as any beach area in any country, but Enoshima has been a resort town for hundreds of years, so the kitsch is hardly new…

Without | Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Sacramento, California | Jan 2009

My comment on David duChemin’s post, Postcard from Cairo:

The heartfelt transparency is why I keep reading; it’s tough on writers but gold for readers.

duChemin is a great example of a photographer who has learned how to connect with his audience using online tools by creating authentic context.

Buy this print: Click here to buy this image printed (or printed and framed), through ImageKind.

Blind | Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Sacramento, California | Jan 2009

Obscured | Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Sacramento, California | Jan 2009

Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, north of Sacramento, California; wandering a wildlife area with a group of people to make images of everything but people or wildlife.

Why do I shoot what I shoot?

Via Rob Haggart,

“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.”

- Garry Winogrand

My comment on the post in reply to a comment about “shooting what you see”,

I also “shoot what I see”, but I switch between using it defiantly (a declaration of my style) and meekly (an excuse for what I shoot).

It’s an unresolved conflict; maybe that’s the point?

Joshua Tree in the snow from Taylor Davidson on Vimeo.

Paul Ho-On reminded me that I haven’t done any videos from my trip; simply slipped my mind. Today seemed like a good day to get back on track.

Joshua Tree National Park in the California desert doesn’t usually get snow; in fact the average annual precipitation is only about 4 inches (my mistake on the video) and the last real snow that Joshua Tree got was in 2004, according to the park rangers.

But I was lucky to get the opportunity to see Joshua Tree in a very different light: click here to view a set of pictures from Joshua Tree on TaylorDavidson.com.