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Your Own Photographer’s Guide

When I first came to Vermont I wanted to reacquaint myself with the state that I had grown up exploring so I made a journal to record my travels and photographic discoveries. Everywhere I went

Two Beds of Tulips

Back at Keukenhof Gardens but without my tilt lens (I used my old standby- 24-120mm) so I cranked up my ISO to 2000 settled on a shutter speed of 1/30th and shot at f14 for

Fountain Fun

…and so while I was waiting for my crowd to assemble in Amsterdam I amused myself taking pictures of people in a fountain… …fast shutter speed, wide open, zoomed out, sitting on a park bench…

Tulips of the Netherlands

Hello from the Netherlands! I’m across ‘the pond’ on a quick vacation floating the canals of Holland. I had hoped that the tulip season would be delayed a week or so because the timing of

Uganda Update

I wanted to update all of you who have expressed interest in my recent trip to Uganda and my efforts to continue to help the people I met. More than a month has gone by

Using a Diffuser Properly

Since it is now Spring (just barely here in Vermont) I thought it would be good to write about the proper use of a diffuser. For those of you who have suffered through one of

Processing Bad Light

In my previous post I wrote about the options I use and don’t use when I am trying to photograph in less than ideal light. A vast majority of the time I just wait for

Photographing Bad Light

One of the hardest things to photograph well are dark subjects in very bright light. This is because in bright , strong light the camera’s meter is overwhelmed. It can’t handle the range from brightest

Rod Barbee Workshops

From time to time I am going to tell you about other professional photographers who are also doing photography workshops that I think are worthy of both your attention and attendance. The first pro I

Pacific Rim National Park Workshop

It is getting close to the deadline for signups for my Pacific Rim National Park workshop I do every year with my good friend Brenda Berry. The workshop is on the west coast of Vancouver

Feebe and Daniel

This is Feebe. She is 17 and she lives outside of Gulu in northern Uganda. I met Feebe when I found her waist deep in a muddy backwater trying to catch fish with a woven

What we did in Uganda

So what did we actually do in Uganda? How did we actually go about getting the images we did? I am asking this more for my own benefit, part of my decompression process, but I

About David

David Middleton is a professional outdoor photographer, teacher and writer. David has been a professional photographer for more than 30 years and has traveled extensively throughout all of the US and Canada and much of Central and South America, South and east Africa and Australia.

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