On Becoming a Pro
November 8, 2008
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Old Friends
So here is the result of all that scanning that was done by the Scan Cafe- I found many of my old friends! Images that I hadn’t seen in many years that used to be
Workshop Schedule
David Middleton’s 2012 Photography Workshop Schedule Available Light Travel Photography March 28th – April 1st Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe Workshops: www.santafeworkshops.com/photography-workshops This is a practical workshop on how to take beautiful travel
Scanning Images
I wanted to report on my experience of sending slides off to a remote company to have them scanned. I have 100,000 slides in my office and since I haven’t used them or even looked
A Gift for You
Tis the season, the season to look back and take stock of the year past as we look forward to the year to come. And I have had a year that requires much looking back
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays to Everyone Wide and Far!!!! May your f-stops be plentiful, your shutter speeds accurate and your ISO noise-free! And may you have the courage to try something completely different this year
Try it you might like it
Change “Change is a tonic.” Boy, I wish I had written that. But, I didn’t. Just another example of the many pithy things my small but perfectly formed brain has missed. It was written by
Shooting and Thinking Like a Pro
The hardest part of the class, Shooting and Thinking like a Pro, that I teach with Scott Rouse and Jeff Wendorff is coming up with a title that captures everything that we do in the
Wintery Photography
Tis the season for many of us to go out into the elements and photograph snowy winter scenes. I have done this for years and for many of them I was often disappointed with the
Tofino Workshop 2012!
Mark your calendars now for May 8-13, 2012 and check the airline websites- its time to start think about joining Brenda Berry and me in Tofino, British Columbia for a spectacular photographic workshop on the
A new workshop!
I have decided to offer a new workshop in 2012- Available Light Travel Photography- through the Santa Fe Workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The workshop will start Wednesday March 28 and go to Sunday,
New Zealand!
For the last three weeks I have been touring New Zealand on an end of the year holiday. Just the two of us, no rushing around, no big objectives, no projects to work on, just
Maine Pic
Okay, not spectacular and pretty nice. Shot on a rainy day in late October. It will be a nice splash of color for the book.
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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