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November 8, 2008
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Winter? What Winter?
So I have officially given up on winter this winter. There might be winter this spring or winter this fall but last winter was a lost winter with no winter to speak of so I
Still At It
You would think that after two mostly unsuccessful times chasing winter storms on the coast of Maine that I would have had enough. This winter is not winter on the coast. The Maine coast was
At it Again
Well, I've been at it again, chasing the weather in hopes of getting some wintery lobstering shots. Once again a storm was forecast to come up the coast and hit the Gulf of Maine. Not
Winter-Arrrggghhh!
What this means for the Lobstering Life book project is that it is very hard to get winter lobstering shots or I should say wintery looking shots. Wintery shots require snow on the ground at
Look at This!!!
So you want a picture like this? Do you want this picture? I can do that for you. It turns out that Jeff is leading a Birds of Prey photography trip for my Photographers Alliance
My New Book!
My new book cover!!
My New Gear
I have gotten some new gear lately that I thought you'd like to know abou
What not to do
I would love to show you the pictures I took of these magnificent birds but I DIDN'T HAVE MY CAMERA!!!!
Low light photography
It is amazing how good cameras are these days with capturing scenes in very low light. I learned this while I was doing my farm book project and I had to get pictures inside dark
More on Steve the Lobsterman
This wonderful gentleman we found in Stonington, Maine. He gets up at 2am every day to work in his shop cleaning, repairing, painting, organizing his gear.
A Real Character!
I met this man in Stonington, Maine while working on my next book, A Lobstering Life. What a character
No flash photography
I have to admit something to all of you. I don’t have a flash. I haven’t owned one in three years. I haven’t missed one in five years. I don’t expect I will ever own
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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