On Becoming a Pro
November 8, 2008
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Wintery Photography
This is the time of the year when our thoughts turn to the photographic possibilities of winter. For me that meant getting pictures that looked like a winter wonderland, whatever that meant. But it took
A Hoe for Roger
“The barn needs a new hoe.” “You’re tellin’ me. What happened to the old hoe?” “I couldn’t fix’r. Got all loose and then I broke’er.
ISO is the Way to Go!
Here is a quick way to tell a former film shooter from an only digital shooter. It doesn’t work all the time but it works much of the time and when it does work it
These Days
What was interesting was comparing how things were back then, in the days of film, and how things are now, in the days of digital.
Pretty Picture
Taken in Acadia National Park between workshops. Looking south toward Otter Cliffs. Handheld because I was out for a wander. 16-85mm Nikon lens. Just after sunrise. Not bad. Not great. Okay. I guess I'll have
I Don’t Get It
I don't get it. I just don't get it. Why would people pay to go on a workshop where the leader actively photographs? They are subsidizing the leader's photography at THEIR expense!!
Acadia Sunrise
I know I never get sunrises on my workshops. That is true. But this wasn't on my Acadia workshop, it was two days later.
4-Wheel blind
It really doesn't get much easier than this. As soon as I got in the car robins started showing up. At times there were 5, 6 or 7 robins in the tree, moving around, gobbling
Playing on the dark (and white) side
Moe took us to a falls on McDonald Creek and I was playing with a little riffle in the big falls as a foreground element. I took a vertical and horizontal shot using the riffle
Tripods
NEVER BUY A TRIPOD WITH LEG BRACES OR A CENTER COLUMN. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER
Dry Underwater Photography
dry underwater photography at a aquarium
Latest Favorite Photo
my latest favorite photograph
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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