Milkweed

All is not lost when the colorful autumn leaves fall to the ground- there is still much to photograph. One of my favorite things to photograph in late fall  is milkweed. The exploding seed pods

Gideon’s Light

This is Gideon, Gideon Owour. He lives in far western Kenya near the shore of Lake Victoria in the small rural village of Pap-Onditi. ‘Pap’ means a flat, dry place in the Luo language; ‘Onditi’

All About the Light in Kenya

One of the main reason I went on this trip to Kenya was to follow-up on the Luci Lights I had sent over to Konditi Primary School a year ago. Lucy Lights are small but

Teachers of Konditi Primary School, Kenya

One of the tasks I had on my trip to Kenya was to get nice photos of each teacher at the Konditi Primary School. I was shooting to support the non-profit, I-Kodi, whose mission is

Back from Africa

I had a great trip to Kenya yet I didn’t see a single iconic animal or beautiful vista. I was well off the tourist track in far western Kenya near the shore of Lake Victoria

What am I Bringing to Africa?

This is what I am bringing to Africa on the trip to photograph for the non-profit I-KODI: Remember, this isn’t a typical African safari trip- I will not be going to any parks and probably

Off to Kenya!

  I am off to Kenya tomorrow on a trip to support a friend’s non-profit organization, I-KODI. I will be taking the photos they need to more effectively tell their story and to energize their

Indian River, Sitka Alaska

This is Indian River in Sitka, Alaska. There are huge old-growth Sitka spruces off to the right of this scene (see previous posts) and pink and dog salmon in the river. Just past the huge

Photograph a Forest

Forests are one of the very hardest environments for me to photograph. I have decades photographing in forests of all kinds on several continents but my struggles continue. The part that I struggle with is

Photographing Big Trees

One of the hardest things I do in my photography is to try to show something that is really big to be really big in the final image. What generally happens is that anything that

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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