On Becoming a Pro
November 8, 2008
What do you see?
A new feature of this blog for you all to chew on. I’m going to present a picture and then ask if you see the things I think are photographically significant. I may give some
The Power of Your Work
I am up in Rockport, Maine, halfway through a weeklong workshop. There are many other image makers here – amateur and professional, color and black and white, film and photo. In my mind, they are
Lifestyle or Career
“It is like snorkeling up a muddy river.” “Excuse me?” I said. “It is like snorkeling up a muddy river.” “Okay, what is?” “You don’t want to know.” “Okay” “But it is really like snorkeling
Writing
One of the most persistent questions I have been asked over my career is how to get published. My persistent answer has been- write. This is why. Magazines publish most of their photos as part
One Third of the Way to Nowhere!
Arrggghhh! It has happened again! I have read once more for the ten thousandth time it seems that the proper place to focus for a hyperfocal landscape is one third of the way into the
Teach a Workshop!
So I have been thinking about why professional photographers offer photography workshops. Beyond the obvious- “it pays” (some of the time) – there must be some other more powerful reasons. As this is my thirtieth
A Bit of News
Over-Doing It
I just finished a workshop on the Oregon coast and realized an important addition to my last post about personal resolution. In that article I was encouraging photographers to increase their own personal resolution by
A Bit of News
Well, its been an traumatic 7 months for me- I’ve lost my dad, my mother-in-law and my surrogate grandfather. Each one is a huge loss for me but each one was ready to go and
Your Resolution
What is Your Resolution? I don’t mean to be a curmudgeon (that is not entirely true) but what is it these days with this unholy quest for ever-higher resolution? It wasn’t too long ago when
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.
