On Becoming a Pro
November 8, 2008
My 2011 Schedule
Here is my tentative schedule for 2011. I am pretty sure the dates are good but I still finalizing some of the arrangements so I don't want to put it in stone quite yet. There
Death Valley report
Last week I was in Death Valley National Park doing a workshop with my friend and digital guru, Scott Rouse. We had a great group of people and really nice weather and based on the
More on High ISO Photography
If I need high shutter speeds and depth of field...lobster activity at a dock at dawn or dusk or an action shot in the barn when it is still dark outside...I will push the ISO
Astonishing Quality High ISO
12,800 ISO! Really? High quality images? Can't be! Now I have just finished a book on the men and women who lobster in the Gulf of Maine. I have a new Nikon D3s and I
The Fall color season in New England
Its been a funny year for fall color here in New England. We had unusually early red color in mid to late September that all fell to the ground the first few days of October
The more you look the more you see
As with anything, time and patience lead to good things. The catch is that we often don't take the time nor have the patience to find out. We are all fast moving cream-skimmers whether we
Dawn on the Water
My favorite time on the water with lobstermen is the first couple of hours of the day
Ahhhh, Soft Light at Last!!!
What a difference soft light makes! Remember my post a few weeks back when I was lamenting how hard it is to photograph the details of lobstering when both the sun and the contrast are
At it Again!
Brenda and I have just returned from our latest trip to the Maine Coast and I think it was our best trip yet. I don't think it was because the subjects were any better or
Gloucester Portraits
I'm not only taking pictures of lobsters and traps! Portraits of the lobstermen are also important for the book so when there is a lull in the action I try to take photos of the
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.
