The New 50!

Strap in and buckle up, it’s going to get bumpy! For the last few years it has become popular to say when someone is celebrating a significant birthday that “50 is the new 40” or

A Major Movement!

I have come to a big turn in my photography life. I am moving away form the ‘how it’s always been’ to ‘try something different.’ No, it’s not anything you, my kind readers, are going

Don’t be Intimidated

I received in the mail the other day the equipment catalog for Really Right Stuff. RRS makes everything from quick release plates to tripods to ball heads to every kind of photography related gadget you

Florida Then and Now

I have been going to Florida, especially South Florida for many, many years and yet it wasn’t until recently that I saw what it was supposed to look like. I always knew that there were

Observation #322

Every year of my 6 decades of life I have spent at least three months living in winter, real winter- ice, snow, cold winds, etc.- and yet in this past 24 hours I have thrice

Projects for 2016

One of the things that I really like to do with my photography is to work on a project or two. This gives my photography some direction and purpose and keeps me from shooting the

2016!

Happiest of New Years to all both of you who read these musings! Wasn’t just 1990 something? When did we get into the 2000’s? I turned around and it’s January 2016…What happened? I’m not much

What a difference a day makes

Same place, same phone, same pano, pretty close the same composition. Notice any difference? No matter how sophisticated our cameras are (or aren’t) and no matter how clever our processing there is nothing more important

My Favorite Photos of 2015

It’s that time of the year when I look back and review and evaluate that past twelve months of my photographic year. I do this by taking a look at all the pictures I have

Phone Photography

There was a time not so long ago that I pooh-poohed a smart phone as a tool for photography. Boy, what an idiotic thing to say! As many of you all already know, the beauty

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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