David Middleton is a professional outdoor photographer, writer and naturalist.  During his 25-year career, David has traveled extensively through the US and Canada and much of Central and South America, South Africa and Australia.  His photography and writing have been featured in many magazines, books and calendars. David is a Contributing Editor of Outdoor Photographer Magazine and a co-founder of Photographer’s Alliance Workshops.

David has produced 10 books including Ancient Forests, American Vision, The Photographer’s Guide series to Vermont, the coast of Maine and the coast of Oregon and The Nature of America, the largest nature photography book project ever undertaken, The Nature of Vermont and his most recent, Quite a Sightly Place-Stories from an old Vermont Dairy Farm.

David has lead more than 150 photography tours and taught more than 200 photography workshops. He is a gifted and enthusiastic teacher who has taught photographers and nature lovers of all levels and interests. Every year he critiques more than 10,000 images and teaches close to 1000 photography students.

David lives in the heart of the Green Mountains in southern Vermont and now does most of his photography at a nearby 24-year old dairy farm. He has gone from taking pictures of the wild and wooly- lions and tigers and bears- to taking those of the dull and domesticated- heifers, bulls and old farmers although the latter can be at times a bit more wild and wooly than anyone might expect.

When not taking pictures David is an avid but slow runner and biker and an imaginative birdwatcher who spends probably more time than he should wandering the woods and meadows on his old farm with his black lab, Abe.