Finding Home

Finding Home (working title) is my new book project. It’s about following a bird on its northward spring migration from South America to where it nests in my woods here in Vermont. I will be adding news, stories and images here as the book continues takes shape.

David Middleton is a professional outdoor photographer, teacher and writer.

More than an outdoor photographer, David is a gifted and enthusiastic teacher who truly enjoys sharing his experiences and expertise with people. He finds great joy helping others discover their creative potential and is very comfortable in front of people of all interests.

David is currently working on his new book project, Finding Home.

New Book Project

Finding Home

Finding Home (working title) is my new book project. It’s about following a bird on its northward spring migration from South America to where it nests in my woods here in Vermont. I will be adding news, stories and images here as the book continues takes shape.

Thoughts

Thoughts on Writing

I have several rules to writing. OK, there are not really rules. Let’s call them strong suggestions. None of these are original and I take no credit for any of them, but all have proved true over my 30 years of writing. The suggestions are not listed by importance — I put them on the page as they tumbled off my pointy, little head.  Write however is best for you. Don’t write how you are told to write. Don’t write how someone else writes. Don’t write how you think you should write. Just write in whatever way and style works for you. Write regularly or irregularly. Write in your sacred...
How to Write a Book

How to Write a Book

Since you didn’t ask, I thought I would give you, my lone reader, a personalized insider’s view of the hows, whys and wherefores of writing a book. I have done this 12 times in the past and I still don’t really know how it happens and I certainly haven’t learned how to not torture myself through its completion.  Ok, you’ve decided you want to write a book....

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On Photography

On Photography

There are rules, guidelines, suggestions, recommendations, procedures, instructions and directions in photography and all of them are handy most of the time and dreadful some of the time. As is said “Rules are made to be broken.” But there are also Laws in photography that are sacrosanct, to be broken only under great penalty. Curiously, most photographers...

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