by David Middleton | Dec 27, 2015 | Articles
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 to photography than the quality of the...
by David Middleton | Dec 27, 2015 | Articles
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 kept and picking those that are my favorites. I define ‘favorite’ by those...
by David Middleton | Dec 26, 2015 | Articles
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 of phone photography is that the phone/camera is always with you! And with today’s newer...
by David Middleton | Dec 24, 2015 | Articles
About 25 years ago I got my last great photographic teaching idea- to do your best photography you must have the proper subject, background, light and conditions. I have been harping on these 4 essential qualities of a successful photograph for so long that now I have...
by David Middleton | Dec 23, 2015 | Articles
I go to Abbott’s General Store every day on my way home from doing my chores at the farm. It is where I get my newspaper, my news of Danby and my daily affirmation that being part of a community is good. A week ago, as I was paying for my paper Cindy who...
