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...
by David Middleton | Dec 23, 2015 | Articles
It has been ridiculously warm in Vermont this November and December- 15 to 20 degrees warmer than normal- and so with afternoons in the upper 40’s and low 50’s I haven’t been spending much time with my computer. Part of the reason I have spent so...
by David Middleton | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles
It is time to say good-bye to several old photography friends who have been solidly with me for many years- my trusty 70-200 f2.8, my indulgent 300 f4 and my rock solid, pound nails with it Nikon D4. Bye-bye, see you later, hasta la vista, so long bucko, ta-ta, adios....
by David Middleton | Nov 25, 2015 | Articles
I have been actively photographing people now for 10 years. Odd for me to think about when I remember actively avoiding people for the first 10 years of my professional career. I’ve gotten pretty good at getting nice portraits of all kinds of rural people and if...
