by David Middleton | Jan 2, 2014 | Articles
The house is quiet now, only the slow sleepy breathing of three black dogs stirs the air. Abe, my old lab, lies beside me on this dog hair-covered couch, his breathing uneven now but on pace with the dream-twitching of his back legs. We had a big walk in the snow...
by David Middleton | Dec 31, 2013 | Articles
May all your trails be artistically curved, your shadows long and may the sun shine ever softly over your shoulder.
by David Middleton | Dec 27, 2013 | Articles
Tis the season to look back and cringe and wince and groan at all the excesses and travails that we each have suffered this past year. Those added pounds, those accumulating images we haven’t deleted, the pictures we didn’t get, the horrible ones we did....
by David Middleton | Dec 23, 2013 | Articles
My sister is doing a self published engagement calendar combining some of her minister’s prayers and some of my photos. I am glad to support her in this and she is free to plunder my pile of images for the few that match the imagery of her chosen prayers. There...
by David Middleton | Dec 19, 2013 | Articles
Most of the time composition is a pretty simple thing- it is a matter one short question and a few more easy rules (firm suggestions). The question is “what specifically do I like about what I am seeing” and the rules are 1. Answer the question with a...
by David Middleton | Dec 14, 2013 | Articles
I had a nice surprise yesterday, one that many photographers get prickly over but that I find to be complimentary. A friend, Tracy, showed me a painting she had done of one of my pictures. Tracy is new to painting, been at it only for a few months and she was looking...
