by David Middleton | Aug 31, 2013 | Articles
I have been projectless for long enough now so I have decided to start three new ones to keep me occupied until the big one comes along. The first one is called ‘Stuff’ and I will be photographing great piles and aggregations of, well, stuff. Not junk...
by David Middleton | Aug 28, 2013 | Articles
One of the often overlooked but never not noticed (how’s that for confusing?) aspects of photography is the color palette of your image. The palette is the totality of the colors displayed in your image and it is something that influences the impression...
by David Middleton | Aug 21, 2013 | Articles
The Top Ten things I learned in Brazil: 10- You can tell who the tourists are by counting the number of pockets on their pants. More than four pockets they are likely to be from out of the country. More than six, they are likely to be Americans. YOu can tell who the...
by David Middleton | Aug 14, 2013 | Articles
Greetings from the Pantanal of Brazil!! The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest seasonally flooded wetlands considerably bigger than Florida’s everglades. This is the dry season in this part of the Pantanal so the landscape is very dry and dusty and ragged looking....
by David Middleton | Aug 14, 2013 | Articles
So here is the most difficult thing about mastering a subject- it is very hard to know what you don’t know. This makes it particularly hard to learn more and gain mastery. Without the realization that you need to learn more you won’t have the motivation to do so and...
by David Middleton | Aug 7, 2013 | Articles
I’m off to Brazil for two weeks! Please try to hold yourself together while I’m gone. This is going to be a birding trip so I won’t be doing any serious photography (at least not much!). I am bringing my little Nikon J3 along and two lenses- the...