by David Middleton | Jul 15, 2011 | Articles
I have a new rule when it comes to anticipating photography on a tourist trip- the better the pictures in a brochure the less likely you are to get them. This struck me when I signed up for a two hour puffin cruise along the coast of Maine this past week. The photos...
by David Middleton | Jul 9, 2011 | Articles
Have you ever been faced with the need to photograph something that you have never, ever photographed before? (and get a good picture!) If you answered “no” then you need to get out of your comfortable little box and go explore with your camera something...
by David Middleton | Jul 9, 2011 | Articles
I wanted to let everyone know that there are still a few places left on my Oregon Coast workshop coming up July 20 – 24. This is a great workshop with lots to photograph- beautiful lighthouses perched on rocky headlands, great tidepools, piles of colorful...
by David Middleton | Jul 5, 2011 | Articles
The fourth of July holiday has given me some time to ponder the last few workshops I’ve taught and think about what I have learned. Yes, I learn something on every workshop I teach- sometimes it is a better way to teach something or a better way to demonstrate a...
by David Middleton | Jun 25, 2011 | Articles
The Shooting Like a Pro class that Scott Rouse and I taught finished this afternoon and I must say that everything went very well. Most of the last two days we spent developing each student’s ideas for a project or two (or three!) and as I went around the room I...
by David Middleton | Jun 21, 2011 | Articles
Its been almost 12 years since I came back east so perhaps a bit of reflection is called for. Before I returned east, I grew up in upstate New York, I lived for more than 15 years in Colorado and Oregon and loved every minute. My first books were done out west, I...