by David Middleton | May 23, 2011 | Articles, Workshops
Not quite home yet from the Pacific Rim Workshop that Brenda Berry and I led but I already miss the place. The combination of great subjects and a fun, funky town give this workshop a wonderful sense of place and makes for a terrific workshop experience. Everyone on...
by David Middleton | May 12, 2011 | Articles
I know, you didn’t ask for homework this summer but then again who does? I remember getting homework for the summer, I think. I am sure that not only did I never do it I never had any intention of doing it. Summer is for hiking and swimming and reading the...
by David Middleton | May 8, 2011 | Articles
I was asked a question about extension tubes a couple of days ago- What are they? Do they work? Are they any good? He then asked if there was a formula for figuring out the effect an extension tube will have for a given lens. Now we are talking! First, let me...
by David Middleton | May 8, 2011 | Articles
Those rascally spring ephemeral wildflowers! You wait all winter, your pulse quickening as March dissolves into April, eyes on the ground ever scanning for green hints of blossoms to come. And then when the time comes and the flowers are blooming, Poof! They are gone!...
by David Middleton | May 6, 2011 | Articles
I was prowling around some old teaching handouts of mine preparing for my upcoming workshops and found this excerpt from an article I wrote 20 years ago entitled “On Becoming a Pro.” the message is as relavent now as is was then. The premise of the...
by David Middleton | Apr 29, 2011 | Articles
Its diffuser season here in Vermont, the time of the year when there is lots of little stuff to photograph and often lots of bright sun in the sky. Unfortunately, those two things don’t usually go hand in hand. Here is my rule of thumb on the relationship...
