by David Middleton | Oct 31, 2009 | Articles
Here is a quick way to tell a former film shooter from an only digital shooter. It doesn’t work all the time but it works much of the time and when it does work it opens a wonderful teachable moment. What is this identifier? It’s the ISO. Lots of former film shooters...
by David Middleton | Oct 28, 2009 | Articles
I had the great pleasure to photograph with my long time friend, Gail, a few days ago. Gail started taking workshops from me in the early ‘90s and despite all my teaching she remains a very good photographer. What was interesting was comparing how things were back...
by David Middleton | Oct 25, 2009 | Articles
Okay, a pretty picture to soften the last rant. Rant still stands but I didn’t want you to leave with that rattling around in your head. Taken in Acadia National Park between workshops. Looking south toward Otter Cliffs. Handheld because I was out for a wander....
by David Middleton | Oct 25, 2009 | Articles, Workshops
I don’t get it. I just don’t get it. Why would people pay to go on a workshop where the leader actively photographs? They are subsidizing the leader’s photography at THEIR expense!!! Workshops are teaching opportunities, participants are supposed to...
by David Middleton | Oct 24, 2009 | Articles
I know I never get sunrises on my workshops. That is true. But this wasn’t on my Acadia workshop, it was two days later. I used a Nikon 12-24mm lens at 12mm and put my tripod flat with the camera 10″ from the puddle. I used f22 and focused two feet from...
by David Middleton | Oct 24, 2009 | Articles
This is about as lazy as I can get and if I put my mind to it I can get pretty darn lazy! So here is the situation- For the past several weeks I have noticed all kinds of birds coming to the crabapple trees in my front yard eating the ripe fruit. When I first noticed...
