by David Middleton | Aug 6, 2009 | Articles
Some observations from my recent spat of workshops: 1. Most of my workshop participants have crummy tripods. They have great cameras and lenses, camera bags, filters and most other stuff but their tripods are pretty dreadful. What does ‘pretty dreadful’ mean? It...
by David Middleton | May 11, 2009 | Articles
This is my latest favorite photo. I took it in March at the Triple D Game farm. I have a ton of Mt. Lion shots from Triple D, probably several hundred good ones and probably a dozen or more really good ones so it was unexpected that I would take more while I was...
by David Middleton | May 11, 2009 | Articles
Another question I get asked a lot these days is “When I took your workshop years ago you said to open up your exposure (over expose) to make white actually look white but now you say that you under expose all your exposures. What gives?” I...
by David Middleton | May 11, 2009 | Articles
I did an evening program a few weeks ago for a local camera club. Afterwards, a former student came up to me to say hello and ask me a question. He said that at the end of the workshop he was in he asked me what he should work on when he gets home....
by David Middleton | Apr 11, 2009 | Articles
Everyone always thinks about using their wide angle lens in wide opens spaces. It is the traditional use of a wide angle lens- get close to the foreground, include the background and blast away. While this is a great use for this lens it isn’t the only use. I...
by David Middleton | Apr 11, 2009 | Articles
I know, it is an oxymoron; nature photographers photograph nature because they don’t want to photograph people. If nature photographers wanted to photograph people then they would be called people or travel photographers. But they are called nature photographers...
