by David Middleton | Aug 26, 2012 | Photography Journal
It’s July, I’m home in Vermont and I am desperate for landscapes. This seems a bit silly, after all, how desperate can a fella be for a landscape shot. All you have to do is go out and find a big attractive lump -mountain, barn, lighthouse – in the background and then...
by David Middleton | Aug 18, 2012 | Photography Journal
I had spotted him at the Crooked River overlook, a fellow photographer chasing a sunset. He had caught my eye as he cranked through shots, not at all paying attention to what he was doing. He was weathered and bent like an old oak snag and his face, a crush of...
by David Middleton | Aug 18, 2012 | Photography Journal
I was out taking pictures in my old sugar woods when I looked up and saw a man walking toward me. He was about my age but worn and walking absentmindedly as if he didn’t have a clue where he was going. It was pretty clear he was a fellow photographer. There was...
by David Middleton | Aug 18, 2012 | Photography Journal
The other side of mastering depth of field is photographing the grand landscape. In part 1 I talked about photographing a portrait where you will need both the appropriate f-stop and subject. The correct f-stop will allow only your subject to be in focus and the...
by David Middleton | Aug 18, 2012 | Photography Journal
Depth of field is one of the foundation concepts in photography and yet it is one that many of my students still don’t quite understand. Well, they think they understand it and they mostly do but the practical implications of using depth of field are almost...
by David Middleton | Aug 18, 2012 | Farm Journal
Grass–growing grass, drying grass, baled grass, chopped grass–is the engine that powers the Bromley farm. A cow turns grass into milk and manure. A framer turns milk into money and turns manure into fertilizer to grow more grass. It is a simple yet elegant...
