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Micah Walter

Biography

Micah Walter is a freelance photojournalist, writer, and teacher from Washington D.C. A graduate of the photo tech program at the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York, Micah spent his first years after college working as an imaging specialist at the University of Rochester‘s Lab For Laser Energetics. He later went on to become an independent photographer when he bought his first digital camera and moved to Israel.

After spending over a year in Israel, documenting the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians for local publications and his photo agency, Micah moved back to Washington where he covered the political scene including the 911 hearings, the 2004 Presidential race, and countless press conferences. Micah also teaches courses at the U.S.D.A Graduate School in nature and digital photography.

Micah’s clients include The New York Times, Reuters, Gannett Newspapers, Bloomberg, EPA, and The Houston Chronicle, to name a few. For more information about Micah, visit his website at www.micahwalter.com.

Articles

Blog

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Aperture Users

January 02 2009

Okay, I have seen these around the web quite a bit already, but I thought I would post an Aperture-centric version. These are in reverse order, with the last one being the most important. 10 - Keyword, Keyword, Keyword -.... read more

Aperture in the Classroom

December 22 2008

Next semester I have agreed to work for the Photographic and Electronic Media department's computer lab. I will be tasked with general oversight of the lab, and will be offering a series of short workshops for the students in my.... read more

Final Critique

December 12 2008

Next week is the last week of classes for my first semester at the Maryland Institute College of Art. For those of you who don’t know, I started working towards an MFA in Photographic and Electronic Media this Fall. It.... read more

Unsupported Image Format

November 30 2008

If you have a camera that writes a RAW file that is currently unsupported by Aperture, you may not be entirely out of luck. First, it is very likely that the team at Apple is busy trying to come.... read more

Yo Apple, Support My New Camera!

November 21 2008

Last night I took delivery of a brand new Panasonic LUMIX LX-3. I am really excited about this little beast of a camera. It sort of represents a whole new type of shooting that I have been really wanting.... read more

Seeing RED

November 14 2008

I received quite a few comments on my post last week regarding my short list of wishes for Aperture 3.0. There were a number of similarities, but one aspect of the comments struck me as sort of odd. It seems,.... read more

Five Things I Really Want in Aperture 3

November 07 2008

I am sitting here in my apartment in Brooklyn, speculating about what the hive-mind in Cupertino could come up with for the next generation of Aperture. Aperture seems to have grown into something very good. I use it every day,.... read more

DAM Aperture

October 24 2008

As I mentioned in my last post, I have been in Brooklyn all week working on a short multimedia project for school. At first I was a little concerned that the project lacked direction and focus. But after putting together.... read more

Aperture’s Role in a Multimedia Workflow

October 20 2008

This week I am up in Brooklyn, New York collecting the content I need for a multimedia project I am working on as part of my MFA program. I have been gravitating towards working in multimedia for a long.... read more

My Apple-Centric Life

October 10 2008

After a series of unsuccessful attempts to recover the contents of my laptop’s internal hard drive I realized it was necessary to replace it and start fresh. Once I was finished installing Leopard and going through a series of software.... read more

Time-Lapse With Aperture and Final Cut Pro

October 03 2008

Quick Time-Lapse From My Window from Micah Walter on Vimeo. Following up on last week’s post, I decided to try my hand at some more time-lapse style photography. I am sort of doing research for an upcoming project that.... read more

My First Short Film

September 26 2008

This past week I had my first critique session in my grad school program. Typically the format is that three students sign up each week and get to show their work. By the end of the semester we should have.... read more

Some Tips On Scanning FIlm Into Aperture

September 19 2008

This past week I have been trying to get myself up to speed with a few of the scanners we have available to us on campus. We have a good variety of scanners in our studio center, as well.... read more

Nik Software's Sharpener Pro for Aperture

September 12 2008

Last week Nik Software announced a new Edit plugin for Aperture called Sharpener Pro. I have spent the past week testing this plugin and I have one thing to say--get it! This plugin is by far one of the most.... read more

Back To School

September 05 2008

This week was my first week of classes at the Maryland Institute College of Art. I am now in what they are calling the MFA in Photographic and Electronic Media program. Earlier this week we all met to talk about.... read more
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