Micah Walter

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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.

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Digitizing Your Film Archive with Aperture
Publish Date: May. 25, 2007One of the biggest challenges to digitizing your film archive is organization and metadata management. In this article, Micah Walter proposes a sane approach to bringing your analog past into the digital age. Aperture vs Lightroom - An O'Reilly "Inside Aperture" Field Test
Publish Date: Mar. 6, 2007During a week long field test of Aperture and Lightroom, Micah Walter put both photo management applications to the test comparing ease of use, tool set, speed, and output. He summarizes his findings in this article with links to the complete set of blog posts that he published during the week of testing. Photo Workflow on the Road - A Hitchhiker's Guide to Aperture
Publish Date: Jan. 26, 2007For many photojournalists, traveling the world and owning a desktop computer back at the home base just isn't practical. But the laptop-only alternative -- making sure images are safely backed up, archived, organized, delivered to clients, and easily findable down the road once had its challenges too... before Aperture. In this article, Micah Walter provides Aperture tips for the photographer on the go. Tethered Shooting in Aperture
Publish Date: Dec. 5, 2006Sending captured images directly to your Mac provides some useful options in studio and time-lapse photography. In this tutorial, Micah Walter shows you how to incorporate Automator into your tethered workflow to help you shoot and process as efficiently as possible.

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