About

After many years chasing books around dusty shelves in public libraries, David Muse began a new career.  His background in information science, his passion for sharing his images, and the personal rewards of helping others led him to freelance photography and teaching.  His photo assignments and travels have taken him throughout the greater Baltimore/Washington DC area, the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland’s mountains, the Mid-Atlantic Region, the American Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and Western Europe.

David is an avid writer.  His current project is a book entitled It’s a HON-derful Life.  This cultural history documents the year-long reign of Baltimore’s Best HON or, as the locals say, Bawlmer’s Best HON.  Look for it in bookstores starting June 2010.  Maryland Life Magazine published his most recent article in their September/October 2009 issue — on photographing fall foliage in Maryland’s western mountains.  And, on a regular basis he contributes how-to articles to Photographers Alliance Workshops (www.paworkshops.net).

Each year David conducts a number of popular photo tours, trips and workshops in and around Baltimore, MD and throughout the greater Mid-Atlantic region.  He shows people where to find great images and how to capture them.  His students say he is an informed and patient teacher whose enthusiasm for photography is contagious.

In addition to the events he offers through Baltimore Photo Safari, David is an instructor for Photographers Alliance Workshops (PAW), an exciting photography training and tour company.  In Spring 2010 David leads a photo workshop to West Virginia and in September 2010 a 10-day photo tour to Bavaria, Germany for Photographers Alliance Workshops.  See www.paworkshops.net for full details.

David and his wife live in one of the historic neighborhoods surrounding Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.  From their rooftop they have a wonderful view of Baltimore’s iconic Domino Sugars sign.  Catsby, their cat, graciously allows them to live with her.  When he is not photographing, David enjoys reading, walking, hiking, seeking out new restaurants, dog-sitting for his two daughters who each live a few blocks away, and getting ready for his first granddaughter due mid-2010.