The Drill: Tim Middagh, the man behind The Globe's camera
Jun. 13—WORTHINGTON — For nearly a decade, photographer Tim Middagh has been the eyes and face of The Globe newspaper in Worthington, Minnesota.
For many area student athletes, Middagh is best known as the man behind the camera at their sporting events. He has won multiple awards for his photographs, including recently receiving an award for best portfolio at the Minnesota Newspaper Association banquet.
Middagh is a Worthington native and a self-described retired farmer. The Middagh family farm is off Nobles County 12 and it is a Century Farm.
Middagh is a self-taught photographer. His first memories with a camera come from the age of five, when he and his mother tinkered with a 35mm film camera.
Nowadays Tim takes all of his photos on a digital camera, but he still considers himself a student of the craft.
When Tim started at The Globe eight years ago, one of his main interests was wildlife photography. Tim was not super involved with sports — that was more of an interest of his wife, Susan Middagh, who handles customer service at The Globe's office on 10th Street.
So Tim learned about sports photography through the mentorship of longtime Globe Sports Editor Doug Wolter. He has since progressed into one of the area's best sports photojournalists.
In addition to the photo work he does on his own, Tim is also the hub for the Globe's photo archive. He does all video work for The Drill series and puts the finishing touches on all submitted work from the news team at The Globe.
In an interview with The Globe, Tim said that he is always looking forward to the next shot and that it has brought him great joy to watch local athletes grow up from little sprites — when he first started — to graduating and moving on to their next adventure.
When Tim is not working at The Globe, he can be found on the family farm working on one of his numerous side projects.
Middagh has worked on everything from cars, to sheds and antiques. Middagh is a big fan of the vintage Pontiac automobile line. He has fixed up several Firebirds in his lifetime, but admits that he gets more joy working on them then looking at them, so he has always sold them at the end of the process.
But Tim says that there will come a day when that will change.
To see a video of Tim Middagh, go online to
. Here's a sample of our interview:
QUESTION: Can you tell us the story about capturing the Lady Jays' record breaking basketball shot this past winter?
Answer: I captured a nice shot of the Lady Jays as they broke the school's record for high points in a game. That was kind of a special shot, it was fun. The funny thing is that I did not have a clue what was going on. (Laughs) I was just covering the bench because it was towards the end of the game and it just kind of happened.
QUESTION: What about some other favorite shots?
ANSWER: One of my favorite high school sport shots was a photo of Stewart Merrigan (WHS, 2018) defending the hoop in a basketball game and knocking down a shot from Jackson County Central Huskies' (Noah Carr). That was kind of a neat thing in the shot too, the level of competition that was playing. That was a fun shot.
