JOHN PEDERSEN
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photo Workshops,
Creative Education,
Prints, Books & Videos
Welcome!
I am a full time photographer, workshop leader and creative educator based in the Pacific Northwest. As a photographer for most of my life, I continue to refine my craft and share my love of nature and photography with my clients and friends. By observing the rhythms of nature and life around me, I strive to create compelling photographs that draw the viewer in to the image and make a connection or evoke an emotion.
PHOTO WORKSHOPS | PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & BOOKS | PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG & PODCAST
PHOTO WORKSHOPS,
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & BOOKS,
PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG & PODCAST
Photography Workshops
CREATIVE EDUCATION in the ART of PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP WORKSHOPS:
Small group workshops in amazing locations.
PRIVATE WORKSHOPS:
Experience a private workshop with John to unlock your creative potential.
REMOTE SESSIONS:
Engage remotely for post-processing, image critique, etc.
PHOTOGRAPHY SPEAKER:
Group Presentations and Corporate team building events.
BIO
My goal is to convey my love of nature and the visual arts through photography. I strive to create compelling photographs, drawing the viewer in to make a connection or evoke an emotion.
PODCAST
The We Talk Photo podcast is dedicated to being an entertaining, informative and lighthearted discussion about a wide range of photographic topics centered around landscape and nature photography.
John’s Blog
Best of 2024
Are you going to compile a collection of the "best of 2024" images that you've taken this year? I hope that you do because I think there can be a lot of value in the exercise. Plus, it's very easy to do this in Lightroom if that is your tool [ read more ... ]
Care and Consideration
Applying care and consideration to your photographs before, during and after capturing the image will improve your image dramatically and really show through to anyone who views your images. I view thousands of images a year and it's easy to see who spent time and consideration in framing up the [ read more ... ]
Knowledge versus Wisdom
I've spent some time recently pondering the concept of knowledge versus wisdom and how that might apply to photography, and secondarily to life. I'm not sure what triggered this train of thought but once it activated, I haven't been able to let it go. So, I thought I'd tease out [ read more ... ]
Final Performance
What is the final performance in photography? To put it simply, it is the print of the photograph. Not sharing on social media, actually printing out a photograph to look at it under different lighting and different moods. Ansel Adams famously wrote, "The negative is the score, and the print [ read more ... ]
Insights From Greenland
I just returned from my overseas workshop and I wanted to share a couple of quick insights from Greenland that came to me as we sailed the arctic fjords on a wooden schooner along the Eastern side of the island. default The trip was amazing and is still [ read more ... ]