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
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 ... ]
Preparation
I love the preparation before a photo trip. Whether I'm going for just a morning, or for a multi-week adventure, I enjoy the physical and mental preparation leading up to the trip. I wrote about this previously and it's a topic that has grown in enjoyment for me since then. [ read more ... ]
Third Party Lenses
I have never been one who bought third party lenses; lenses designed by another company for the camera body I am using. I have always felt that the original manufacturer knows how to optimize the lenses to work on their bodies, probably more so than a manufacturer of third party [ read more ... ]