John Pedersen Photography Blog
The written word can be as creative and artistic as a photograph. So I strive to write regular blog posts about my travels, gear reviews or just some thoughts that need to get out. I hope you find information, insight or inspiration through my blog.
Direction
Which direction do we go? It's been a while since I last posted to my blog, and to you my dear reader, I apologize. It's not that I haven't wanted to, it's been more that [ read more ... ]
Dust Spots
Yes, dust spots. I know this is not a flashy or dramatic subject, but it is an important one if we as artists....1. value and take pride in our images and 2. we show our [ read more ... ]
Tools Not Jewels
I'm of the firm belief that our cameras are tools not jewels. They should be used in pursuit of our photography objectives without undue concern for the cleanliness exposure of the cameras. These are tools [ read more ... ]
Icons Don’t Matter
Photographic icons don't matter, or shouldn't matter much, to us in creating our most creative and artistic work. This thought came to me last night and stuck with me to this morning, so I thought [ read more ... ]
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 [ 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 [ 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 [ 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 [ 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 [ read more ... ]