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.
Learned Eye
I recently received a response to my post Be An Artist from someone and they brought up some great points about having a "learned eye" instead of a gifted eye towards art and I wanted [ read more ... ]
Look Past The Icons
I'm in the Grand Teton National Park as I write this and as I'm sitting in one of the most beautiful parks in our country, I am suggesting for you to look past the icons [ read more ... ]
Be An Artist
I am preparing to give a keynote presentation in a couple weeks and one of the presentations I’m working on is titled “Be An Artist, Not A Camera Owner”. It is focused on helping people [ read more ... ]
Look Down
One of the most helpful pieces of advice I ever got is when I'm on location, don't forget to look down. There is a world of wonder right at your feet and it's often these [ read more ... ]
Monument Valley
I recently returned from a photo workshop in Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelley and I wanted to share with you a bit of the experience. It has been a few years since I was [ read more ... ]
Don’t Think
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” — Ray Bradbury I've often thought about, and even [ read more ... ]
Capture One
Over the past few weeks, I've been experimenting with the Capture One editing software in an effort to learn it and evaluate if it is any better than using Adobe Lightroom for my cataloging and [ read more ... ]
Palouse Harvest
I just returned from my most recent workshop to photograph the Palouse Harvest. I had a great group of folks and we enjoyed several days of fantastic conditions which led to some fantastic photographic opportunities. [ read more ... ]
Subtlety
To me, I find subtlety far more rewarding as an artist and as a viewer than something that is bold and screaming in my face to "look at me". Subtlety is nuance, it is slight [ read more ... ]