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.
Healing Power of Nature
As a landscape photographer, my preferred locations are in the beautiful locations in nature. And living in the Pacific Northwest, this whole area is amazing beautiful. I am very fortunate to have so many beautiful [ read more ... ]
Why a Fujifilm GFX?
I've been a long time Fuji X camera system aficionado, from the X-T1, X-E1, X-T2 and most recently the newly released X-T3. I've loved these cameras since they came out. The ergonomics, the logic for [ read more ... ]
Katmai Photo Workshop Video 2018
Jack Graham and myself led a successful workshop to Katmai National Park in Alaska to photograph the amazing Alaskan Brown Bear (grizzly) in it's natural habitat. I put together a short video with highlights from [ read more ... ]
Photographing Bears in Katmai NP Alaska
For the second year in a row we made the trip to the amazing state of Alaska to photograph the Alaskan Brown Bear feeding on salmon. The salmon run is the largest in the world [ read more ... ]
Luminar 2018 Image Editing – Vignette Filter
The latest video installment about the fantastic image editing software called Luminar 2018 from the Skylum company. In this video, I highlight one small, yet key, filter that I use on every image I [ read more ... ]
Analog Feel in a Digital World
Just a little random thought from me today as I was discussing photography with my friend and mentor Jack Graham. As things often do between us, our conversation switched often between photography and [ read more ... ]
Fujifilm X-H1
If you follow any mirrorless camera news, you may have heard that Fujifilm released a new camera last week, called the X-H1. It's a fantastic addition to the X line and brings some long awaited [ read more ... ]
Luminar 2018 Photo Editing Video – Preset Overview
Just completed a new video for the image editing software Luminar 2018 from the Skylum software company. As I am diving in to learning Luminar as a possible replacement for Adobe Lightroom, I am creating [ read more ... ]
Loving Our Parks To Death
A couple of recent announcements has once again brought to the forefront how much we are loving our National Parks and other scenic areas to death and causing our government to step in and try [ read more ... ]