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.
Backyard Photography
Just a quick post as a reminder how easy and fun it can be to find images around your own yard. You don't have to travel long distances or endure pelting rainstorms to get great [ read more ... ]
Fall Colors in Silver Falls State Park
Whenever Fall rolls around and the leaves begin changing their color, I make plans for visiting several locations around my area to photograph the color. This year was no exception and I made several trips [ read more ... ]
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 ... ]