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.
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 ... ]
What’s Right With The World
I recently came across a talk from a former National Geographic photographer, Dewitt Jones. His views and learnings through life come together in an amazing Tedx talk in South Lake Tahoe. As a photographer, I've [ read more ... ]
Preserve memories by printing your photographs
I just wrote a recent post about how I create a book each year with the best of my images from the previous year. It's a way for me to preserve and reflect on what [ read more ... ]
End of Year Photography Workflow
At the end of each year and the beginning of the new, I tackle the backlog of images I captured during the year. My goal is to extract the best shots to process and share [ read more ... ]
Photographing Bears in Katmai Alaska
For 2018 Jack Graham and I are pleased to announce our photography workshop in Katmai National Park photographing bears and landscapes. It is an epic journey, one that is sure to be a bucket list [ read more ... ]
Pictures are talking to me
Have you ever used the phrase “it speaks to me”? It’s a fairly common phrase and one that most people understand what it means, even if they might not be able to agree on the [ read more ... ]
Luminar 2018 Brush Tool Intro
I've been teaching myself a new image editing software that was just released a couple months ago, called Luminar 2018 from a company called Skylum (formerly Macphun). It's a powerful and comprehensive tool in your [ read more ... ]
Wintertime in the National Parks
The National Park system is this country is such an AMAZING treasure for all of us to hold on to and visit as often as we can. The foresight of those who came before us [ read more ... ]