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.
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 ... ]
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 ... ]