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.
Masters of Nature and Landscape Photography Symposium
I'm happy to announce that a project I've been working on for a while now with Jack Graham and Bill Fortney has come to fruition, with the launch of the Masters of Nature and Landscape [ read more ... ]
I’m Back
I'm back! It's been a while since I last posted, way too long in fact. Far longer than it should have been and far longer than I ever thought it would be. See, life has [ read more ... ]
Mental Preparation
Mental preparation for photography is just as important, if not more so, than the physical preparation of planning your trip, packing your camera gear and traveling to the shooting location. If we are not in [ read more ... ]
Producing Better Prints
It's not often I wholeheartedly endorse a product or course, but I'm going to put a stake in the sand here and say you need to buy this latest offering from Sean Bagshaw and Zack [ read more ... ]
The Right Tools
We've all heard the cliche phrase, the right tools for the job. This phrase rings true and it has stood the test of time, because it's accurate. Whatever job we do, we need the right [ read more ... ]
Create a Recipe
When I sit down to process an image in the digital darkroom, I make an initial decision of how I want the image to come out and then I create a recipe of the edits [ read more ... ]
Dark Photographs
Have you noticed the trend that's been going on for a while now, presenting dark photographs? The subject itself isn't dark, it's the processing and tonality that comes off as dark in the image. The [ read more ... ]
Image Critiques
For those of you know have taken a photo workshop with me, you probably have experienced the image critiques that we do during every workshop. Hopefully you came away with the feeling that this was [ read more ... ]
Quiet Borders
Here's a thought for you as you compose your photographs in the field and then process them in the digital darkroom...work to have quiet borders in your images. Quiet borders is something that's subtle, [ read more ... ]