Thank you for visiting PHOTOSbyJOHN.COM. What I am offering here are photographic prints for your home or office. Each picture is printed from a 35mm negative or digital file taken by myself. I do not print the pictures myself but have them custom printed one image at a time, as needed. I matte each picture myself and mount them on foam core board so what you get is ready to be inserted into a frame of your choice. Each image is of course signed by myself. Currently I am not offering limited edition prints like some photographers do. I feel until you get somewhat well known, offering limited editions only raises your prices. You have a chance to purchase my pictures at initial offering prices, before I get famous. I feel I have some quality images to offer and I hope you will agree. If you find something you like check out the ordering information page for purchase options.

Some of you may notice the images here are displayed in sizes that are somewhat unusual. That is because all my images are presented as a golden rectangle. It is a format that has worked for artists for centuries, and works well for me. Simply stated this format resembles an 8x12 print as opposed to the more standard 8x10. For more info on a golden rectangle click here.

PICTURES

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RIVERCADE FIREWORKS #2

 Image # 9907-04-19

This is the first image I had published. One of my favorite things to photograph is fireworks. I don't know why, maybe it's the kid in me. Photography is unlike any other medium in that it allows you to freeze a moment in time. Nothing illustrates this ability better than fireworks photography. It makes me wish every day was the Fourth of July. This picture was taken during the annual Rivercade event in Sioux City IA. It's been a few years since the Rivercade fireworks have been launched at the Veterans Memorial Bridge (the Blue Bridge). The bridge makes an excellent backdrop for fireworks and hopefully they will continue to include it in their fireworks display.

GOLDEN ARCH

 Image # 9806-07-20

This is Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, UT. Anyone who has been to Delicate Arch knows how hard it is to get a picture without someone standing under the arch. Thanks to a German tourist with a surprising command of the English language I not only got a picture with no one in it, I discovered a new angle and foreground element. On this occasion people were taking turns standing under the arch for a picture and actually leaving a brief time with no one under it for the rest of us to take pictures. Anyone who stood there for too long was soon driven away by a string of colorful, if somewhat misguided, insults by the previously mentioned German tourist. I didn't want to stand under the arch, but did want to get closer for some shots. So I approached the arch and took some pictures. Realizing I had about used up my time, and not wanting to be called a "bimbo" like the last slow-poke, I quickly hid behind a large rock to allow others to take pictures before I made my departure. When I turned around this is what I saw. The sun was turning the rock in the foreground the most beautiful hue of gold I have ever seen.

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