About Photography by John Marius Nelson
have camera, will travel
We are available
for photographic
assignments and to photograph events in the upper Midwest region. We
travel frequently to the South and western states and will happily take assignments
in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, and the
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. When not on assignment,
we concentrate on collecting free lance photographs
Sorry, we currently are not accepting assignments for weddings or
for studio portraits.
What We DO
We do still photography, working primarily with digital single lens reflex cameras and available light.
About John Marius Nelson
John’s interest in photography started in childhood after saving
up enough money to buy a Kodak Brownie. He later moved up to 35 mm
and then to interchangeable lens single lens reflex cameras. Now,
after years working with 35 mm and medium format film, he has
he adopted digital cameras and
Photoshop as his primary photographic tools.
When he is not on assignment or
collecting freelance images, he enjoys photographing nature
and scenery from the tiny macro details of backyard flowers to the
vast landscapes of Montana and Wyoming.
John retired from the Sioux Falls Health Department where he managed
the Public Health Laboratory. Besides photography, he is currently
involved in Web site design, and graphic arts. John's hobbies
include travel, bicycling, and wine making.
(www.jnelsonconsulting.com).
When they are not traveling with their RV trailer, John lives with
his wife Bonnie in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
About Photography
Some Things to Think About
- Some pictures are worth much more than 1000 words.
- It is likely that 99.999% of the most beautiful and important images were never recorded because no one bothered to.
- Only photographers work (and sometimes live) in a studio. If you want your real likeness captured, it probably won't happen in a studio.
"Black and White" Photos
- "Black and White" Photos are not really black and white, these images are actually "grayscale", i.e. various shades of black, white and gray.
- The reason black and white portraits are sometimes more effective than color is that colors can distract the eye from the meaning of the image. Grayscale emphasizes the image's bare essence.
- Any digital color image can be converted to grayscale with better photo editing software, e.g. Adobe Photoshop. Although grayscale images can be colorized, but cannot be returned to the exact original color.
- There are some things to which grayscale images do not do justice. The best examples of this are in natural settings, flowers, red apples and tomatoes, and blue skys.
Arnold Newman
Web info about Arnold Newman; moreQuotations by the master of environmental portraits
"... I work the way I do because of the kind of person that I am - my work is an expression of myself. It reflects me, my fascination with people, the physical world around us, and the exciting medium in which I work. I do not claim that my way is the best or the only way, it is simply my way. It is an expression of myself, of the way I think and feel." more
"Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world."