Hi, I'm John.

Marketing writer by day, desperate photographer by evenings and weekends. Twins fan. Small business warrior. Photo blogger. Thought blogger. Optimistic.

But, in the end, I'm just a large midwestern white guy with a fiery love for my wife and a stubborn passion for my work.

I went to school for this stuff, but at any given time, I've learned most of what I know within the past week. I study photos and their artists' ideas and I throw myself at technology to craft my vision.

If ideas are cows, I'm South Dakota.

I absolutely love to share my thoughts and photos with the world, but please do not use my work without contacting me first.

My weapons of image creation include:

Canon 7D

Canon 40D

The original Canon Digital Rebel

Canon 50mm f1.4 USM

Canon 70-200 f4L

Canon 15-85mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM

Canon 17-55mm f3.5-5.6

Bushnell 1350mm spotting scope with SLR adaptor

Lightroom 3

CS4

AlienBee 800 x2

PX2500D on lightstand hotshoe mount

Pocketwizard Plus II x2

48-inch shoot-through umbrella

48-inch white/silver reversible umbrella

Giant Paul C. Buff softbox

Coffee

Vision

Thanks for checking me out!

John

shotbyjohn.com