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I Gotta Pay to get Rejected? Navigating Photographic Calls to Artists.
Yes, we've seen it done by other artists seeking to be recognized for the fine work they produce -- a way to get their work "out there"...
John Shelton
Aug 17, 20218 min read


"F8 and be there!"
Yes, it's a cliche now, "F8 and be there" (at least among photographers), famously coined by Arthur Fellis (WeeGee), the noted street...
John Shelton
Dec 21, 20197 min read


Cooking Up Some Landscape
Being original with food or landscape takes time, energy, creative vision.
John Shelton
Aug 8, 20194 min read


The Future of Photography
Imagery is everywhere. Most anyone with a phone now has the ability to take decent photographs and edit their shots. Social media...
John Shelton
Apr 24, 20194 min read


Waiting, waiting.....always waiting. The mantra of being a newly professional photographer.
Being a new professional photographer is a waiting game. Like the opening refugee scenes in the movie Casablanca, my life seems a bit...
John Shelton
Sep 3, 20185 min read


The Road Tripping Photographer (Part 3)
(A continuation of Part 2): Following three full days of shooting in central Utah and Salt Lake City, I was well behind on my journal...
John Shelton
Jun 18, 20186 min read


The Road Tripping Photographer (Part 2)
(A continuation of Part I): After years of driving through the San Rafael Swell in central Utah via I-70 to Reno, I have always wanted...
John Shelton
Jun 11, 20186 min read


The Road Tripping Photographer (Part 1)
Having snapped an insane numbers of frames in and around Estes Park, as well as in the Rocky Mountain National Park (as if that wouldn't...
John Shelton
Jun 9, 20184 min read


Gimped.....
Yes, I know, it's a derogatory term. However, the term is self-applied, the injury self-inflicted, and considering how I feel about it...
John Shelton
May 16, 20182 min read


David Yarrow: Kicked By An Elephant
I'm NOT a wildlife photographer for one simple reason. I don't have the patience, or the tendency towards masochism. My respect for...
John Shelton
May 8, 20181 min read


New American Gothic?
Times have changed. America has changed. I don't know if it's better or worse. Worse -- perhaps because we've lost a certain civility...
John Shelton
Nov 15, 20172 min read


...You Know We'll Have A Good Time Then
Being separated from your sons is always rough -- which can happen even when you're living in the same house. It happened to me and my...
John Shelton
Jul 8, 20173 min read


Music To Live By
I'm not quite sure when it was I fell in love with jazz. As a kid, we had almost none of it in the family record collection -- perhaps a...
John Shelton
May 27, 20173 min read


EatSleepFuckDrinkWatchtheCornGrow
I find I have a fascination with farms -- not farming, but just the visual aesthetic of the farms themselves. Well, yes, I grew up in...
John Shelton
May 8, 20173 min read


The Inclusion of Souls
So much of my work to date has been focused primarily on inanimate subjects, landscapes, structures, void of people, a sort of solitary...
John Shelton
Feb 28, 20172 min read


Fun job, photography.
Well yeah, it is a fun job most of the time, mostly because I get to do what I love to do and it's a great creative outlet that offers...
John Shelton
Feb 1, 20172 min read


Leibovitz cares.....
Annie Leibovitz is a photographic icon, and one for my time and my generation. If you care about photography, you have to acknowledge...
John Shelton
Dec 31, 20162 min read


Fascinations with Decay
Urbex.....or urban exploration, is a developing interest of mine. It is the practice of exploring abandoned houses, factories, public...
John Shelton
Dec 15, 20162 min read


Albert Watson: A day in the life...Scotland.
Lately, I've been watching videos of "a day in the life" type, with subject matter concerning photographers. Most are superficial, but...
John Shelton
Dec 11, 20161 min read


The elusive search for Long's Peak
I've been climbing this mountain since I was five (the one with the notch), probably half a dozen times now. It's also a popular...
John Shelton
Nov 29, 20161 min read
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