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John Shelton
Sep 3, 20185 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...
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John Shelton
Jun 10, 20184 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...
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John Shelton
May 16, 20182 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...
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John Shelton
Jul 8, 20173 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...
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John Shelton
May 27, 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...
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John Shelton
Feb 28, 20172 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...
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John Shelton
Feb 2, 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...
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John Shelton
Dec 31, 20162 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...
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John Shelton
Dec 11, 20161 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...
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John Shelton
Nov 29, 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...
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John Shelton
Nov 20, 20161 min read
New Urbanism in Longmont
Prospect New Town is a relatively new urbanism project in Longmont, Colorado. The intent is to create a self- sustaining neighborhood...
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John Shelton
Nov 10, 20161 min read
The nakedness of Aspen
Everybody comes to Estes Park in the fall to photograph the golden Aspen. It's almost a spiritual pilgrimage signaling the near close of...
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John Shelton
Nov 4, 20161 min read
Genesis
Okay, let's get started. Shelton PhotoWorks has been around since July, 2015, officially, though I've been taking photos most of my...
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