Hi, I'm John, a Photographer from Vancouver, Washington

I started taking professional photos in 2006, developing my personal style over the years with the help of the amazing Michael Helms, portrait photographer out of Los Angeles, California.

I enjoyed creating custom pieces for clients, creating my own photographic art and taking photos of clients for them to use however they needed.

I learned how to photograph everything from car racing, horses, architectural, macro, abstract art and commercial photography to people in every situation possible. My favorite was capturing people naturally with limited editing. I avoided poses and loved working with people who'd never been in the camera of a professional before.

I retired in 2019 and will be downsizing my gear to something more portable so I can continue to create art for my own enjoyment.

A photograph of the photographer, head down. Wearing a plaid jacket and an old, brown top hat in natural light.

I've photographed a few things over the years. These are some of my favorites.

A photo of a sleeping child wearing handmade fairy wings laying against a log.

Children

A photograph of a baby goat.

Kids

A photograph of a young woman with bright red lipstick in front of a beauty mirror. Her hands are in her hair, she's looking at the camera as she prepares for the shoot.

Adults

A photograph of two children during a wedding reception. The older one is smiling and carrying the younger one on her back.

People

A distant photograph of Mt St Helens. In the foreground is an almost dry riverbed.

Places

A photograph of a handmade, realistic, scale model of a motorcycle. Made from matchsticks and cardboard. It was photographed up close in the street, at ground level, giving the illusion of being life sized.

Things

A photograph of an uncommonly handsome young man in his late teens posing for his Senior Photo. His shoulder length hair blows gently in a breeze.

He

She

A close up photo of a two year old baby's face that is so close all you can see is eyes, nose and mouth.

Them

A photograph of a model holding her hand over her eyes. She has yellow nail polish and blue liquid latex dripping down her neck. Her hair is up in a tight bun that has been fashioned into a sort of cage with a lit lightbulb in it.

Commercial

A photograph of a female model, three-quarter turn of the head. Her hair is in a fashionable up swept, messy bun. She has her hand on the side of her face. Her fingertips are dipped in black liquid latex. There is a wide collar of more latex around her neck and shoulders that is dripping down her skin below the collar bone.

Professional

A photograph of red, orange and yellow bell peppers in a store vegetable aisle.

Product

Public

A photograph of a kitten with beige fur and light brown stripes. Blue eyes and ears that curl back. The tip of her tongue is barely sticking out.

Personal

A photograph of a professional Tahitian dancer wearing banana leaf bottoms and on her arms, laying down on concrete, looking up into the air. In front of her is a line of fire with licks of flame three to six inches high. The light from the fire is the main illumination. From above is what looks like moonlight on her skin.

Private

A photograph of a single velella velella hydrozoan on the sand. Not shown are the over 500,000 velella velella just out of the shot, lining the coastline like an oil slick.

Specific

A close up photograph of water beading on distressed wood. The white paint is worn through in spots all the way down to the wood.

Abstract

A photograph of what appears to be a sand dune at night except it is actually a macro shot of skin in dim lighting.

Vague

Wedding Bells?

Read about the wedding.

Love Stuffing?

Read about our Manga, Love Stuffing.

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