John Shaw

John Shaw is a professional of nature photography, that started in the early 1970's. His work has been published in many books and magazines including the National Geographic. He has done a variety of nature photographs across the world, some of the locations including Ireland, Japan and Antarctica.

 In 1997, Shaw received the first-ever Outstanding Photographer Award given by NANPA (North American Nature Photography Association) then later on in 2002, Shaw was chosen as Nikon's Legend Behind the Lens for his work. Later on in 2006, his work got recognised again by Microsoft who designated him Icon of Imaging.

He became Nikon Professional Services member since 1976. In 2001 he became part of Epson's Stylus Pro fine art print makers. 

John Shaw is an author of six books on nature photography and has 2 ebooks, "Lightroom workflow" and "Photoshop Techniques". John also does photo tours, workshops and seminars. 

John Shaw uses a Nikon D3s and a Nikon D3x with a variety of lens. He always uses a tripod to make sure that he gets good quality photographs.

John Shaw believes "The more you simplify your vision, the stronger your images will be," (Nikon: 2012: 29/1/2012)

I think the focal point of this picture is the pebbles and water as they are very close. The colour of the water is very clear and the colour of the grass is very bright. I love the old building in this picture as it adds character.

I love the bright green colour of the 3 photographs above. 

I think this photograph draws in the viewers imagination and sense of mystery as you can not see where the road is leading to. The trees adds spookiness to the photograph. It is a very dull picture as the grey from the tree and the colour of the road dominate the picture. The focal point of this picture is the road as the it has a linear perspective.

I hope to capture photographs similar to the one above and below. I love the different range of colours.

I like the orange and yellow colours of the trees. The focal point of the picture is the road as it takes up most of the photograph. The road also adds a sense of mystery and imagination as you can't see where it leads to. 

I love the exciting bright orange colour of the leaves as it's a very autumn colour. The tonal range is very bright and the natural day light makes the colouring stand out more rather than if it was at night.

In most of John Shaw's photographs he mainly takes photographs of areas with just one main building which stands out and capture the viewers eye. I hope to capture a few photographs similar to this.

Reference: Shaw.J (online) John Shaw Photography. Available from: http://www.johnshawphoto.com/ [date accessed: 13th October 2011]

Nikon (2012) John Shaw: John Shaw: A Photographer's Vision Simplified. Available from: http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Tips/g1attuky/all/The-Essential-John-Shaw.html [Date accessed: 29th January 2012]