I have lived in Nevada City, California, a small artistic community, for more than 30 years, originally from San Francisco.
Nevada City is in the Gold Country of the Sierras, 2 1/2 hours from San Francisco. I have lived and worked in Japan and Peru, teaching in the American Overseas Schools system. I have also worked in London in construction and remodeling. I have been a dedicated photographer since my first photo of Yosemite Falls with a Brownie Box Camera when I was 8 years old.
My real interest started in my 20's when I lived in Japan. Since that time I have traveled and photographed in 55 countries. The most recent trips have been to Iceland, Sardinia and mainland Italy. This year, 2015, I photographed in Paris, Provence, Corsica, Malta and Barcelona. I have shot Black and White in the past but concentrate on color now. For the past 5 years I have been using a digital DSLR; a Canon 5D Mark II. This year I converted to the new Mirror-less camera and chose the incredible Sony A7R Mark II with the Sony A6000 as my second 'back-up' camera
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I mainly shoot landscapes, travel and abstract.
I have published a book of my work titled, 'Photo Light Forms' and am working on a new book.
As a Photographer, I approach each image in the same way as Japanese poetry (Haiku and Tanka) which I studied and wrote while living in Japan. Each poem creates a singular emotional response in the reader. With my photographs I try to evoke in the viewer the same kind of response, something each viewer will bring to the image and take away from their impression of the image, not just a visual memory, but as something transformational that takes the viewer beyond the image itself.
John Daly joined Pixels.com Licensing on February 5th, 2010.
