IF IT MOVES, JOHN ARES SHOOTS IT.
OK, we shoot it with a camera even if it doesn't move.
OK, we shoot it with a camera even if it doesn't move.
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Studio Info
AWARDS:
PHOTOGRAPHY: American Photographer Magazine - Assignment "A Day in the Life"
TRAINING: Received the Initial PADI Instructional Excellence Award for Revisions in Dive Table Color Coding
MISSION:
PHOTOGRAPHY: American Photographer Magazine - Assignment "A Day in the Life"
TRAINING: Received the Initial PADI Instructional Excellence Award for Revisions in Dive Table Color Coding
MISSION:
Nature and Humans are one. John strives to show an appropriate interaction/encounter with species that regard us with caution, including people. Getting along has become more difficult these days of political polarization and mutual intolerance. Sharks are an important part of Nature but even Kittens bite hard.
John's vision is that by producing Quality Stock Photos, a greater appreciation, and then value will be placed on the small creatures of Staten Island, the Exotic of the Pacific and the collective interdependence of all the people and species in between. "A Wider View."
John's vision is that by producing Quality Stock Photos, a greater appreciation, and then value will be placed on the small creatures of Staten Island, the Exotic of the Pacific and the collective interdependence of all the people and species in between. "A Wider View."
"World Peace" won't be the result, but his hope is that seeing and knowing more of the details will cause a pause in cutting down a tree, or ordering that delicious, buttery declining Chilean Sea Bass, et. al.
STUDIO CAPABILITIES:
In addition to the Stock Archive, the studio also shoots and/or produces:
Portraits
Small Products
Underwater
Multimedia Production from Stills and Video
Fine-art Printing to 13x19 (Epson Ultrachrome K3)
Location Assignment
MEMBERSHIPS
- Stock Artists Alliance
- National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)
Trained as a Biologist / Marine Food Toxicologist and previously careered as a Corporate Trainer, Technical Writer, Project Manager and Consultant, John is a uniquely versatile photographer. He has a number of specialties including Underwater, Nature, Travel, Lifestyle and Fine Art. He is a member of the Stock Artists Alliance and the New York Underwater Photographic Society. He has been a member of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors as a trainer of SCUBA Instructors and taught Underwater Photography courses.
John has traveled with his camera to many diving destinations around the globe: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Fiji, Palau, Truk Lagoon, Maldives, Cocos Island Costa Rica, La Paz Mexico, Hawaii, Silver Banks, Cayman Islands, Saba / St Kitts, Bonaire, Belize, Roatan, The Bahamas, and other Caribbean destinations as well as North America. Land trips have included Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, France, Italy, and the US & Canada. This collection reflects a fraction of the archive.
A former studio commercial photographer, his client list includes legal photography for F. Lee Bailey Associates and won contests sponsored by the American Photographer Magazine. He was an Associate Editor and Photographer for Seafood America Magazine. Recent work is all Digital, shot in RAW format.
Presentations have been made to "Beneath The Sea" Dive Show - NJ, NY Underwater Photographic Society, The Sea Gypsies, Ocean Blue Divers and the Staten Island Sport Divers.
TECHNICAL GURUS:
David Riecks on METADATA
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/
Peter Krough on Workflow & Camera Scans Http://www.peterkrogh.com/
Seth Resnick on Lightroom: http://www.d65.com
Search Engine Optimization (SEO):
- Alan Mirabayashi at Photoshelter
http://pa.photoshelter.com/
- Blake Discher at: http://www.go-seo.com
SUPPLIERS:
IKELITE PHOTO EQUIPMENT: David Haas http://www.haasimages.com/
RENTALS: Calumet http://www.calumetphoto.com/
ALL THE REST: B&H PHOTO NYC http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
MAJOR ARTISTIC INFLUENCES:
Galen Rowell, David Doubilet, Franz Lanting, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rene Magritte, Kozo, Sawada, Salvador Dali, Vincent VanGogh & Monty Python's Flying Circus. Recent hats off to Geoffrey Colbert - "Ashes & Snow" and John Pitre and Vincent LaForet
REFERENCE WEB SITES
American Elasmobranch Society (Sharks & Rays)
http://www.elasmo.org
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx
The Cephalod Page
http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/
The Bug Guide (Insect Identification)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
Contact John at:
917-301-6893
John@JohnAresPhotographic.com
Contact John at:
917-301-6893
John@JohnAresPhotographic.com