John Gregor

John Gregor  has a Masters of Education through St. Scholastica College with an emphasis in photographic literacy. He earned his BA from the University of Minnesota with a degree through the University Without Walls program, his degree was entitled “Documentary Expression of American Culture Through Photography” a combined degree of Social Sciences and Fine Art Photography.

During his career Gregor has worked on some interesting projects and photographed for some great publications, they include: 2 years as the Official Track Photographer at Canterbury Downs Racetrack, a month long photographic project in Africa documenting the first attempted kayak decent of the Blue Nile from Lake Victoria to Lake Albert, an on-going photography /research project on  horse-mounted military musical bands remaining worldwide with trips to England, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, and Sweden, funded by the University of St. Thomas,  photography documentation of over 75 Scientific and Natural Areas in Minnesota funded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Nature Conservancy resulting in numerous publications including Worlds Within A World, 1999 winner of the Minnesota Book Award. Gregor has four other book projects with title page credit including: Growing Home; Stories of 32 Ethnic Gardeners, UofM Press, 2000 (winner of the 2000 American Horticulture Book of the Year Award), Northland Wildflowers a guide to the Minnesota Region UofM Press, and Northern Treasure, The University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s 100 year commemorative book. In 2015 he published an article in Outdoor Photographer on the use of filters in landscape photography.

Gregor's photographic prints have been exhibited in numerous galleries, museums and collections throughout the world. He is a proud producer of all aspects of his art from concept to print to final frame.

Gregor lives near Two Harbors where he owns and operates ColdSnap Photography which provides commercial photography and photographic workshops along the North Shore, Minnesota, the Midwest, and beyond.

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Class:  
The Fine Art Print

The fine art is an extension of our photographic vision, it is as unique to the way that we see the world as our vision. No other presentation of our photography presents the same challenges, the same difficulty of production, or offers us the same rewards upon successful completion.
 
This presentation is designed to give you some tips on your approach to the complete process of creating a print. While it will include some discussion of workflow it is not intended to be a Lightroom or Photoshop tutorial on post processing.

CLASS:  ​Filter For Feeling - 
How to use filters to create a specific look and feel to your images

From smooth and serene to rough and wild texture in a photograph can convene feeling and emotion that reflects the photographer’s response to the subject and surrounding. Using filters are the key to creating texture in landscape photography. It is more than simply screwing a filter in front of your lens, it is understanding the relationship between exposure time, subject movement, dynamic range and more. This means know which filter to use, how to control the exposure time through ISO, aperture, and filter selection. It also means knowing how long to too long and how short is too short. In this presentation landscape photographer John Gregor will discuss the nuances of using filters and how to integrate them into your camera workflow so you can use them effectively.

CLASS:  ​Going Mirrorless

As a professional landscape photographer the last thing John Gregor dreamed of doing was switching from a full-frame DSLR camera system to the smaller sized APS-C sensor. Gregor will discuss why he switched, his experiences in transitioning from a full-frame DSLR, and how he settled on the  Fujifilm X-T2,  APS-C X-trans sensor mirrorless camera system. He will show and discuss how his workflow has transitioned to the new system, and what he has liked and not liked about the new camera system. If you are considering a mirrorless system don't miss this informative presentation.

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