James Corwin Johnson and The Photo Experience

Meet James

James Corwin Johnson in Yosemite
James Corwin Johnson has specialized in professional photography for over 35 years. He is a graduate of the Glen Fishback School of Photography. Glen was a contemporary of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston and is best known for simplifying the Ansel Adams Zone System.
James Corwin Johnson’s career has spanned the gamut of photographic specialties and taken him to Canada, Mexico and Europe. His work has appeared in Eastman Kodak, Paramount Pictures, Textbook and other consumer and industrial publications. In addition to owning his own photography firm where he concentrated on commercial, industrial and portrait photography.
Credits:
Director of Photography at Yosemite National Park for more than 12 years. During that time he specialized in teaching students how to    appreciate and photograph the     natural wonders and wildlife of Yosemite. This led to his establishment of the now famous “Camera Walks”. He ran the photography studio and lab at the park, lectured at Workshops held in conjunction with the Ansel Adams Gallery and published the renowned “Yosemite Photographer’s Guide; Official Camera Walk Handbook”.

James was the Director of Photography for Disney Cruise Lines and was responsible for the inauguration and development of the guidelines for their photographic endeavors.

  • The Board of Directors for Disney’s Celebration unit.
  • Harrah’s Lake Tahoe  -- Director of Photographic Services,
  • Club Med Mexico  -- Chief Photographer
  • Eckerd College  – Photography Instructor
  • Walt Disney Co., State of California, Eastman Kodak, and Paramount.
  • Safari Education

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James Corwin Johnson has spent most of his photographic career teaching students how to improve their skills. As Director of Education at Johnson Photo Imaging for over six years. He instituted The Safari Club and Safari Education. James teaches and conducts classes and tours for his own company Adventures in Imaging. The programs James teaches include:
  • Indoor Portraiture
  • Outdoor Beach Portraiture
  • Nature and Wildlife Photography
  • Photo Shop Methodologies
  • Specific Cameras Techniques (Canon, Nikon and “point and shoot”)
  • Understanding Histograms
  • Composition
  • Close up & Macro Photography
  • Black & White Digital Photography
  • The Complete Digital Photographer.

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