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John De Bord Photography

I am a professional photographer capturing the landscape, nature, country & rural images of Colorado.

Prints available on my website https://jdebordphoto.pixels.com/

03/21/2026

I've been quite busy with my drone lately & I wanted to take a moment to share some photos I've taken using it 😀

These are all sunrise & sunset images. All are a 3-5 image stack to create HDR images. The sky here lately has just been on fire 🔥
The color, the drama with the clouds, the variance in temperature, it just all came together a lot more than what I ever anticipated.

I hope you like them.
Commentary in the comments of each photo about the image.
---John

03/06/2026

**Please comment, I'd like to know which image you prefer?

I've been having a lot of fun lately with macro photography. I've been pretty dang busy. And when it comes to these sorts of images, I always make "variations" of the original. Re-cropping, different color(s), B&W is a thing, along with style.

Let me know & I hope you enjoy these shots 😀
---John

02/24/2026

Let's talk macro photography! 😀

Here's a little behind the scenes of how I take macro photos & what it is I aim to achieve for the viewer when taking floral shots. This is a little rough as it's my first time ever doing something like this with a video & I really should've used my phone tripod instead of handholding.

I hope this helps some of you & gives you some ideas for when you take macro photographs yourself. Remember, if you have ANY questions I'm here to help, just ask 📸
--John

02/16/2026

Here's a little hot tip for you.

Remember, if you have Amazon Prime you have free unlimited storage for all of your photos including RAW files 📂
They also have a desktop app you can use to synch your hard-drives.

People seem to forget about this.
I figured a reminder would be a good idea.
You're not getting off THAT easy though. How can I post to my photography without sharing a photograph? lol 😂

Experimentation is good. Photography is a never ending learning art; you never stop growing. For this shot I wanted something that would really well as a B&W photograph that harkened back to the days of film & darkroom development. I really wanted something that would also highlight those raindrops well.
I hope you all enjoy iy.
---John

02/11/2026

"The House of God"

💡Personal thoughts on the photo -
(this will be a little long but insightful I think)

I really think getting a drone was one of the best things I've ever done for my photography. I'll be honest with everyone; I'm basically a Macro photographer at this point. Aside from the photos you all see from my drone, it's Macro work that I'm limited in being able to do. The landscape photographs I post are old, some several years old at that. They've sat on my external hard drives for years, completely untouched. And I keep finding more. 10s of thousands untouched landscape & wildlife images lol Ya, I have my work cut out for me, eh? lol 😂

I've also been able to find & discover new subject matter with my drone. Granted, most of it is urban but I got my start doing street photography, hotrods, pinups, & covering the rockabilly scene in Denver for many years before I ever got into nature photography. Houses of Worship have always fascinated me. Architecture can vary so much & I've been very blessed having lived in Germany for several years & photographing very famous church's like the Cologne Cathedral. (Now THAT is mind blowing!)

This little church is very close, across the street literally. It's a very small congregation of a very old Christian church called "Romanian Orthodox Church St John The Romanian", who happens to have a page 😁 https://www.facebook.com/stjohnthehozevitedenver

I understand the exposure here is quite "strong". That's intentional. It was some very powerful golden hour sunset light so I decided to HDR this one as I don't have filters for my drone yet. I wanted that light to be over-powering because it represents, well, God after all. There's some really great symbolism with that happening so I immediately knew what I needed to do.

Fun times! 😀
---John

02/10/2026

This was quite the dramatic scene to photograph.
A severe warned thunderstorm in & around the Crested Butte area of Colorado isn't something that happens often & I happened to be lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to photograph it.

To get the shot I used a Singh-Ray Circular Polarizer & a Singh-Ray 2 stop Graduated ND to hold back the sky & even out the exposure. Needless to say I didn't stand here very long with my tripod as lightning was getting rather frequent & tripods make fantastic conductors.

I hope you all enjoy my photograph.
Please feel free to share & tag yourself & others in it.
---John
https://jdebordphoto.pixels.com

01/23/2026

I really like how this photograph came out.
It's also quite different because it was taken on my phone; a Samsung Galaxy. I used the "Pro Mode* setting so I could adjust the exposure & shoot in RAW. A bit controversial but I believe we've now reached the point where your cell phone is good enough to be your main camera. Of course there's context that has to be taken into account. I'm not talking cheap phones either but Flagship phones & other higher end cell phones.

Don't expect to photograph wildlife or sports but for still subjects, street photography, & some nature photography you're fine. 😃

This location is a bit "famous" & many photographers who come to Colorado & the Crested Butte area will recognize it. It's a scene I love & every time I'm down there I have to photograph it. Such a scene for me screams "rural country America!" & makes for great subject matter.

I hope you enjoy it.
--John

12/26/2025

Merry Christmas & happy holidays to everyone ❤️

I really appreciate the love & support everyone has afforded me. The last few years have been incredibly difficult for me. I'm very thankful for what I have & that I'm still able to do what I love - photography.

I hope you've all had a most wonderful day today. I leave you with a winter photo of here in Colorado. This was taken just after sunrise when a snow storm hit us overnight creating a clean, fresh, & crisp landscape
--John

12/18/2025

Light.
Light like this is what we nature photographers live for. It's the endless pursuit - good light. I have a little saying that goes "storm light is best light" & I truly believe that.

This scene played out like magical. It was incredible to watch & photograph where at times I was beginning to wonder if this was real life or was I dreaming. A snow storm was beginning to come over the West Elk Mountains outside Crested Butte & Gunnison Colorado. The drama, color, & light all came together like magic.

Without any question, one of the best displays of light I've ever seen as a photographer.
--John
Travel Crested Butte Gunnison Crested Butte

12/04/2025

On Tuesday morning we had a sunrise for the ages here in Denver. The colors were incredible during "blue hour" & these were taken nearly an hour before sunrise itself. It's a little uncommon to see color & light like this so early before dawn especially here during winter.

I immediately ran back inside & grabbed my drone. I'm thankful I did because what I captured was gorgeous colors. A little bit of a long exposure of about 1½ seconds in the one photo you'll see as the headlights & taillights from cars are steaks of colors.

I hope you enjoy it & I'll have these available for purchase on my website within the next 72 hours.
---John

12/01/2025

CHRISTMAS SALE ANNOUNCEMENT! ☃️🎄

All prints & products are 40% off! 🎇

Now, December 1st - December 25th, Christmas.
Prints, canvas prints, greeting cards, coffee mugs, beach towels, shower curtains, you name it, even framed prints, all 40% off. If you've ever wanted to own a piece of my work, now is the time. This is my best & biggest sale of the year.
All details in the picture of the flyer. If you have any questions please feel free to ask 😀
---John

11/29/2025

Good Saturday morning!

Today I wanted to announce beginning on Monday (Cyber Monday) I will having a massive sale on my website https://jdebordphoto.pixels.com/ where everything is marked 40% off! If you ever wanted to own one of my photographs, now is the best time to purchase one. My work is not just available as prints & on canvas but a large variety of products too; cell phone cases, stickers, shower curtains, coffee mugs, & even tapestries. It's a rather large array of things.

Over the next couple days I'll be working feverishly to get everything uploaded to my website that's "new" & I wanted to share some of those "new" photographs with everyone. A small sample 12 photographs is below that will be available for purchase.
Make sure you go full screen when viewing them.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend. Please stay safe 😁
---John

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