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Jon Norris

Hello! I’m Jon Norris, a professional landscape photographer and hiking/backpacking guide. I share essential landscape photography tips, plus my images, thoughts, and musings. I look forward to helping you improve your photography!

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Twisted

St. Mary and All Saints Church, Chesterfield, UK | © 2026 Jon Norris

During mid-April I visited the UK to spend a week with my Dad. He lives in Chesterfield (Derbyshire) and something that has always caught my attention but I had not yet p...

a month ago
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More than just numbers ...

Blankeneser Hauptstraße 3 | © 2012 Jon Norris

I’d walked along Blankeneser Hauptstraße many times since moving to Hamburg a few years before. One thing that had always struck me was the house numbers. They all appeared to be different (wit...

2 months ago
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Reframing my photography identity

The ‘landscape’ I’ve seen the most of so far in 2026 | © 2026 Jon Norris

It’s been a couple of months since I last posted on Substack, and I’m trying to get myself back into writing mode.

This writing hiatus was triggered by, 1) having wa...

3 months ago
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Experimenting with Kodak TMax 100 B&W Film, Polarizing, and Color Filters

Pencil Cholla Cactus and Granite Boulder | © 2025 Jon Norris

In November I wrote about my experience of shooting my first roll of 120 B&W film with my Mamiya RZ67 Pro II medium format film camera - see linked article below.

Left and right...

5 months ago
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"Half the park is after dark" ... as long as you photograph it from the parking lot!

Arch Rock and the Milky Way - which can longer be visited for nighttime photography workshops | © 2024 Jon Norris

The phrase “Half the park is after dark” is a slogan coined by astronomer and educator Tyler Nordgren, in 2010, to promote th...

5 months ago
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    Hello! I'm a landscape photographer and hiking guide based in Southern California. As a recovering engineer (having spent 25+ years in aerospace) I divide my time between B2B marketing and photography, exploring, experiencing and creating.

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