Don Johnston

"While I have travelled much of North America chasing light and subject I am very comfortable photographing the wildlife and landscapes near my home. I feel there is an advantage photographing local subjects and this inspired me to self-publish a coffee table book 'Close to Home'." Don Johnston is a self-taught natural history photographer. He has a degree in Biological Sciences and taught high school biology, retiring after nearly thirty years. Don has been pursuing nature and landscape photography for more than twenty five years. He has travelled and photographed extensively throughout North America and has studied with such notable nature photographers as John Shaw, Freeman Patterson and Tim Fitzharris. This award winning nature photographer currently lives in Lively, Ontario with his wife Brenda and son Matthew. His extensive file includes stunning wildlife, plant, landscape and photo-impressionist images from locales as near as his backyard and as far as British Columbia and western USA. His website www.donjohnstonphotos.com has been recently revamped to include a searchable file of over 10000 images, which is constantly growing. Don was the 1995 grand prize winner of the Sierra Photo Contest. Recently four of Don’s images were short-listed and highly commended in the International Garden Photography contest in the UK. He is widely published in various print media including magazines such as National Wildlife and Harrowsmith. His images have appeared in calendars for World Wildlife Fund, Audubon, Brown Trout, Harrowsmith and National Geographic. Along with noted Canadian photographer Mike Grandmaison, Don produced photos for Sudbury's 'Healing the Landscape' a coffee table book celebrating Sudbury's re-greening. Recently his photos were chosen for Nikon camera television commercials and Nikon binoculars print ads. His prints hang in private collections in Sudbury and as far abroad as Atlanta.