Images and Impressions from the
Roan Highlands and Beyond
I am Eric Jon Jōb, a photographer (and writer). I started this website to showcase photographs I think are beautiful or impressive. I am cognizant that as a photographer, I am really capturing someone else’s work, whether it be the work of our Creator or something crafted by one of His creatures. Painters, musicians, songwriters, sculptors, writers, actors, filmmakers, architects and engineers: all are artists. We were meant to take the elements of this physical Universe and form magnificent and useful things for the glory of God, Who is the Ultimate Artist.
While I believe my perspective about the Creator is self-evident, it isn’t universally held, and competing worldviews contend the contrary. That is why I write, usually to interpret my photographs in light of the awe and wonder I feel experiencing the natural world.
Artist’s Statement
When I was a boy, one of my favorite pastimes was lying on my grandparents’ living room floor at night, watching my Grandpa’s slideshows on a silver screen. Each Kodachrome slide was an adventure, a journey to another place, a story told in an instant.
Then I took up photography in my teen years and thoroughly enjoyed experimenting with cameras and techniques. Working with rangefinder, SLR, and pinhole cameras helped me master the technical side of photography. I loved the black and white darkroom. Those were adventurous times—pulling freshly developed film from a tank and seeing prints materialize in Dektol under the dim illumination of paper-safe red light.
Yet shooting color reversal films brought the greatest joy. I learned, as my grandpa had, that there was more to photography than exposing a medium to light. Pressing onward, coursework in college enlightened me to the art of photography, where I was challenged to address subject selection, timing, lighting, composition, and processing to achieve a specific aesthetic.
My photography is inspired by my passion and love for God, those made in His image, and His Creation. I feel such peace and freedom being in the wild, exploring with a camera, basking in a deep appreciation for the grace given to me through Christ to share His great work.
Photographer’s Blog
Sometimes I write about photography and share galleries of my work. They may be found on the Photographer’s Blog.
