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May Portfolio: John Beath

John’s portfolio

“These images represent an eclectic mix of my passions: world travels, people, action and, of course, fish. My photography career began in 1988 when I began writing magazine articles. For one year I apprenticed at a local newspaper and learned darkroom techniques. Since beginning my photo career, my images have been on more than 150 magazine covers and been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers, calendars and ad campaigns. Shooting weddings for years also helped me develop my skills and pay for equipment. Today I shoot 100 percent digital.” –John Beath








Sunset at the head of Rivers Inlet in central British Columbia provides stunning light shows that spill between steep mountains. The west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands off British Columbia can get rough and windy. Sundown after a successful day of fishing on British Columbia’s west coast. Can you imagine accompanying triplet anglers on a tuna fishing trip? The third triplet brother was seasick, so his siblings used a tuna in his place for this shot. Mornings on the Amazon’s remote reaches can be magical. This Brazilian boy was all smiles after he caught this arowana from the Amazon River using an old lure and short length of worn-out monofilament. It took a clown-colored lure to catch this colorful peacock bass on the Amazon. While fishing remote flooded forests of the Amazon this native paddled into view in his homemade dugout canoe and homemade bowfishing equipment. While on assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle, Tom Stienstra and I came upon a house that had floated for miles from its foundation to the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana. This eerie scene greeted us when we entered the house; it haunts me still. Thousands of nonnative nutria rodents drowned or starved in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita in Louisiana. In China koi goldfish represent good luck. These fish have learned to recognize the sight of tourists, who buy fish food from gumball machines filled with fish pellets. This huge Alaskan hook-nosed coho just about slammed into my wide-angle lens. During a visit to Beijing last January, I came upon this cold, semi-smoggy scene at the Summer Palace’s massive man-made lake constructed in the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). It took several thousand people to dig out the lake. Mark Fisher fights a big peacock bass on the Amazon. This proud little boy caught a peacock bass from his canoe on a small channel off the Amazon River. The Chinese people still love Chairman Mao. Just prior to my last visit to China it snowed and made ascending the Great Wall an interesting challenge. During my first visit to Tiananmen Square three years ago, I captured this image of a little girl learning Chinese patriotism. Costa Rican fuschias provide lots of color at Crocodile Bay Lodge in Puerto Jimenez. Hey, wake up. While heading to the jungles of Costa Rica, I spotted this bird screeching into the cow’s ear.

 
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