Jeff Siddens Photographs
About
It is I, me, Jeff Siddens doing my John Wayne's Teeth impression. Grand Canyon NP, 2025
Why This Website?
This is the personal website of me, Jeff Siddens. I'm an amateur photographer and hobbyist web designer, so this site is a portfolio, of sorts, of two of my hobbies. It's a personal home page, so there is a bit of vanity mixed in, too.
Why Landscape Photography?
I enjoy nature and the outdoors well enough on their own, but what I really enjoy is the actof making a photograph. I like being out at pre-dawn with a camera and going through the steps of composing a photograph, waiting for light, making an exposure, making little adjustments, trying again. Enjoyment of the process of making the photographs is the reason I do photography, and why I keep doing it.
Gear
Regarding equipment, I use an older Canon 35mm digital body, 3 pro-level zoom lenses, a sturdy tripod, and a couple of of filters. I don’t follow the latest camera debates or worry about whether one brand is better than another. Honestly, I try to work slow and wish, sometimes, I could use an old 8×10 field camera with a single lens. The big bulky thing would slow me down even more and force me to focus (pun intended) on composition, exposure, and the image. To repeat, for me, the enjoyment comes from making the photograph: being out there, paying attention, and trying to create something that feels honest. The equipment is just the tool that lets me do that.