My name is John Hummel and I have been taking photographs since I was 7 years old. I have had a life-long fascination with the beauty of the world as seen through the lens of my camera. My photography has been one of the greatest gifts in my life. It has allowed me to see the unique beauty of the world around me no matter where my life has led.
One of my great loves has been the opportunity to share that incredible beauty through my images.
I am honored that you have taken the time to visit my website and my world.
I am excited to share the many stories that I have had the opportunity to tell through my photography.
I hope that you will linger a while among our pages and find some pleasure in the world we share!
I would greatly appreciate any thoughts or comments you might have about my site or my images. You can click on the button below or go to the "Contact" tab in the menu bar to send me a message.
One of my great loves has been the opportunity to share that incredible beauty through my images.
I am honored that you have taken the time to visit my website and my world.
I am excited to share the many stories that I have had the opportunity to tell through my photography.
I hope that you will linger a while among our pages and find some pleasure in the world we share!
I would greatly appreciate any thoughts or comments you might have about my site or my images. You can click on the button below or go to the "Contact" tab in the menu bar to send me a message.
Biography
John Hummel has been a photographer since he was 7 years old. He has had a life-long fascination with the beauty of the world as seen through the lens of his camera. Most of his life he has worked in the medium of black and white film, loving the inter-play of light and shadow. With the advent of digital photography, he added color images to his repertoire, loving the richness of color’s variations that nature has to offer. The body of his work has been in the area of nature with a focus on landscapes, seascapes and wildlife.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio
Currently Living in Coupeville, Washington
Married, to Martha Ann Hummel
One son, three daughters, three son-in-laws, and 6 grand-children
Education and Teaching
Loyola University of Los Angeles, BS in Engineering
Two-year commercial photography program at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Ca
Numerous in-person and web-based photo workshops.
From 1995 to 1999, he taught a photography class called “Landscape Photography in the San Bernardino Mountains” for Elderhostel International.
From 2011 to 2014, John taught one-week summer camps for adults in outdoor photography and image processing for the Unitarian Universalist Church’
In 2018, John taught an outdoor photography workshop for The Pacific Northwest Art Institute in Coupeville, Washington
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Galleries and Shows
In 2010 he joined the Mountain Arts Network and was accepted as an artist in the Mountain Arts Gallery in the Lake Arrowhead Village. Later that year he became a part of the Mountain Arts Network Board of Directors. From 2015 to 2018 he served as Vice-president of the network and then became President in 2018, his last year as a member. He remained an active Gallery artist until the end of 2018 when he moved out of the area.
From 2014 to 2017, he was an artist in the Artisans, Etc. gallery in Big Bear Lake, CA where he successfully sold his work.
In 2018 and 2021, John was accepted into the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival, a juried show.
Related Activities
In 2012, 2013 and 2015, John and another photographer, in conjunction with a few other local photographers and two local community services organizations, Doves and Operation Provider, created Christmas portrait weekends to provide free Christmas portraits for low income families in the local communities.
In the last 12 years, he has been a part of a team of photographers headed by Dewitt Jones, a well-known National Geographic’s photographer, working with the “Celebrate What’s Right with the World” website and Facebook page.
Competitions
John won a First Place in the Photography category at the Lake Arrowhead Rotary Art and Wine Festival in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Before that he won two Second Place awards in 2011 and 2012.
John won first place in the 2021 annual Skagit Valley Daffodil Festival photo competition in La Conner, Washington.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio
Currently Living in Coupeville, Washington
Married, to Martha Ann Hummel
One son, three daughters, three son-in-laws, and 6 grand-children
Education and Teaching
Loyola University of Los Angeles, BS in Engineering
Two-year commercial photography program at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Ca
Numerous in-person and web-based photo workshops.
From 1995 to 1999, he taught a photography class called “Landscape Photography in the San Bernardino Mountains” for Elderhostel International.
From 2011 to 2014, John taught one-week summer camps for adults in outdoor photography and image processing for the Unitarian Universalist Church’
In 2018, John taught an outdoor photography workshop for The Pacific Northwest Art Institute in Coupeville, Washington
.
Galleries and Shows
In 2010 he joined the Mountain Arts Network and was accepted as an artist in the Mountain Arts Gallery in the Lake Arrowhead Village. Later that year he became a part of the Mountain Arts Network Board of Directors. From 2015 to 2018 he served as Vice-president of the network and then became President in 2018, his last year as a member. He remained an active Gallery artist until the end of 2018 when he moved out of the area.
From 2014 to 2017, he was an artist in the Artisans, Etc. gallery in Big Bear Lake, CA where he successfully sold his work.
In 2018 and 2021, John was accepted into the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival, a juried show.
Related Activities
In 2012, 2013 and 2015, John and another photographer, in conjunction with a few other local photographers and two local community services organizations, Doves and Operation Provider, created Christmas portrait weekends to provide free Christmas portraits for low income families in the local communities.
In the last 12 years, he has been a part of a team of photographers headed by Dewitt Jones, a well-known National Geographic’s photographer, working with the “Celebrate What’s Right with the World” website and Facebook page.
Competitions
John won a First Place in the Photography category at the Lake Arrowhead Rotary Art and Wine Festival in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Before that he won two Second Place awards in 2011 and 2012.
John won first place in the 2021 annual Skagit Valley Daffodil Festival photo competition in La Conner, Washington.