Jeff Thompson
Jeff Thompson is a commercial and landscape photographer from Columbus, Ohio.
About Jeff Thompson
Nature photography allows me to indulge many of my hobbies and passions. I've always enjoyed the solitude available in the great outdoors. I enjoy hiking and camping, expecially within the national parks. In my younger days I was an avid caver, rock climber, and actively participated in sailboat racing, and ice boating. Throughout those times, the camera has always been with me as acompanion.
Though the camping gear has become more "comfortable" and the hikes less physically demanding, I still find the time to photograph national parks. My love for viewing life through a camera lens hasn't diminished
I grew up in Newark Ohio, graduating from The Ohio State University with a degree, focused on Special Education. After a few years teaching in Johnstown Ohio, I changed careers.
I worked in Public Relations for Cardinal Industries, the nation's largest builder of modular housing, providing me with the opportunity to hone my newly developing passion for photography. By the time I achieved the position of Vice President of Corporate Communications, my busy schedule did not allow much time for travel. But that did not deter me from scheduling several personal photo expeditions a year to national parks.
Nearly 14 years ago, I started my own advertising and marketing agency, which allowed me more freedom for personal travel as well as the professional opportunities to spend time behind the camera.
A few years ago I created an additional business called "The Light Works" which allows me to specifically market my landscape photography. I produce a line of greeting cards called, "A Sense of Wonder - Landscape as a Metaphor," combining my favorite photographs with quotes from beloved poets, thinkers, and authors.
Currently, I am working on a long-time project of mine, which is a series of books featuring my landscape photography from the past 30 years.
Contact Jeff Thompson
Do you need a commercial photographer for your next project? Commission me for your next photography needs.
And also, to purchase prints, posters or greeting cards contact me at:
Jeff Thompson
PO Box 2033
Westerville, OH 43086
Phone: 614 - 638 - 4671
Email: jtphotoguy@excite.com
Landscape Photography 1
- Yosemite Valley - Yosemite National Park, California
- Park Avenue - Arches National Park, Utah
- Tetons Over the Snake River - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
- Oxbow Bend - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
- South Window - Arches National Park, Utah
- Balanced Rock - Arches National Park, Utah
- Lee Pass - Zion National Park, Utah
- Window on the Tetons - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
- The Matterhorn - Zermat, Switzerland
- Moonrise Over Bryce Canyon - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
- Above the Clouds - Olymic National Park, Washington
- Bryce Canyon - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
- Bryce Glow 1 - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges -
Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" -- Rudyard Kippling
Landscape Photography 2
- Morning Light - Olympic National Park, Washington
- Utah Sunset - Canyonlands National Park, Utah
- Black Ice Formation - Hoover Reservior, Ohio
- Hoodoos - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
- Yosemite Falls - Yosemite National Park, California
- Last Light - Death Valley National Park, California / Nevada
- Dewdrops on Austrian Pine
- Valley of Clouds - Olympic National Park, Washington
- Lower Falls of Yellowstone - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
- Totem Driftwood - Washington Coast
- Purple Sunset - Death Valley National Park, California / Nevada
- Columbia River Gorge Falls - Oregon / Washington
- Flying Cirrus - Napa, California
"Behind me in the forest, spruce trees stand silent and still travelers,
turning to look over their shoulders, struck speechless." -- Robert Sund
Adventure Photography
- Interlake Nationals - Indian Lake, Ohio
- Hoover Resevoir, Ohio
- DN National Start - Sandusky, Ohio
- Laser - Hoover Sailing Club, Westerville, Ohio
- Sunfish - Hoover Sailing Club, Westerville, Ohio
- Approaching the Gybe Mark - Indian Lake, Ohio
- Highlander Nationals
- Interlake Skipper and Crew - Hoover Sailing Club, Westerville, Ohio
- Interlake Nationals - Indian Lake, Ohio
- The Big Passage - Sloan's Valley Cave, Kentucky
- Dread Pool - Sloan's Valley Cave, Kentucky
- Screaming Willy's Entrance - Sloan's Valley Cave, Kentucky
- Shuttle Launch - Cape Canaveral, Florida
"Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe,
a moment that never was before and never will be again." -- Pablo Casals
Commercial Photography
- Sara Fishing - Westerville, Ohio
- ABB Electric Motor - Ohio
- Lighthouse Sunset - Newport, Oregon
- Hotshop Interior - Tacoma Glass Museum, Tacoma, Washington
- Apartment Community - Dublin, Ohio
- Winding Hollow Golf Course 1 - New Albany, Ohio
- Games by the Fire - Grove City, Ohio
- Flamingo - The Columbus Zoo
- Longaberger Baskets Corporate Headquarters - Newark, Ohio
- Hotshop Exterior - Tacoma Glass Museum, Tacoma, Washington
- Reflective Construction - The Columbus Academy
- Winding Hollow Golf Course 2 - New Albany, Ohio
- Apartment Community - Grandview, Ohio
"These beautiful days much enrich all my life. They do not exist as mere pictures...
but they saturate themselves into every part of the body and live always." -- John Muir
Photoshop
- Bryce Hoodoos - Bryce Canyon National Park
- Agatha Peak, Arizona
- Alice's Woods - Blendon Woods Metro Park, Columbus, Ohio
- Bryce Glow Watercolor 1 - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
- Bryce Glow Watercolor 2 - Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
- Canyon Dechelly - New Mexico / Arizona
- Winter Kayak - Hoover Reservior, Westerville, Ohio
- DN World Championship - Michigan
- Reflection - Oregon Coastline
- Mute Swan - Torch River, Michigan
- Nevada Thunderstorm
- Northrim Fire 1 - Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
- Northrim Fire 2 - Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
"Become lost in the world and found again, to see with new eyes,
to go in search of new possibilites for what matters in us and in nature..." -- Frank Stewart