 |
 John
Tannock's affair with photography began at age 3, when he
dismantled a Kodak Box Camera. The camera didn't survive.
John's curiosity and loveof
photography did.
He received his first camera for his 10th birthday, a gift from
his grandparents. It was a Brownie Starmite that served him well
for years. As he grew, so did his interest in photography. After
entering the US Navy in the 1960s he purchased a Polaroid 240 instant
camera with his first military paycheck. He recouped the capital
outlay within days by selling photos of other trainees, who in
turn sent them home to their families. By 1967 he was documenting
flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation
while off the coast of Vietnam. The following year he became an
unofficial combat photographer, documenting operations aboard an "Apocalypse
Now" type patrol boat while serving with the Mobile Riverine
force in the Mekong Delta.
By 1969 he was out of the Navy and ready for some formal training.
He entered Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, CA., graduating in
1972.
Returning to the East Coast, he started his own studio, John Tannock
Photography, taking on a variety of assignments, from architectural
to portrait. By 1982 he had obtained a pilot's license and an airplane,
thus adding aerial photography to his credits. That was also the
year that he earned his Professional Photographers of America certification.
In the ensuing years John Tannock Photography, LLC became one of
the most respected photography studios in the Delaware Valley.
Still, he refused to accept the status quo. A revolution - digital
photography - was coming, and he was one of the first in the area
to fully recognize the implications. He became a believer in the
digital process in the spring of 1998 when Miller's Professional
Imaging, his lab of choice, introduced the Proshots program. Proshots
became available on May 1, 1998, and amazingly, it was in place
and working in John's studio the very same day. It's still his
tool of choice for presentation, editing and ordering. Because
of his early experience and success, he joined the PP of A Super
Monday instructor team in the summer of 2001. His first class consisted
of photographers from three states and included technical representatives
from Fuji and Kodak. He hopes to continue on the instructor team,
and promises not to take apart anybody's camera - except maybe
his own.
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