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Photographer and writer Jon Sparks has tried many activities but still rates rock-climbing and cycling (not simultaneously) as the most fun it's possible to have.
A full-time freelance for over 15 years, Jon founded his career on photographing Lancashire and the Lake District. Today his library encompasses images from five continents, with specialist coverage of the Scottish Islands, Finland, and major Baltic destinations.
He has always been a writer too, producing guidebooks for walkers, climbers and cyclists, an acclaimed book on outdoor photography, and travel guides to Finland and to the Baltic. He also writes regularly on photography and is in process of delivering a series of Nikon camera guides.
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Publisher of Greetings Cards and Postcards.
Own picture library.
Photography workshops.
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Commissioned and stock photography: own picture library, contributes to global agencies Corbis and Alamy; writer of numerous books and articles including regular contributions to Outdoor Enthusiast magazine.
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Commended in Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2009.
Outdoor Writers' Guild Outdoor Book Award 2004 for 'Lake District Moods'
British Guild of Travel Writers Award for Best Photography, 2002
Overall winner, Isle of Man Tourism Photo Competition 2003
Highly Commended in Outdoor Writers' Guild Award for Photography, 2001, 2002, 2004
Outdoor Photography (with Chiz Dakin) (2011.) Hike and Bike Bowland (2011).
The Digital SLR Handbook (2009), Nikon DSLR System Guide and numerous guides to individual Nikon cameras for Ammonite Press.
Walking the World's Natural Wonders: lead writer and major contributing photographer. Published 2008 by New Holland (UK) Ltd.
As photographer: Portrait of Morecambe Bay (Halsgrove, 2008); Portrait of Blackpool and the Fylde (Halsgrove, 2007); Moods of the Lakeland Fells (Halsgrove, 2006); Moods of the Lakeland Tarns (Halsgrove, 2005); Lancashire Moods (Halsgrove, 2005); Portrait of Lancaster (Halsgrove, 2005); Lake District Moods (Halsgrove, 2003); The Magic of the Scottish Islands (David & Charles, 2002)
As writer and photographer: Traveller’s Baltic Cruising (Thomas Cook, 2009 ); Arthur Ransome's Lake District (Halsgrove, 2007); Traveller’s Finland (Thomas Cook, 2006 ); Scrambles and Easy Climbs in Snowdonia (with Tom Hutton and Jerry Rawson) (Grey Stone Books, 2003); Scrambles and Easy Climbs in the Lake District (with Judith Brown) (Grey Stone Books, 2003); The Lancashire Cycleway (Cicerone Press, 2003)
As writer: 50 Walks Lancashire and Cheshire (AA Publishing, 2003)
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Finland and the Baltic; Scotland - Islands (Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland); Lake District; Lancashire; Yorkshire Dales walking; cycling; mountain biking; rock climbing (easy grades); scrambling; landscape.
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