Josh Anon (Moraga, CA) has been a nature photographer for over half his life, starting before entering high school in Fairview, PA. However, his interest in photography started when he received his first Kodak 110 camera at the ripe old age of 4. Camera in hand, he received a BS in computer science from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

After graduating, Josh started working at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California. There, he has worked on Finding Nemo (uncredited), The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and more. Currently, he is a layout artist (cinematographer), and his past positions have included rendering optimization, Linux and Mac software development, and model optimization.

His photographic work, which has appeared in a variety of publications, is represented by the prestigious Jaynes Gallery and is available for direct sale. Recently, Josh won Best Man and the Environment Image for the Art Wolfe Environmental Photo Invitational, was a Highly Honored Finalist in the Nature's Best Windland Smith International photography contest, and was a semi-finalist in the world-renowned BBC/Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. He has traveled the globe searching for the next great picture, be it 100 feet deep on the Great Barrier reef or in the Arctic Circle. On the weekends, Josh teaches photography and leads workshops in San Francisco. He writes regularly for the O'Reilly Aperture Digital Media Blog, is a co-author of Aperture Exposed (Anon and Anon, Sybex 2006), and is a co-author of Photoshop CS4 for Nature Photographers (Anon and Anon, Sybex 2008).

Josh also writes software for Lightbox Software (www.lightboxsoftware.com), including Lightbox, one of the first professional-quality image management programs for Mac OS X. More recently he has focused on iPhone development, especially an animation tool called FlipBook.

When not shooting, making cartoons, or coding, Josh can be found kiteboarding.

You can reach Josh by emailing joshanon (at) mac (dot) com.

Gear Bag
Josh currently shoots with a Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, a Canon EOS 1D Mark III, and an Infrared-modified Canon 30D as well as a variety of Canon lenses. He uses a Gitzo carbon fiber tripod and a Really Right Stuff BH-55 ball head. He can often be found wearing a Domke photo vest with a Singh-Ray 2-stop graduated split ND filter in the top pocket and SanDisk and Delkin CF cards in another.