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ABOUT ME
My name is Jan Jasinski, I'm a 28 year old freelance photographer and airline pilot flying Embraer E195-E2 jets. I grew up in a Polish household around the Ottawa, Canada area. Prior to pursuing a career in aviation, I studied graphic design which has helped me develop skills alongside my photography. My aviation career has taken me to some of the most remote destinations in Canada onboard a fleet of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. Following that experience I enjoyed 2 years flying Cessna Citation CJ3+ business jets across North America.
My photography journey commenced at the age of 11, having self-taught myself while experimenting for countless of hours with a Fujifilm F70EXR camera. With an enormous passion and desire to learn, I committed most of my days on the internet where I would read product reviews, view and comment on photography forums and watch Youtube videos of all things photography and editing related. My desire for photography was so immense, that I would even bother strangers in public to let me use their DSLR's and take any chance I could to visit my local camera store. Having very supporting parents, they saw I was onto something and surprised me with my first serious camera (Canon Rebel XS) in 2011 which truly kicked off my photography career. It didn't take long for me to realize that I needed better lenses so I decided to put any savings I could get at that age towards the purchase of a 70-200mm f/4L series lens. The lens made such a substantial improvement in my photos that it became the reason I invest heavily into a variety of lenses today.
Growing up with aviation being my biggest passion, I was mesmerized by the images that Kavin Kowsari and Jørgen Syversen were producing online. I admired their photos so much that I aspired to one day achieve such vivid colour rendition and contrasty images. It took me several years of experimenting with editing software to try and replicate the brilliance from their photos. I eventually found my own unique style which was largely influenced by them. I quickly became more confident with my abilities that by the age of 14, I was able to sell some photos with appear in my first magazine publications soon after.
Aviation photography has been a very rewarding experience for me as I have created many friendships, industry connections and unique experiences that were exclusive offered to me due to my passion and skill behind my camera. Over the past few years I have developed an equally strong passion for landscape photography which I tend to integrate into the composition of my aviation photos. Outside of my flying career, I try and take the opportunity to travel around the world where I really enjoy capturing the variety of landscapes and cityscapes the world has to offer. I've been fortunate enough to visit all 7 continents where my photos can be found under the landscape section of my website.
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