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JOHN A. SIKITA

artist photographer philanthropist

John Sikita

Feb 2, 20201 min read

Good vs Great

Whilst skimming through Instagram the other day, I thought to myself how many good photographs were posted, just today…just the last...

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John Sikita

Mar 25, 20191 min read

Crystal Palace

Ok so I lied… One more foray into the freezing morning cold. I flipped a coin as to whether to take my camera bag with me on Scout’s...

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John Sikita

Feb 24, 20192 min read

Patience

Patience is a virtue of which I have none. It is also a lesson forced upon you by its very definition. The only way to overcome it is...

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John Sikita

Feb 10, 20191 min read

Getting Lost

My wife likes to tell people that you could put a bag over my head and ship me to a far-off land and within minutes tell you exactly...

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John Sikita

Jan 26, 20191 min read

Half Full or Half Empty

I woke up at 5am on a Sunday to a freezing cabin, put my snow clothes on, dug the cabin wagon out of a snow drift, got me and Scout...

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John Sikita

Dec 31, 20181 min read

Martis from North Star

Sometimes I wake up and head out not knowing where or what I will photograph. This is one such photo I caught, as I came around the...

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John Sikita

Dec 9, 20181 min read

Smartest Dog in the World

My dog is smart. I know, I know…everyone’s dog is “smart.” But mine is the smartest. Maybe even too smart. This photograph proves it....

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John Sikita

Dec 1, 20182 min read

Lens Cloth

I like salsa. I like all kinds of salsa. I really like spicy salsa. I really, really, like homemade, fresh, spicy salsa. So, I...

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John Sikita

Sep 2, 20181 min read

Dollar Point

I have been driving by this picture for 12 years. I woke up late for the sunrise and on my way to Martis Valley I came upon this point...

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John Sikita

May 27, 20181 min read

Milky Way Bonsai

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” So said John Muir. I envisioned this picture in my head ever since...

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John Sikita

Jan 8, 20182 min read

Clearing Winter Storm Truckee

“..it looks like a Norman Rockwell painting John Allen..” is perhaps the best compliment my Mom ever gave me. And it was about this pic...

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John Sikita

Oct 20, 20171 min read

California Bear

The Grizzly bear was officially hunted to extinction in California by the year 1922. If I didn’t know this I would’ve sworn this was a...

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