“I spent three days shooting in various locations with John, taking in mountains, rivers, waterfalls, lochs, shorelines, and even some very cute red squirrels. Right from the word go, John demonstrated his highly proficient knowledge of landscape photography, filling in some knowledge gaps for me with my own camera, and helping me to learn some of the most important lessons of all when it comes to shooting landscapes. With some great pointers, I'm really happy to have brought some great interest into my photos and am very happy with the end result. To top it off, John is a patient teacher, and such a pleasure to work with, and could even throw in some great local knowledge during our tour. Thanks again John, really enjoyed the chance to do some photography with you, and hope I get a chance to do it again some time.”

“John was kind enough to shoot my Elsa cosplay in Loch Ard for TFP. He did an extensive amount of research prior to the shoot regarding the character, film and poses- not to mention that his turnaround time for the images was remarkable! 100% recommend for any fantasy fans!”

“Met John for a quick last minute shoot and so happy I did! The shoot was so much fun. Interesting location and lovely photographer. Really enjoyed working with him and really easy to get along with. Can't wait for our next shoot which is already being organised. 100% recommended!”

“What a fantastic shoot John and I had! Honestly one of my favourite shoots yet in regards to his ideas and the thing we are trying to achieve together. He is moving onto a different kind of photography with models and I would never have guessed I was the second model for him to shoot with, his creativity and execution of ideas is excellent. Absolutely charming man, full of fun and has some incredible project in the works. We worked on headshots together and plan to do full body shots soon to bring a full idea to life. I can't give too much away but my 'character' will be one of many along a darker path and this is a space to watch. Very highly recommended to work with and I can't wait to do so again either. 😊”

“Had an absolute ball when I worked with John. He's a wonderful photographer, easy to speak to and a good laugh! Couldn't believe it was his first time working with a model and have no doubt that his adventure into portaitures is going to be fantastic!! Thanks again John, can't wait to work with you again!”

“We commissioned John to visit some of our custom kitchen and garage conversions to capture some images for a new web-site. We were greatly impressed with the quality of his work, and with the fast turnaround on the edits. He followed our brief exactly and produced precisely the type of images we wanted.
We would have no problem in recommending John for this type of work and fully intend to use his services again whenever the need arises”

Des, Premier Garage Conversions
website

“We commissioned John to shoot images for our new company website.
The commission required visits to three of our UK laboratory locations: Airdrie, Birmingham and Aston Clinton.

We were so impressed by his work that we re-commissioned him two months later to shoot some further images at a construction site and a windfarm.

We have since gone on to re-license some of these images for use in our company brochures.

I would have no hesitation in recommended John for similar work in the future”

Gilbert, Terra Tek Limited
website

“Altrincham Little Theatre’s bar was adorned with an exhibition of photography by John McKenna from his ‘Images of Japan’ series, but this collection was particularly focused on ‘Transient Moments’. Notoriously a nation of contradictions, McKenna’s work captures passing seasons, wildlife in manicured gardens, geisha using mobile phones and Japan’s architecture in all its glory. McKenna’s photographs are tactile and vibrant, capturing Japan as though one were in the environment when looking at it. He has eschewed the formal framing of Japanese aesthetics, so his photography is Japan through the eyes of a westerner, though some tell-tale influences have crept through. The image of a pagoda with an airline jet in the background feels straight out of an Ozu film and a beautifully shot image of a bridge is reminiscent of a woodblock print. McKenna clearly loves Japan and is taken by the culture’s notion of ‘Wabi-Sabi’, which, to put it far too simply, is the pleasure taken from impermanence and imperfection. I encourage you to visit his website www.johnmckenna.net and explore his work further.”
Ben Hassouna-Smith, “No.9 Reviews”
Feb 2020

“When we needed some promotional photography taken for our latest garage conversion, we had no hesitation in re-commissioning John as we had worked with him on several projects before. Another fast turnaround of images, produced exactly in accordance with our brief. We would have no hesitation in recommending John”

Des, Premier Garage Conversions, Jan 2023

John was commissioned by Italian street furniture designer and manufacturer, Calzolari, to photograph their recent installations in Glasgow’s Merchant City as part of Glasgow City Council’s “Spaces for People” programme. A total of five locations were photographed, in a range of different weather and lighting conditions.

Calzolari staff said “The images are great, you did really good work. Thank you very much, you did a great job!” and later added “Thanks again for your brilliant work, you can see now some of your photos on our website”

Calzolari, 46023 GONZAGA (MANTOVA) - ITALY | VIA CADELLORA 4/6, March 2023

See the results here