About Jay Nielsen
Jay's Background - Jay Nielsen was born and raised in the beautiful state of Utah. He grew up in an active family that spent a lot of time in the outdoors. This is where Jay first started to love the beauty of the great outdoors. He is now married and has two sons that love to trek into nature with him and are aspiring photographers themselves.
Jay has been interested in photography from a very young age. He took apart his parent's camera when he was about ten years old to see how it worked. He really started to gain an appreciation for the fine art of photography in high school where he took every photography class available. Even in high school Jay's favorite subject to photograph was nature. Ironically his teacher tried to steer him away from nature photography because there is more of a market for portrait/commercial photographers.
Jay stuck with nature photography for many years as a hobby and as an amateur photographer. Many people started asking him if they could buy prints. Jay decided to start Nature on Display to make his prints available worldwide through the internet. Selling prints is his major emphasis but also makes his images available to the publishing community.
Many nature photographers lay their claim to fame on a biology or similar science degree. A biology degree does help in understanding technical information about the subject being photographed. Jay feels that nature photography should be treated more as an art than a science and considers the images on this site to be fine art images. Nature photography is basically spending the necessary time in the outdoors to be there when the lighting conditions are just right to capture a beautiful image. The art of composing an image should not always be scientific and always follow set rules. Sometimes breaking the standard rules of composition create the most breathtaking images.
Message from Jay - I absolutely love to spend time in the outdoors. The more time that I spend marveling at the beauty of nature, the stronger my testimony becomes that there is a Supreme Creator. The way the earth and all things thereon interact together is absolute evidence to me of God's existence and great power.
When I step back out of nature into the "real world" and see all of the troubling things that are happening, I also know that there is an adversary who is very real. His goal is to make all of us miserable like himself. We definitely live in troubled times. Many people are searching for help and guidance in the face of difficult circumstances.
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I know with all of my heart that this is the Savior's true Church. It is the same Church he established when he dwelt here upon the earth. He directs the Church through a modern day Prophet and Apostles. The Gospel of Jesus Christ truly brings peace in an increasingly troubled world. This Gospel also provides the way for families to be together forever, there truly is life after death where we can be together.
I encourage anyone who is searching for peace, true happiness, and the meaning of life to find out more about this wonderful Gospel. Click Here to learn more about the Church and the purpose of life.