Our History...

John Drago is the photographer for DaVinci's. He was born in Miami Fl but raised in rural central Ga on a small farm. He has spent the majority of his life outdoors, doing outdoor things like hiking, canoeing and such. He loves nature and wildlife and has spent a significant amount of time documenting his outdoor activities with the passion of his existence, photography.

John got his first camera when he was about 7 years old, an aged and weathered 120 mm rangefinder that his dad had tucked away somewhere ("from back in the war", that would be Korean). From that day forward John was taking pictures whenever he could afford the film and developing.

The Photographer...

Analog or Digital...

A year or two later he got one of those Polaroid "Handles". (Does anyone remember those?) He kept getting new and different cameras through out his life till the present.

He made the switch from medium format analog to digital in 2003, sold most of his analog equipment, and has never looked back. With the advancements in digital image capture and post production technologies, digital has almost surpassed the quality of analog and it has become all but virtually impossible to tell the difference. Now, there may be some purist out there that would probably debate this all day but John would take up their challenge anytime.

How DaVinci’s Was Started...

John has been producing superior images for clients, albeit part time, for years when he finally decided to make it his full time profession in 2004. Since then he has photographed a diverse range of subjects, from salvage cylinders, wines and foods, pets, family portraits, corporate events, youth sporting events, to figure studies. His favorite subject to photograph for himself is outdoor adventure type sports, wild life and untouched backcountry landscapes. He has traveled extensively and has accumulated images from across the continent and even from off the continent.

He has a natural gift for turning the mundane into high impact images and so tends to focus his efforts on industrial, product and high haz photography. John’s fulltime business used to be consulting for environmental companies where he specialized in high haz remediation, so he has a unique skill set that qualifies him to go where others can’t.

DaVinci's Digital Darkroom - providing commercial and product photography to the North Georgia and Atlanta areas!