Stephen Johnson is a landscape/natural world photographer, and author who photographs and teaches with great passion, and an educator leading photographic workshop experiences of high craft for four decades.

 

FEATURED PRINT September 2026

Portrait, Humpback Whale. Pacifica. CA. 2026.

I call from a friend alerting me to whales just offshore led to my first good whale photographs this season. This particular photo interested me with its eye and baleen so clearly visible.

With this Featured Print Program, I’m offering an un-matted 14-inch-wide print of this photograph for $195. Larger prints can be ordered. This print at this price is offered through September 30. I'll be taking orders until then, and shipping them out by October 15, 2025. The image reverts to its normal price after that, $800 for an 11x14, $1500 for a 16x20 print.

NEW PHOTOGRAPH September 2026

Stirring clouds and Sun. Pacific Ocean. 2026.

Clouds and Sea. 2026

I felt privileged to see this spectacular play of clouds and sea from Mussel Rock on the north side of Pacifica. I often go there for evening walks and deeply enjoy the space, views, sea and sky.


Announcing the September 2026 Newsletter

This month's View From Here column features some 1988 Alaska Journal excerpts with a favorite photograph, a local Dorothea Lange photograph from 1938, discusses print fading, and pays tribute to my friend and patron Tim Smith.

After a summer break, I am restarting my Photo Chats, our weekly two hour forum for photo discussion, critique and photo problem solving. Let me know if you would like to get an invitation.

Junction, Snelling Road and La Paloma Road. Merced County. 2026.

My next Fine Art Digital Printing class is September 17-20, 2026 and has one spot left in it. Another session has been added for November 7-10. I am reducing the class size to three and If you want to join me, register soon

— Steve


Upcoming Speaking Events and Workshops


Currently on Display

The new studio walls carry forward the display of larger prints from the previous studio/gallery drawn from various projects in my career.

Currently my up on the walls are my Trees, Fitzgerald Reserve, Last Light on Half Dome Yosemite, Wildflowers Carrizo Plain, Carrizo Flowers and Storm, the Hale Telescope Palomar Observatory, the Life Form series print Staghorn Fern, prints from the new and forming Organic Landscapes work and Point Reyes Aurora. I seem to always find a place for my 20 inch print of Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother. Four print bins remain browsable through subjects ranging from Rock and Roll, Ireland, Iceland, parks, and local photographs as well as my library of books I’ve created over the last 44 years..

Visiting the Studio

My studio is open by appointment, but I am often there 10am–5pm on weekdays. Write to inquire or call 650 355-7507 to schedule an appointment.

I hope you can come by the studio and see the prints on display and in the print bins. You can also arrange to see any of my portfolios.. I invite you to join me on a workshop, or just say hello and let me know what you are up to photographically and what you might like to see me offer. I value your input.



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