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 August 2026
Blue Horizon, Last Light. Mussel Rock. Pacifica. CA 2023
Blue Horizon, Last Light. Mussel Rock. Pacifica. CA. 2023.
My frequent evening walks on the north cliffs of Pacifica often yields dramatic light and color.
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 August 31. I'll be taking orders until then, and shipping them out by September 15, 2025. The image reverts to its normal price after that, $800 for an 11x14, $1500 for a 16x20 print.
NEW PHOTOGRAPH August 2026
Control Tower. SFO. 2026
After almost two weeks on the road, I saw yet another sight that seemed worth recording. On the roof of the airport parking lot, just waiting for my Uber home, the night lights on the SFO Control tower needed to have some photons captured. It was the last photograph of the trip.
Announcing the August 2026 Newsletter
This month's View From Here column gives voice to some thoughts about photographs, their human value, and memoryI’ve also included some photographs that I ran across during my slide copying and scans assessment.
My photographs are featured in a new show now at the Pacifica Center for the Arts Sanchez Galleries “Balancing Act, at the waters edge” running through August 9.. This exhibition furthers the goal of a study to engage the community to identify opportunities to implement Nature-Based Solutions that would restore natural habitats in order to protect elements of the built environment while enhancing wildlife resources.
Cloud Bank Last Light over Pacific. Pacifica, CA. 2026.
There is still equipment and supplies to give away from my studio downsizing including some older iMacs, and color management equipment.
My next Fine Art Digital Printing class for September 17-20, 2026 has one spot left in it. The August 8-11 session is now full. I am reducing the class size to three and If you want to join me, register soon.
— Steve
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On The Studio Walls
Location: Stephen Johnson Photography. Studio 15. Pacifica Center for the Arts
Currently on Display
The new studio walls carry forward the display of larger prints from from the previous studio/gallery drawn from various projects in my career.
Currently my up on the walls are my Trees, Firtzgerald Reserve, Last Light on Half Dome Yosemite, Wildflowers Carrizo Plain, Carrizo Flowers and Storm, the Hale Telescope Palomar Observatory, the Life Form featured 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 arrangement 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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