· Steve Johns Bio
Born in Australia Steve Johns has spent the majority of his life instructing and leading adventure activities in some of the most remote and untouched locations in the World. After a life changing experience he is now committed to sharing his passions in the form of artistic and creative images. His love of photography comes from a deep affection for the natural environment as well as an insatiable curiosity for the human spirit. Some of his recent activities include entries in various international competitions which resulted in a number of first and second places, as well as Champion prints. More recently he has been focusing on special event photography and portraits with a strong environmental theme shooting outdoors using natural light only in the pristine gorges, mountains and rain forests of northern New South Wales (Australia). If you would like to commission his services to produce individualized and unique images with an exclusive style or you would like to be involved as a model in these images please send a message via the contact page.
· Ethics and Philosophy
My images are a construal of the natural world hence they must be true to the original scene that was in front of me at the time. In today’s digital world it is difficult to find an image that has not been heavily manipulated (edited & altered), however through the use of appropriate digital editing techniques similar to traditional dark room methods it is possible to produce an image that is equal to the integrity of the original scene at its truest and finest. Digital technology that replicates traditional darkroom tools is considered to be undamaging to the virtues of a scene if those tools do not fundamentally alter the integrity of that image.