I’m excited to share that yesterday I discovered my Water Lilies photographic portfolio has been awarded a gold medal at the RHS Botanical Art & Photography show. The show is being held at the Saatchi Gallery, Kings Road, London and is free to enter this year, so do visit if you’re nearby. It’s an honour … More Water Lilies wins RHS Gold medal
Update: orders must be placed by 7th Dec to ensure Christmas delivery. This year my calendar celebrates the chalk grasslands here in Dorset. Combining images from my award winning Dorset Downs series with pictures of some of the wild flowers and butterflies found in this internationally rare habitat. Calendars are on FSC certified papers and … More 2024 Calendar
I’m so happy to share that I have a portfolio of work on show at the RHS Botanical Art & Photography 2023 at the Saatchi Gallery in London, and that The Dorset Downs has been awarded a gold medal. My portfolio is a collection of images of the chalk downland here in Dorset. Calcareous grasslands … More Dorset Downs wins RHS Gold
I’m excited to share an update on my post earlier this year anouncing the publication of my first book. Wild is now published and available to buy from Kozu Books. Wild is a collection of intimate landscapes and portraits of nature made over the course of a decade walking in the countryside around my home … More Wild
Update – Wild is now available at Kozu Books I’m delighted to announce that Wild, a book of my photography is now available for preorder at KOZU books. I’m so excited about this publication and can’t wait to share it with the world. The book is a collection of intimate landscapes and portraits of nature … More Wild
I’ve created a second calendar this year featuring landscapes, waterscapes and flocks of birds. These imagined landscapes are created from images taken in the woods and fields local to my village home in the Winterborne Valley of north Dorset. Calendars are 210mm square. The cover is printed on 250gsm Silk paper and the pages are … More 2021 Imagined Landscapes Calendar
I began this series of images in January, after visiting a starling murmuration at Blashford Lakes in Hampshire. It is created using multiple exposures, often combining ICM photography with static images. I started by combining images of the wetland habitat with images of the birds, but then the project expanded and I included textures, details … More Murmuration
Over the last decade I’ve been taking my camera to the river Stour, which runs through the nearby town of Blandford Forum, to capture images of the local gulls in flight. I’ve always loved birds and birdwatching and am fascinated by flight. Capturing the birds in slow motion using long hand held exposures transforms the … More Gulls in flight.
I’m frequently asked how I produce my ethereal botanical and nature photography, so I thought I would do my best to explain some of my process and why I am drawn to shoot in this style. I’m a self-taught photographer so please forgive me if I can’t find the right vocabulary at times in this … More Ethereal nature photography
The lockdown has meant spending a lot more time at home and as the sun has been shining I’ve spent the last few weeks experimenting more with wet cyanotype, lumens and anthotypes. So I thought I’d share some of the work I’ve created and a little bit about how each image is made. The chemicals … More Cameraless creativity.
Jo Stephen Photography 