Images by Johnny Stevens

08/17/2021

If you follow my page you may have noticed some odd ads coming from my page for children's items. My page was hacked and a whole shop of 3,000 items was set up. It's been removed, sorry for the odd posts!

03/20/2018

Saw this scene while biking on Shining Sea Bikeway looking out at Martha’s Vineyard Sound. Wood's Hole, Massachusetts. The background was boring so I stole a sunset I shot in Hilton Head Island and dropped it in.

02/16/2018

Two new installations of my abstract photography collection called Rust Rapture - which is very closeup photos of the dilapidated exteriors of vintage rat rods.

First is a 42 x 36 canvas print of “Aqua Marine” a close shot of the front fender of a 1935 GM Truck rat rod. This is hanging in the Den of Ryan and Whitney Hsu in Winston Salem.

The second is “Fusion” which I extracted from the driver door of a 1940 Buick rat rod. This one is hanging in the entry foyer of the home of Robin and Wayne Mosle in Washingon, DC. This is a 60 x 40 paper print on Epson Luster Paper. More at http://www.johnnystevens.com/rustrapture/

02/06/2018

This is a different sort of architectural photography project. Patrick Dougherty is a sculptor who builds these huts out of sticks. When I read about these he was building at Pease Park in Austin, I just had to go do some photographic spot lighting and see if I could get that glowing Hobbit Hut feel out of them. This is what I got after masking 40 layers in Photoshop. Patrick's home is near Chapel Hill, NC. He installs these all over the country.

01/26/2018

As photography mentor at Westlake High in Austin, I like to expose my students to all genres of photography, including formal portrait photography. Our subject Lane Orsak is an author and artist. Lane will be releasing a new book this spring called Dylan’s Divide. For this portrait I had my student, Nolan set up a simple 2 point lighting – one main beauty dish on the right and one strip kicker on the left. After shooting Lane, we took him and the chair out of the scene and spot lit the background and painted in Photoshop 3 different background light angles to achieve the final image. This is one of the images that helped Nolan get accepted to the Tufts Photography Program!

01/10/2018

As my architectural photography work slows in the winter, it lets me enjoy my next favorite passion – portraiture. When I saw the Statesman article about Buck Moore Feed and Pet Supply closing after 72 years in business, I was inspired to ask the owners, John and Ken Bushong, if I could shoot their portrait for posterity. The shop was ideal for a photoshoot since it has iconic items like a 1920’s cash register, a 1930’s adding machine, and scales that are over 50 years old. I knew this setting would be perfect for a composite portrait where I light and capture the people first, then remove them and the lights from the scene, and then go around the room and pop a light on different areas and paint in those spot lit areas layer by layer in Photoshop. I love the drama that spot lighting gives you because each light pop comes from a different direction.

01/10/2018

01/10/2018

Austin Texas Photographer

Architectural and Interior Design Photography

03/17/2016

The newest commission installed yesterday at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC law firm downtown Austin. This is a triptych of the "1934 Chevy Window" from my Rust Rapture series. Many thanks to my buddy David Mattka for this opportunity!

11/11/2015

Was on location doing a photo assignment in Eugene Oregon and screeched to a stop to shoot this. Some of the odd things I find in nature.... Any guesses what it is?

06/04/2015

All the details you need for my Rust Rapture exhibition on June 12 in Austin!

06/04/2015

My favorite collection recently featured on TWC News and opening in a local gallery this June.