Photo in the San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle ran one of our photos in the Home & Garden section of the Sunday, September 23, 2012 edition.The article features the design work of April Gruber the property owner and designer for the project.  You can read the article on SFGATE. Our connection to this project was through David Thorne Landscape Architect [...]
Streetscape – Park Street
This is a work-in-progress which will ultimately include a rendering of trees planted along the street. This work was commissioned by Ignition Architecture working in conjunction with the City of Alameda. The architect consulted with us after severeal unsuccessful l attempts to create an image on her own. The challenge was to create a streetscape that would show the [...]
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
We’d like to wish you a Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays. We recently took a few days off to go play in the snow. Here’s a picture captured during a recent hike on snowshoes in Hope Valley, not far from Lake Tahoe. More images from this outing can be viewed in a Photoshelter gallery.
Pool with a View
Here’s an image we captured while on a photo shoot in Tiburon for Studio Green. John Merton of Studio Green wanted to capture with pool, and the glass fence with the city of San Francisco in the background. We decided the best way to capture this would be to work at dusk so that we [...]
The Carrizo Plain
In late April I made a visit to the Carrizo Plain. I’ve been visiting this area since 1987 when The Nature Conservancy hired me to create photos to use for fund raising. I happened to arrive as a spring storm was passing through. I even had snow as I drove over the Temblor range on [...]
Antelope Valley Poppies
The poppies in the Antelope Valley were spectacular this year. A sea of orange color with the snow-capped Tehachapi Mountains in the background. You can see more images in Treve’s Photoshelter site
More Wildflowers
Here’s a recent scan from an images that was captured on film some years ago. The original was captured with a 6×17 camera which produces a huge negative. The image was converted to a digital file and is now available for prints or other uses. You can click here to zoom in to see the [...]
Wishing you Peace and Prosperity in 2010
The holidays are over, the last of the Christmas ham is gone. The Christmas lights are back in storage and it’s time to look forward to the year ahead. We like to wish you a year of peace and prosperity. Come partner with us in creating new opportunities.
Golden Gate for Kids
How about a copy of the Golden Gate Bridge just for kids? We photographed this playground recently for Robert Mowat Asssociates. The location is Kennedy Park in Union City. We were able to capture this image on Sunday afternoon where there were kids on the playground, and a few clouds to add some drama to [...]
In Praise of Earth Day
We’ve been preparing some of Treve’s images to display on the web for potential sales both as art prints and as stock photos. This image was captured in February 2007 while on a backpacking trek in Torres del Paine National Park in Southern Chile. The majestic mountains, the swirling clouds and the ice speak to [...]
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Long before he took up up architectural photography as one of his specialties Treve captured this image of an Irish farm, photographed between the towns of Ballyconeely and Roundstone on the west coast of Ireland. This photograph was captured on film in 1981. Does anybody remember film? Cheers and pass the Guinness please!
Petroglyphs in Bishop
Treve is in Bishop this week, working remotely, from his Eastern Sierra base (his son Aaron’s house), and testing the idea of working virtually. The idea being that with laptop and cell phone, he can operate business from anywhere. The challenge is the awesome landscape that keeps distracting him and dragging him out into the [...]
Happy New Year
Here’s wishing you a prosperous year in 2009. We took a little break from the architectural photography to romp in the snow over the holidays. Here’s an image Treve captured while on a family outing. This was following a recent storm in the Sierra, photographed near Rock Creek. This image and related lifestyle images are [...]
Fall Color
Treve just returned from his annual fall color safari, and it looks like he caught the color in the Eastern Sierra at the peak. Here’s an image captured just east of Sonora Pass on Highway 108, with the aspen in full color and the mountains in the background. You can see more of the images [...]
Tudor Renovation
We recently had the opportunity to do a join photo shoot for a landscape architect and an architect. The landscape architect, David Thorne, has been a client of ours for several years. You can check out more of Treve’s work on his website at www.davidthorne.com. The photo shoot was a collaboration with with Grier Graff [...]
Saint Patrick’s Day
With Ireland on the mind, we decided to dig back into our archives and pull out some of Treve’s images from days gone by. Here’s a photo of Kylemore Abby photographed on a trip to Ireland in 1981. You can also find several black and white images in the gallery available as fine art prints.
Yosemite in Winter
The holidays often find Treve and his family headed for the mountains. Treve added to his growing stock of landscape and nature photos. Here’s an image of El Capitan with an Oak Tree still holding onto its leaves. This image and a number of other images is available as a print in several sizes. Click [...]
Flight 93 Memorial
We recently had the opportunity to photograph the Flight 93 Memorial in Union City for one of our clients, Robert Mowat and Associates, the landscape design firm that designed the installation. This memorial is a tribute to the passengers of Flight 93 who perished on September 11, 2001. You can read more about the memorial [...]
Another Speaking Engagement at REI
Save the date of December 4 to hear Treve speak about hiking in Patagonia. The previous REI presentations were so well received that REI invited Treve back for a presentation in Berkeley. Once again he will share highlights of his week-long adventures, in 1979 and 2007, hiking the “W” route, a portion of the classic circuit [...]
Signature Landscape Photo for Dragon’s Leaf Vineyards
We recently provided a landscape photo for our good friends at Dragon’s Leaf Vineyard. The images appears on the opening page of the vineyard’s website. The vineyard sits in a lovely location in the Sonoma Mountain appellation in historic Bennett Valley. The property includes 20 acre vineyard, with views of the Sonoma Valley and Mayacamas [...]
Hiking in Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia
Treve Johnson will speaking at three events at REI stores. He will share highlights of his week-long adventures, in 1979 and 2007, hiking the “W” route, a portion of the classic circuit around the park’s signature Torres del Paine (Towers of Paine) and Cuernos del Paine (Horns of Paine). Learn how to plan your own [...]