Welcome to John Woodring Photography

I am an experienced photographer who opened John Woodring Photography to share my passion for photography with those who need artistic photography services. The services I currently provide include:

• Portraits

• Senior Portraits

• Events

I also offer quality landscape, street, and historical photographs for sale.

Please contact me to discuss your photography needs.

Sunrise on America’s Mountain wins Third place!

Sunrise on America’s Mountain placed third out of more than 260 entries nationwide in ON1’s America’s 250th Anniversary Photo Contest.

I captured this photograph during a special sunrise event on July 4, 2026, at Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

Pikes Peak is known as “America’s Mountain,” a name made especially fitting by its connection to one of the nation’s most enduring patriotic works. After visiting the summit in 1893, Katharine Lee Bates was inspired by the sweeping view from the mountain to write the poem that became “America the Beautiful.”

While setting up my camera equipment to photograph the sunrise, I noticed two women carrying a large American flag. I photographed them as they walked beneath a dramatic morning sky filled with shades of red, white, and blue. The combination of the flag, the natural colors of the sunrise, and the significance of Independence Day transformed an unexpected moment into an image that, for me, captured the spirit of America’s 250th anniversary.

Technical Details

The photograph was made with a Fujifilm X-M5 and TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 lens, using an exposure of 1/30 second at f/2.8 and ISO 2000 in Aperture Priority mode.

Post-processing was completed in ON1 Photo RAW 2026, including noise reduction, sharpening, and careful white-balance adjustments to emphasize the naturally occurring red, white, and blue tones of the early-morning sky.