Welcome to John Woodring Photography

Photography That Tells a Story

I photograph the relationship between people and place, capturing authentic moments, distinctive landscapes, and the character of the world around us. My photography combines documentary storytelling with a strong sense of composition, light, and place to create images that are both visually compelling and meaningful.

Whether photographing people, events, historic locations, landscapes, or everyday life, I look beyond the obvious to find the moments and details that tell the larger story.

  • Portraits

  • Senior Portraits

  • Events

  • Sports

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

Please contact me to discuss how i can capture your unique story.

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.

The weight of Waiting takes third overall in South Carolina competition

The Weight of Waiting placed third in the Nonmember category in the Professional Photographers of South Carolina’s annual photography competition. The image taken in the early morning hours at Denver, Colorado’s Union Stations earned the top score in the Reportage category.