Sabutis Photography

Photography by Jonathan Sabutis

I am a photographer working out of the San Francisco Bay Area, shooting landscape, portrait, and macro work here and on the road. Everything below is available as a print, and I take on commissioned portrait and location work throughout the region.

Rippled sheets of pale cave flowstone hanging in folds, lit from one side against deep darkness — Cave Draperies

Hexagonal ridges patterning the crust of a vast white salt flat, with distant blue mountains along the horizon — Hexagons on the Salt Flat

A steep conical volcano in black and white with a second, steaming cone rising behind it through the clouds — Two Volcanoes

Steam venting from fissures along the dark summit ridge of a volcano, rendered in black and white — Steam on the Summit Ridge

Fine droplets of falling water catching sunlight and splitting it into a soft band of rainbow color — Rainbow in the Spray

A woman with long dark hair rests her chin on her hand and looks off-camera against a deep red backdrop — Against Red

A small ranch and its outbuildings scattered across a broad brown high-country valley below a snow-covered range — Ranch in a High Mountain Valley

Deep green moss covering boulders and exposed tree roots on a shaded northern forest floor — Moss and Roots

A city skyline of low buildings and a construction crane silhouetted against a gold and blue sunset, seen from a rooftop — City Sunset from a Rooftop

Rust-colored willow flats and threads of snowmelt in an alpine valley, with a snow-streaked ridge beyond — Willow Flats Below the Divide

A branching cluster of small scarlet buds and two open yellow-centered flowers against dark green foliage — Coral Plant in Bloom

A tray of small spineless button cacti packed in sandy soil, two of them topped with pale pink blossoms — Button Cacti in Bloom

A spray of pale purple moth orchid blooms with veined petals and yellow-flecked centers, isolated on black — Orchid Against Black

A swallowtail butterfly resting with wings fully open on leaves, its banded wing pattern rendered in black and white — Swallowtail in Black and White

A blue morpho butterfly with iridescent blue wings spread open on a broad green leaf in shadow — Blue Morpho

A deep pink hibiscus flower opened flat, its yellow-tipped stamen column extending from the center — Hibiscus

An owl butterfly clinging to a mossy stem, the large dark eyespot on its folded underwing facing the camera — Owl Butterfly

A white cat with black markings resting on a carpeted cat tree, looking down in soft window light — Cat on the Tower

A young man in a blue shirt holding a small child on his hip on a red dirt road, a second young man standing behind them — Two Brothers and a Child

A black and white portrait of a woman in a puffer jacket turning toward the camera, snow-covered peaks blurred behind her — Portrait in the Mountains

Pale sandstone hoodoos with dark caprocks lining a dry wash in eroded badlands under an overcast sky — Hoodoos in a Badlands Wash

Red sandstone monoliths rising above high desert scrub, lit low and warm beneath a streaked blue sky — Sandstone Towers at Golden Hour

A wide desert canyon flanked by tall red sandstone fins and walls under a clear blue sky — Canyon of Red Walls

Grey and ochre badlands hoodoos beneath a heavy storm sky, with rain falling on the far horizon — Storm Light Over the Badlands

Layered mesas and canyon rims receding into blue evening haze, the nearest cliff still catching pink light — Canyon Country at Dusk

A dirt road running along sagebrush flats toward red rock ridges beneath a bruised, heavy sky — Dirt Road Under a Dark Sky

A solitary juniper growing from the edge of a sandstone cliff above a vast canyon basin at dawn — Lone Juniper on the Rim

Sunlit sandstone fins in the foreground giving way to a broad valley and snow-touched mountains on the horizon — Sandstone Fins and Distant Peaks

Clustered badlands hoodoos under a grey sky, with yellow rabbitbrush blooming out of focus in the foreground — Badlands and Rabbitbrush

A single capped hoodoo standing on a dark, banded badlands ridge beneath breaking storm clouds — Capstone Above the Coal Seam

Small oak leaves turning red and gold, rimmed with light where the sun passes through them — Backlit Autumn Leaves

Curling white fibers peeling away from the blades of a yucca against a red rock background — Yucca Filaments

A tangle of dry, pale seed stalks catching low winter sunlight against a dark background — Seed Heads in Winter Light