Photography by Steven Christenson

Greetings

Greetings. If you are interested in purchasing prints or licensing images by Steven Christenson, then this is the page you want. There is not a fancy website here. For your convenience my most popular prints can be directly ordered via the "Image Selection" tab. You can even customer order anything you find on my Flickr site using the link at the bottom, however I'll be glad to answer your questions via email ().

SPECIAL: Order any print and get FREE SHIPPING in the Continental United States! This offer is good until February 1, 2012, only.

There are two ways you can obtain my images: buy a print (the easiest and least costly way) and by licensing them. Generally you will use a print for personal purposes, as a gift or memento. Licensing gets the actual digital image for a specified time and for a specified purpose. See the "Licensing" tab.

In rare instances my images are made available for free for limited personal use. Only images clearly marked this way are available for such use. Click the "Free" tab above for more information. Use of any other images for any purpose without payment is theft of my copyrighted material. Removal of my copyright marks from images is especially frowned upon by the law and people like me who work hard to create art. The prints I sell and images I license do not carry my copyright.

If you would like a matted, framed item, please contact me.

THANK YOU for your interest!

Print Prices

Prints are on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and printed on Noritsu printers using a "wet process" (just like a regular photograph). Stable shelf life under normal conditions should be 10-30 years, and longer - up to 200 years - if kept under archival conditions (under UV glass in low humidity, low heat, low light areas). Although the images show include my watermarks and copyrights the actual image you receive does not include those marks. Not all images are available in all print sizes.

Normal cost, including shipping (standard SHIPPING IS FREE until November 1, 2011), are as follows for the listed sizes. All sizes are listed in inches. Generally shipping materials plus shipping costs run $5 for the small sizes and about $10 for the larger sizes. Priority shipping is more. Costs are for domestic US shipping only. Contact me if you would like me to ship somewhere outside the US.

        Size         Cost (cost with Packaging & Shipping)
          8x10    $50 (Standard $50. Priority $65)
            8x12*    $60 (Standard $70, Priority $90)
        11x14      $76 (Standard $88, Priority $108)
        12x18*    $106 (Standard $120, Priority $140)
        16x20      $130 (Standard $145, Priority $165) delivered in a tube mailer
        20x30      $250 (Standard $270. Priority $295) Matte finish only, delivered in a tube mailer

If you order more than one image shipping for the second through fourth same or smaller sized image is free if all are shipped to the same address. I do not offer prints smaller than 8x10 except in large quantities.

Please contact me via email () if you wish to purchase a print that is not listed on the Image Selection tab. Most of my Flickr images have specific numbers on them. Please supply the image number (appears between [ and ] in the title, see the example on the Image Ordering Tab), and the complete image name if you are interested in placing an order. On request I will supply information about when and where the image was taken and sometimes other interesting factoids.

Please also note that the colors you see on your monitor may be different from those in the printed image. Normally the variance is not significant. Not all images are available in all sizes.

Note: *8x12 and 12x18 may require custom framing or matting - they happen to be the sizes I generally suggest as they are better for landscapes.

Licensing

I license my work for commercial, charitable and other use. My clients include the National Maritime Museum (United Kingdom), The California Wine Institute, East Bay Regional Parks, Venture Christian Church, and others. License fees depend on use and the image(s) being sought. If you would like to license an image, please identify which images and how you would like to use them. I will send you a quote and the terms of the license. My license terms are simple - it will not require a lawyer to figure out what you are getting. If inquiring about a license, please include the following information:

The name and contact information of the organization(s) that will be using the image
The planned use of the image (e.g. book cover, illustration, calendar, sales brochure, poster, greeting cards)
The ways in which the image will be distributed: web, printed literature, multi-media. If web, which site(s)?
The total number of copies and print runs anticipated.
The finished size of the distributed image.
Whether an exclusive license is desired (this means I will not license the image to others for the term of the license) and
The desired license term. I will assume 3 years if not specified.

Payment

I accept payment via PayPal or AmazonPayments. Other forms of payment can be negotiated. I expect payment in full in advance of printing and shipping the images.

Image Ordering

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Image Number or Title

Freedom Gazes at the Moon (partially eclipsed moon sets behind the US Capitol Building [5_055475-7deB]

A rare alignment of the moon in the earths penumbra as it sets over the US Capitol building. ON Sale!

Size

Signed?

Famous II [C_035478]

The Milky Way and an ancient Bristlecone Pine Tree mirror one another in Patriarch Grove, White Mountain, California.

Guiding Lights (Jupiter and Pigeon Point Light Station) [C_020010]

Only once a year is this light house lit with the marvelous Fresnel lens shooting out its wonderful 24 points of light.

Select Print Size

(son of) Bristlecone Pine Star Circle

Bristlecone pines are the longest lived organism on the planet with some specimens nearly 5,000 years old.

Watching the Watchman [42-011228]
Winter at Zion National Park. Photo by tricia Christenson <>< (Steven's wife!)
Size

Signed?

Photon Worshippers (also available from the Royal Observatory as a postcard or greeting card)

Winner of the International "Astronomy Photographer of the Year, 2010" awarded by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England. Category People and Space.

Aspen Sky

Gazing up into Aspen trees decked in golden fall color. Taken in the Eastern Sierra.

Mamma Glows, Baby Shines

A very slender crescent moon descends in the west after sunset near the Pacific Coast.

On the Edge of Surreal [42-011388]

The Sutro Bath Ruins at the Western edge of San Francisco, California provide the foreground for this long exposure.

Listening to the Sky [B_025555-714]

Taken over 7 and a half hours near the summit of the tallest mountain in the world (Mauna Kea, Hawaii). *Tallest as measured from its base on the floor of the Pacific to its over 13,000 foot summit.

Cone Heads STILL in Awe [22012-2362]

Several hours of exposures *and a meteor* captured in Alabama Hills near the town of Lone Pine, California.

Moon Break - Restacked...

Nearly the same view as that which won the Astronomy Photographer of the Year, 2010 competition... only this is about an hour and a half exposure of the planet Venus and the 1/4 full moon setting in the Pacific Ocean just after twilight.

Granite Park - 53 Minutes

At 12,500 feet this mountain cirque was illuminated by a nearly full moon. An arduous hike in the Sierra is needed to see the breathtaking scenery.

When the Lights Go Down in the City [5_018683]

A beautiful pastel sunset over the San Francisco Bay taken from high atop Mission Peak. The slender crescent moon also appears in the sky.

Southern View: Red Rock East [C_009842]

** 8x10, 11x14 and 16x20 only.

A shot featuring the MilkyWay and the Andromeda Galaxy hanging over a colorful eroded landscape at Red Rock Canyon State Park, California. A single passing truck lit the formation in this single 30 second exposure.

Second Cascade, Alamere Falls [4_000236]

An oldie but a goodie. This is part of a four stage fall that spills into the Pacific Ocean in Point Reyes National Seashore. A 6 mile round trip hike is required to get here - and willingness to pass through huge amounts of poison oak which encroach on the trail.

Custom Order

Each of my images on Flickr generally has a title and often an image number which can be found between the brackets [ and ] after the title. I much appreciate it if you would tell me exactly which image you are interested in when you contact me by including the complete name and image number in your request.

Enter Image Name and Number

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This 1920x1080 (High Definition) image containing my copyright is free for your personal use as a screen saver, desktop background or similar use in digital form. Printing, reselling, altering, distributing or publishing in paper or electronic form is not permited.

If your friends would like this image, please refer them to this site. Sending them a copy of the image is a violation of the free-use license.