Wilderness adventure and landscape photographer John Dittli has been photographing the west and abroad for more than twenty years. His photographic pursuits have taken him throughout the West and to such places as the Canadian Arctic, China, New Zealand and Australia.

Though John has created "in your face" adventure images for many clients, his passion lies in representing people on the landscape. A wilderness advocate, John prefers using "human power" in photographing the wild places:

"Wilderness sports photography is more than dropping models off at the top of some peak, then photographing them from the helicopter on their way down.

To create an image that evokes a sense of place the photographer and the models need to be involved in the entire backcountry experience, which usually means some sweat getting there and a few nights taking it all in".

As a true participant in the activities he photographs, whether hanging 3000 feet up on the face of El Capitan, breaking trail for a 7000 foot ski descent or swimming an ice cold plunge pool while canyoneering, John gets the images.

John currently resides with his wife Leslie in California's Eastern Sierra.