Stephen Bay

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Stephen Bay is a landscape photographer living in San Diego. He was born in Canada and grew up in Toronto. He studied engineering in college, then moved to California for graduate school in computer science at UC Irvine.

During school he started to photograph with a Nikon camera and went through countless rolls of slide film to teach himself the craft. Stephen quickly adopted digital photography and focused on travel imagery. He photographed in many countries, but his favorite destinations were Peru for its ancient Incan culture and Hong Kong for the vibrant city life.  In 2006, Stephen was commissioned by Twin Lights Publishers to produce a photographic book of Los Angeles.

In 2016 he moved to San Diego and made a shift away from travel photography to focus on local landscapes, whether it be a natural coastline or a dense urban area. Stephen is active in the photographic community. He regularly gives presentations on his art and teaches classes on photographic techniques. He showed numerous images at the International Exhibit of Photography at the San Diego County Fair and won several first place awards.