Jay Evans

Jay Evans is a Nature, Landscape, and Astro Photographer based in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. His work captures the raw character of Australia's wild places, ancient escarpments, waterfalls and untouched wilderness, set against dramatic natural light and star-filled skies. Jay is drawn to the moments where landscape and night sky intersect, using imagery to reconnect people with the natural world.

Alongside this, Jay works commercially across food and beverage portraiture and architecture, bringing the same eye for light, texture and composition to studio and built environments as he does to the wilderness.

Beyond his own photography, Jay runs guided tours and workshops in landscape, nightscape and nature photography, helping others sharpen their technical skills while deepening their appreciation for the environments they shoot in. He holds commercial tour operator licenses with NSW National Parks, Northern Territory Parks and Parks Australia, and is an accredited Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Tour Guide.

What is in your camera bag?

Sony Alpha 7R VI

Sony Alpha 1 II

Sony 16-35mm GM, 28-70 f2 GM and 100-400mm GM lenses (to name a few)

Sony 14mm f/1.8 G and 100mm f/2.8 Macro

Sony 200-600mm G 

100mm Filter system with a number of ND filters

Sony Bluetooth Remote control

A rocket blower

A bag of kimwipes

What is your go to in your Alpha kit and why?

The Epic Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5 GM OSS is that one lens that when all other landscape compositions seem to have evaporated, strapping this fellow onto an Alpha 7R VI gives you options you never thought existed. And the sharpness at 400mm with the high resolution allows you to crop right down to the finest details. I never leave home without it now.