“The opportunity to be part of national or international campaigns of well-known brands is a weird feeling – in a good way. For example, Adobe Portfolio launched some new templates and they asked me if I wanna be part of it by providing example images. So now you can create a website using a template called Marina – which I think is super cool.”
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“Living in Finland has been a good way for me to meet my compromise. I only bought tickets to stay here for a couple of weeks, but not long after arriving I decided to find a job and stay. And this is how eventually, I captured the winning photo – a magical experience I will always remember vividly!”
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“A lot of times we’ll say we got so lucky, but half the battle is just getting and being there. The best advice is to simply get out and shoot – only then you might achieve “luck”.
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“When practicing drone photography it is important for me to find visually attractive elements. Living near the Peak District (England) is certainly an advantage in this regard. There are plenty of forests nearby by to go for a wander, and I love the soundscape you can experience as well.”
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“Landscape photography is the fascinating process by which, while dealing with something unresponsive to your presence, so many emotions are provoked within you. And the most satisfying moments for me are when I am alone with my camera in nature.”
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“One of the videos I made during quarantine, called ‘Artist in Isolation’, was seen and passed around between some pretty influential people in the Upper Michigan area. From that single video, (and it didn’t go viral or anything) I was offered my first professional writing gig, which eventually transitioned into a full-blown content creation job among a slew of other paying creative opportunities.”
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“I wanted to capture the beautiful and calm atmosphere of this morning. It was important to me to show how I felt. I wanted to bring the magical moment to life in the photo for everyone looking at it to actually feel the freedom. I also wanted it to be real – that’s why I decided to go with this natural and light edit.”
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“The creation of my own images is definitely therapeutic to me, but they also contain a profound wish to also help others, even if it’s just to let them relax for a brief moment while they delve into the scene or, even better, to make viewers stop, watch, read, integrate, feel, and reach deeper levels of significance that will enrich their present moment.”
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“Make yourself specialized. And communicate that clearly. Be it the way you work, your style or the equipment you use. It’s easier than competing with everyone.”
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“When my son was born, I decided to end with my war documentaries and we moved to the Faroe Islands. My transition from war and documentary photography into landscape photography demanded a totally different approach to photography and to the visual perception of what I am after. Instead of working in chaos where you have to act in a split second, suddenly I was faced with having all the time in the world in a peaceful environment.”
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