Nature nominee

During a walk with the dog deep in the forest I found this lonely gnarly oak tree surrounded by straight pine trees. I have walked nearby several times but was not seen until this day. The tree was hit by light in the otherwise dark forest

I am a photographer living on the countryside in the south of Sweden. I have been painting and creating mostly abstract paintings all my life, but since 2014 I found a passion for photography.

I started with mainly minimalistic black&white photos with architectural and coastal motifs. Two years ago I started to explore and photograph local woodlands, which can be very challenging but very interesting. Finding an interesting composition in forests can be quite hard.
As I live in a rural part of Skåne, most of my landscape photos are taken from there. Skåne has some interesting forests and also a long beautiful coastline where I take seascape photos.
With my art I try to show magical places which you can find if you look.
Photography for me is meditative. I work very slowly and do not take so many photos on a hike. I enjoy the nature and explore the surroundings and different compositions before trying to create images with my camera.
An essential part of my work is the editing phase of the work in order to improve and express the intentional atmosphere and mood of the landscape