PHOTO

I’m mainly an outdoor lifestyle and landscape photographer. I love getting to know the places and people I photograph before I bring my camera out. This way I feel it’s easier to capture personality both in people and places. When I feel the drive and inspiration to create and capture, I’m in my favorite state of mind. And to get there I have to feel some sort of connection to what I’m shooting.

When shooting a landscape I try to make it reflect my emotional landscape as I shoot. I don’t bother too much about things being technically perfect. I find more interest in caring about the mood and the feeling that I want to communicate. This means that my landscapes are not always balanced, not always sharp and not always perfectly exposed. But it also means that the flaws that I choose to show are intentional parts of what I create.

My portrait style is natural, honest and unposed. I like it when what I create look  candid, and try to get to the point where I’m truly just an observer.  To the point where people I am shooting don’t take notice of me anymore. To get to that point I make sure people feel comfortable before we start shooting. I tell you about how I like to work. And we talk about what the idea of the shoot is, and what our common goal is. What kind of images do we want from this shoot? This way we work together instead of me just telling you what to do.

Working with adventure and outdoorsy lifestyle photography is where I feel most comfortable. I love to tell stories of adventure and exploration in nature. Making sure we don’t cause any harm to the natural playground, leaving as little trace as possible. Hence I’m a true believer that there’s always more to explore locally.

VIDEO

It’s difficult to catch someones attention in the over saturated media world we’re surrounded by. I find that a lot of the time people end up trying to speak louder and faster than everyone else through their creations. This easily becomes too busy, and leaves little time to reflect on what the message of the creative work is. What do we want people to be left with after having seen something we create?

My videos aim at lowering the pace. Not in a way that makes them boring, but in a way that leaves room for my viewer to think, reflect and breathe. Just like with my images I’m not so concerned about the technical perfection if it doesn’t help the story. Sometimes technical perfection kills the mood. For me it’s story first, mood second. And then the right level of technical perfection to suit the story and mood last.