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If I could talk to trees

Yesterday evening I looked outside and saw that magical light that I love. The sun was going down and everything was blue and pale and magical. I went outside to the park nearby to shoot in the last light of the day. I have been thinking about this spot for so long, because the trees are so beautiful and romantic!

This image was shot when the light was almost gone. If you shoot during blue hour, when the sun is gone, you don´t have long until it will be too dark to photograph; after this image it was impossible to continue the shooting.

Imitation game

A couple of months ago I had a magical day in nature. I spent the weekend at my parents house in the country, and I felt a rush of inspiration. I decided to find dead and dry things in nature, making up a story of someone trying to imitate the dried up trees and blend in. Becoming one with the dead nature, maybe giving it new life. This wasn´t planned at all, and I truly love that feeling when you create in the moment and don´t have any expectations on the final result!

As you may know if you follow me on facebook, I´ve had a hard year with my creativity. The art school that I went to managed to take away all my inspiration and I haven´t had much passion left for photography this year. That´s why this shoot was so important for me, because in that moment I felt the love for my passion come back, and it made me so so happy. 

I finally left school in June this year, and I´m actually starting to feel the passion come back to me, slowly, filling me with energy and happiness to be alive. But it´s still very fragile, so I won´t talk about it too much yet ;)

This image was expanded to a square frame. I shot some extra images of the surrounding to be able to expand it later in photoshop.

In the image above you see how I moved the camera a little bit to the left (left image) in order to get a photo of the surroundings to expand later.

Trying to get the camera to work :D

Always take some extra shots of yourself smiling to the camera ;)

My first solo exhibition!

Here are some mobile images from my first solo exhibition in May this year! It was a big deal for me to have a solo exhibition, and a lot more work than I thought. But I believe that when you´ve done it a first time, the second will be a bit easier (I hope!). Having a solo exhibition is different than a group exhibition. You´re responsible for the whole experience, and not just your part of the exhibition. You can´t just pick your favoruite pictures, you have to think of how everything will look together. I hope to do more exhibitions in the future! So far I´ve sold three images from the show and I´m so happy about that!

Me and Victoria mirroring ourselves in my art!

Both me and Victoria modeled for this photo with the title "Gränsland".

My series Finding Peace. This year I´ve sold two of these images!

The exhibition took place at Kulturhuset Kåken in Gothenburg, and I was so happy when they asked me to exhibit!

Photo: Victoria Söderström

It´s me you see wandering around looking all deep ;)