Jan Erik Waider’ Photos Capture the Dark Beauty of Icebergs in Greenland

Inside his work, landscape photographer Jan Erik Waider explores the”raw stillness of the Nordic nations.” Last year, we had been amazed by his gorgeous shots of Greenland‘s glacial landscapes. Now, Waider continues to captivate with Beyond No Man’s Land, a series that dives deeper into his creative interest in the Arctic.

Beyond No Man’s Land showcases the diverse beauty of icebergs in Disko Bay, a body of water near the Ilulissat Icefjord in western Greenland. Isolated and seemingly illuminated, the glowing white stripes contrast the dark waters and ominous skies. Each of the icebergs is extremely unique in shape, showing Waider’s innate fascination in catching their natural silhouettes.

What’s the secret behind his stunning shots? In addition to his evident mastery of makeup and eye for subject matter, Waider has developed tools that help enhance the atmospheric nature of his photographs. “Over the last five years I have created my private group of Adobe Lightroom presets for my own landscape and travel photographs were taken in Nordic countries such as Iceland, Norway or the Faroe Islands,” he informs My Modern Met. “I refined the presets over and over again, so they not only deliver unique outcomes but also work for a wide range of landscapes and light situations.”

If you’d like to emulate Waider’s aesthetic, then you can purchase these eye-catching presets on his website.

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A Photographer Captures Magnificent Landscapes from His 12-day Road Trip

Three years into his photography journey, Michael T. Meyers has built up his strategies and spent the last year traveling across the USA and abroad. This has pushed him to experimentation shooting under different states, along with his growth as a photographer in this brief period is astonishing.

A whole lot has changed for Meyers because we featured his photographs nearly one year ago. “I believe I’ve grown a lot as a photographer, and my social media following has reflected that,” Meyers told to My My Modern Met, “going from around 10k to almost 70k followers on Instagram since your post.” Now, an increasing number of followers flock to see Meyers’ photographs, many taken from two unforgettable excursions he took in the past year–a 12-day street trip around a few of America’s most famous natural landscapes and a trip to Cuba.

Both excursions provided fertile ground for Meyers to experiment, as he further honed his skill in capturing the light and color of every landscape. From long-exposure night photos of this desert into the warm island setting of Cuba, Meyers’ expansion as a storyteller is evident in his new job. And, during his US road trip, he understood he did not necessarily need to travel far to find some unique landscapes to photograph.

“I heard a ton about shooting in various varieties of conditions and much more importantly found first hand just how beautiful this country is. Everyone always seems like they’re in a hurry to leave and traveling abroad to see such amazing places–and for a good reason–there are tons of these in other countries. But there are also some fairly amazing spots here at home too. And it’s amazing how many different types of climates, ecosystems, and landscapes we have and how desperate they all are from each other.”

 

Instead, Cuba provided a compelling contrast to that which Meyers was utilized to and demonstrated how the power of a camera might lead to some unique encounters with locals. “I was taking a photo of an old automobile (since I did about a million times within the five days I was there) and an older man walked from his house and started speaking with me,” Meyers remembers. “I told him that I had been a photographer and he encouraged my girlfriend and me in my house to show us a photograph he had of his son along with Castro. From a photography standpoint, it is second to none. There is another place on the planet that could be confused for Havana.”

h/t mymodernmet

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A Photographer Captures The Endless Beaty of US Desert

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Photographer Luca Tombolini has captured more accommodated arenas — another chapter in his LS series. LS X shows Tombilini’s habitual practice, using photography to set up a connection with the landscapes he embarks on, an outside investigation that frequently exposes the clashes between the majesty and spirituality of sceneries and the values of modern society.

In his bid to comprehend his environment Tombolini welcomes a stage of introspection, unclouded by connections to society and everyday life. Tombolini explains his process of capturing images as incredibly slow and meditative, relying intuitively on the navigation of his vision and emotions.

‘Taking a very long time to travel is vital to return to an essential frame of mind,’ Tombilini explains. ‘When there I am confronting basic life needs and gradually drift back to our ancient link with nature. ‘

Within this next chapter, Tombolini embarks on a photographic trip to the deep west of the USA. Photos displayed are flashed and published with a light jet.