JUST AROUND THE CORNER - My Search for Beauty and Atmosphere in Local Woodlands

A Collection of 50 1/1 NFTs exclusively available on opensea.io

This collection features everything I discovered so far in my short photography career while on the hunt for woodlands.

I started out taking photos in March 2020 and it soon became an important part of my life. I quickly found my niche to be woodland photography and soon knew my biggest influences come from Neil Burnell, Enrico Fossati and Daniel Laan. Everything I know is self taught and learned via 1 on 1 sessions and tutorial videos/ebooks with/from beforementioned artists.

My goal with this collection is, to show that beautiful sceneries can be just around the corner of where you live. All of this shots were taken around Vienna or Upper Austria not far from were I live myself. I didn't travel far and tried to focus on small and unknown woodlands. All pieces were taken and postprocessed by me. A very important factor in my work is atmosphere, which I try to create with light and shadow.

The photos, included here, were taken around our house in Upper Austria or the woodlands just around the city border of Vienna. In Upper Austria I found a small a fragile place, which is only a 60 Minute hike away. I found some of the most beautiful vegetation there, including old and gnarly/bent beech trees as well as ferns and everything is covered in moss. Those are private woodlands mainly and many of the people only use them to stroll around with their dogs or just for their weekend outings. So it’s nearly untouched for decades and I am also very careful not to leave any damage there.

The woodlands around Vienna on the other side are mainly controlled by the federal woodland reserve and are mainly used for logging. But as these woodlands are really big in their dimension there is always a possibility to find beautiful and unique gems. I did a lot of Mountainbiking before I discovered my passion for CrossFit, therefore I know the woodlands there very well and it was a good start to scouting these areas.

The photos in this collection were taken throughout different seasons and conditions as well of different stages of my skills and knowledge regarding postprocessing. What I like most about the collection is the diversity of colors and vegetation, though I always try to create and preserve a certain and mood and atmosphere in every single one of it.

I truly believe that trading Art is slowly shifting towards minting one’s work on the blockchain and I think we are at the top of the hype already before it will settle and become the “normal” way Art and especially Photography will be bought and sold in the future.

With this collection I am contributing my part to this new economy. I hope you enjoy each piece, thanks for believing in my work.

You will the collection here: Just Around The Corner

Find a few examples of the featured photos of this collection, below