When photographing wildlife, expecting the unexpected to unfold and reveal the moment of a lifetime, takes seconds to capture and way longer to get ready for it.

I love to seize moments that make the viewer feel something. The moment of capturing the warm feeling of maternal love at the rare sight of a mother orca with her calf. The one of a juvenile orca, clapping on the water’s surface with its pectoral fin responding to our whistling. Or the one when they’d excitingly ride the swell and playfully race the boat. These encounters end up in unforgettable moments and incredible candid photos capturing a jump, a spy hop, or cruising with them as part of their pod. It’s never about the camera or the lens. It’s about letting aside the expectation of taking the best photo and instead going along – on their terms, mood and behaviour, while in their natural wild habitat.

Through my photography, I take you from above the Arctic, to make you forget – for a moment -everything, while admiring the majestic fjord life and feel the crisp air inundating your lungs, to the horizons of the Sea in Japan or Sri Lanka. Wherever the magnificent marine wildlife brings us.

I find joy in the wilderness, being surrounded by nothing but the mountains, fjords, open waters and sea life.

My work captures the North’s most breathtaking fjordic landscape, the idyllic northern lights, and the captivating moments in the life of orcas that I want to share with you.

Through my photography I want to take you on a discovery journey that will make you fall in love with them, as I did.

I divide my time between capturing the beauty of the wildlife Above the Arctic, conducting lectures on marine life and guiding whale watching outings with my life partner, Norbi. Without his skilful skipper skills and patience, seizing the beautiful moments of marine life wouldn’t be possible. To capture these majestic creatures in their authentic wild habitat, takes a lot of preparation, from learning their behaviour, lifestyle and understanding their mood, to eventually becoming like one of them. To be accepted in their environment, at times, we’d have to patiently await and allow them to build trust. The most beautiful moments happen, when I can get to water level and capture those moments as close as they’ll allow it.

Orcas are acoustic creatures that communicate through sounds. To engage with them, we’d whistle or play the harmonica. You can even spot the moment when they pick up the sound and come to the surface to check you out. But most impressively is how they feel human emotions, from sadness to sheer excitement. When we spot them – I shout for joy(!) And as they come closer, they react in the most impressive ways to us showing exhilarating joy. People are always curious about how they feel or understand human emotions? And they are stunned when they witness it themselves. If you go snorkelling in Norway), before even getting into the water, orcas know about your intention and through their body language express it vividly. It’s both stunning and humbling to see how sensitive they are to our intentions and how they read our feelings.

This is why my photography mission is aimed at keeping in awe marine life lovers worldwide, to educate on orca species, their remarkable character and their strong family relationships. I want to help Marine Life Educational centres, where my photos, taken in the wilderness, would give a glimpse into their habits, migration, and way of life. Marine Exhibitions help us understand them better, from their intelligence to their social structures and beauty. And ultimately, help their survival, through drawing support and awareness to these species.

My specific work with sea life, especially orcas, aims to convey both – their majestic beauty and incredibly intelligent way of life, along with the fragility of the species, threatened by overfishing and the nutritional stress this adds to their life, which increased the number of failed pregnancies and upped the mortality amongst young calves. Plastic pollution along with PCB chemical spill (a direct result of industrial activity) is predicted to collapse half of the worldwide orca population. In addition to that, the increased underwater noise pollution from private charter boats, that don’t follow regulations, threatens the orca population as well.

As much as I love to be in the heart of wild marine life, I love it a hundred times more when I get to share it with those who equally love it but can’t be in the middle of it as I am.

And if I can bring you a piece of the majestic wildlife, from the wilderness to your living room’s wall to let you experience a moment of joy through witnessing a spy hop or a spectacular jump, is what my photography stands for.

As a viewer and observer, I want to give you a way to experience awakening awe-inspiring moments, captured as they unfold, from the northern lights to the bristle landscapes, to mountains and the resilient marine wildlife, no matter how far you’re from it.

For all the Orca & Whale Lovers Worldwide we’re preparing something incredible for you. Think Netflix meeting the Arctic.

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