On a beautiful day in August, I wanted to capture the purple splendour of the flowering heather in my native region as beautifully as possible. When this small fire butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas) landed right in front of me on a flowering heather branch, I was able to capture the image I had in mind.
I started photographing when I was about 12 years old, still in the analogue photo era. We had a darkroom at home and developed the films ourselves and made prints with a professional enlarger. Great times though, but I'm also glad we have digital photography now. In recent.. Read more…