DRAMATIC LANDSCAPES
Roman Popelar
My photography journey started in my early twenties when I worked at a beautiful countryside hotel in Hampshire, England. Wanting to send a few pictures to my family and friends back home, I borrowed a company DSLR camera and quickly fell in love with it. Two years later, the hotel closed for several years of construction and renovation, but, luckily, I was still able to stay and continue with my photography. The construction site was an excellent learning experience as it never looked the same from one day to another. When the hotel reopened, to my surprise, a few of my photos had been published by some of the leading publications in the hospitality industry. In my free time, I began to experiment with different genres, such as cityscapes and wildlife. However, travelling through the beautiful British countryside never ceased to amaze me, so I settled on landscape photography.
I am fortunate that my travels have taken me to some beautiful places around the world, and like many landscape photographers, I have spent many days chasing sunrises and sunsets. With time, I found a particular interest in photographing weather conditions that are traditionally considered bad and which many try to avoid. Fog, rain, and strong winds don’t put me off. On the contrary, they can create some amazing dramatic photographs with a lot of atmosphere. My attention is now focused on exploring new places throughout the United Kingdom and going back to some of my favourite places like Norway and Iceland, which offer the harsh and dramatic weather that has become my favourite to photograph.
This article first appeared in PRISMA, Issue 22.