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Jani Westman Photography, Upplands-Väsby (2026)

04/03/2026

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Outward Roots
Trelde Næs | Fredericia | Denmark

The shoreline was lined with trees that had fallen from the forest edge high above. They were scattered along the coast, shaped by the fall and the sea. We felt like children in a candy store. There were compositions everywhere and it was difficult to choose. At the same time, we did not have unlimited time, so we had to prioritize.

It was completely still when I stood there. The sea was calm, even though the surface carried small ripples. In front of me, the trunk stretched straight out into the water.

It was the root system that caught my attention first. The branches spread out like spider legs, a dense network of shapes that felt both chaotic and harmonious. The thick trunk led the eye toward the compact root mass in the water, and from there the branches continued outward, filling the frame.

I wanted that movement to feel clear. The trunk became the leading line into the scene. By cropping slightly at the top and bottom, I strengthened the sense of the branches expanding sideways and occupying the entire image.

The shutter speed settled at four seconds once I had chosen the aperture and ISO that I prefer. That exposure smoothed the small ripples on the surface and gave the water a soft, unified tone while keeping the texture of the wood present and tactile.

What puzzled me was how the roots ended up out in the water. The tree must have fallen from the height behind me and turned over to land like that. Nature works in its own ways, and we are left to observe the result.

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking made in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RIV | f/7.1 | 4 sec | 14mm | ISO 100

// Jani

21/02/2026

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Four Minutes of Stillness
Storebælt Bridge | Korsør | Denmark

This was not the subject we had come here for. Stefan was chasing something completely different.
But as soon as we arrived, I could see how the light was beginning to change everything.

Things moved quickly. Tripod up and an ND filter in front of the lens, so I could let the shutter stretch out over several minutes. The wind was strong and the sea was restless, but through the telephoto lens the bridge felt larger and more grounded.

Four minutes later, the exposure had transformed the rough water into a smooth surface in the image, even though the wind was still blowing around me. The light was still warm, almost glowing, and the bridge stood there as a dark silhouette against the sky. There is something special about those minutes when the day is about to let go. Everything becomes clearer and, at the same time, calmer.

In the middle of it all, something unexpected happened. Two porpoises surfaced just a few meters in front of me. I barely had time to understand what I was seeing before they were gone again. The camera was busy with its long exposure, and I mostly just stood there watching. Sometimes you simply have to experience the moment. It is one of those moments that reminds me why I photograph.

Light cannot be controlled. A moment cannot be repeated. You can be prepared, but you also have to accept that not everything is meant to be captured.

Have you ever experienced a moment like that, when you simply stood there and took it in?

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
No focus stacking in this image
Sony A7RIV | f/7.1 | 4 min | 135 mm | ISO 50

// Jani

21/02/2026

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Fallen trees along the shoreline
Trelde Næs | Fredericia | Denmark

We had seen a video where the Danish landscape photographer Mads Peter Iversen photographed right here along the shoreline. Expectations were high and wow, we were not disappointed. The entire beach was lined with fallen trees, twisted and shaped by wind and water.

What struck me first was how the tree stretched out over the sea like a natural pier. The branches formed a network of lines against the soft sky. In the foreground lay another trunk, angled, crooked and full of details I wanted to highlight, so I moved in close. The moss, the dark seaweed and the subtle shifts in color made it come alive at close range. It leads the eye into the frame and further out toward the horizon where a dark strip of land rests like a thin line far in the distance.

It was a pale day with a grey sky. The wind was neither strong nor calm, only creating slightly rippled water, something between waves and a mirror surface. For me, that often feels cold and unwelcoming. The sky moved in blue-grey tones while the water carried a faint warmth. That difference made the scene feel more alive than the weather itself suggested.

I chose to mount my 16-stop ND filter and extend the exposure for several minutes. The water became soft and still. The tangled branches then meet the smooth surface, hard against soft, unordered against calm.

The foreground trunk kept moving in the small swell, so I also captured a series without the ND filter to freeze the motion and later combine the frames. That became my way of creating tension on a day that otherwise felt somewhere in between.

Along the left edge you can explore the exposed roots and the beautifully colored stones in countless subtle tones.

I like how the image holds both weight and lightness, the contrast between warm and cool, and between hard and soft.

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking done in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RM4 | f/7.1 | 324 sec | 24 mm | ISO 100

// Jani

02/02/2026

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Twisted Pines
Haverdal | Halland | Sweden

We had heard there would be twisted pines here, a bit like the “Troll Forest” on Öland that we visited a year ago. So when we arrived, I asked a jogger if he knew where the twisted pines were. He looked a little unsure about the question, but answered kindly, “Just go straight ahead a few hundred meters, then turn right.”

We did, and a little further on there was a big map of the area. But nowhere did it mention the twisted pines. Then two girls walked by and they looked like they knew the place, however you can tell that, and when I asked, they said, just as confidently, “Go straight ahead for a bit, then turn left.”

After wandering around for a while, it turned out they were both right. The whole area was full of these wonderfully distorted pines. I photographed to the right and to the left, wherever I went. I walked around for hours, until hunger finally won. My lunch box was waiting in the car.

On the way back, Stefan spotted a small opening in the forest. That was when everything fell into place. I smiled to myself at how I had been searching, when the subject had been there all along, everywhere. Still, it was that little gap that made the rest of the day feel unimportant. I could simply let go of all the other photos I had taken earlier that day, and keep this one.

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking done in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RIV | f/7.1 | 1/25 sec | 24mm | ISO 100

// Jani

10/01/2026

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In the eye of the world

06/01/2026

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Held by Stone and Water
Ramhultafallet | Fjärås | Sweden

I had now made my way to the right side of the waterfall. Early on, I noticed the two standing rock pillars to the right and knew I wanted them as my foreground. To get there, I had to cross the stream and step out onto stones that were frighteningly wet and slippery.

Once in place, my gaze was drawn upward to the meeting point between the waterfall on the left and the two standing rock pillars on the right. Together they form an inverted V shape, with the waterfall as one leg and the rock pillars as the other. For me, this simplified the composition and became what gave the image its direction, leading the eye inward and upward through the scene.

It no longer felt like I was in Sweden, but rather somewhere deep in the rainforests of the Amazon. Water spray poured down constantly, leaving both me and the camera completely soaked. The lens had to be wiped again and again, especially since I was aiming the camera upward.

Using a wide-angle lens allowed me to get close while still capturing both the height of the waterfall and the rich details in the foreground. The perspective reinforces how the rock face leans inward and how the water moves in several layers, from the upper falls down to the dark, glossy stones below.

This is a place where many things happen at once. The water is in constant motion, andv the rock is filled with lines, cracks, and subtle variations. There is much to discover here. The longer you look, the more you see.

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking done in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RIV | f/9 | 1/5 sec | 14mm | ISO 50

// Jani

03/01/2026

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I want to feel something
Ramhultafallet | Fjärås | Sweden

It was actually bright sunshine that day. But clouds drifted slowly across the sky, and with them the light inside the waterfall kept changing. It was as if the light had a life of its own, slipping through cracks in the rock, disappearing, only to reappear moments later somewhere else.

Standing there, watching that play of light, it was easy to understand how people in the past might have felt that something was moving through the forest. Or here, inside the waterfall itself. Not as something clearly seen, but more as a presence, revealed through motion, through shadows, and through light.

The branches crossing the scene look as if they have always been there. Lighter than their surroundings, almost bone-like, like traces of something that once lived on here. They do not disturb the place, they affirm it. They make the forest feel untouched, as if no one has come here to change anything, only to pass through.

I chose to shape the image toward an evening mood, a timeless space between light and darkness. I let the shadows deepen, pulled the colors back, and allowed only the falling water to remain bright. The intention was not to show how it looked, but how it felt. How the light moved and pulsed, rather than where it came from.

This is not an image that wants to explain.
It wants to feel, just as I did.

It is hopefully an image you never quite finish reading. The eye returns, hesitates, discovers new details, and lingers a little longer each time.

Have you ever been in a place where it felt like the landscape had something more to say?

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking done in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RIV | f/10 | 1.6 sec | 135mm | ISO 50

// Jani

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24/10/2025

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A Moment of Gold
Kullaberg | Mölle | Sweden

I had just made my way down behind some of the higher cliffs, hoping to find something new. The terrain was rough, and I was close to turning back, but step by step I pushed on. When I finally reached the water, it felt like all the effort had been for nothing. The light was harsh, the compositions flat. I started to pack up.

But instead of taking the same way back, I decided to try another path around the rocks. I had only gone a few meters when I climbed a small ridge – and there it was. A dramatic landscape where the low evening sun turned the cliffs into gold. The light swept in, revealing the textures of the rocks, making them look almost alive, as if glowing from within.

For a moment I thought the light might disappear at any second, but the 135 mm lens felt like the obvious choice. The perspective became exactly as concentrated as I’d hoped. The telephoto lens compressed the distance in a striking way, making the layers of rock feel denser and more monumental.

The darker water in the foreground created a strong contrast to the golden tones. The eye is naturally led through the passage between the cliffs toward the lighter area in the middle, where the clouds rest as a soft counterbalance to the hard stone.

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking done in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RIV | f/8 | 1/100 sec | 135 mm | ISO 50

// Jani

23/10/2025

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Simple Harmony
Röttle Mill | Lake Vättern | Gränna

After stitching together a panorama at the top of the waterfall, I made my way down to the bottom. Since I’ve been here several times before, I tried to find new compositions, but honestly, I wasn’t happy with any of them. Luckily, I ended my visit with a simpler composition and that turned out to be the one I liked the most.

This is a very atmospheric waterfall, cascading step by step over dark, glossy rocks covered in moss. The soft, silky flow of the water contrasts beautifully with the hard rocks in the foreground. The yellow leaves scattered across the stones add both color and a sense of the season, grounding the image in autumn.

The overcast sky created soft, even light that brought a calm feeling and allowed the details in both the water and the surroundings to come through. I experimented with different shutter speeds to capture the water’s gentle motion while keeping everything else still and peaceful.

The rocks in the foreground help create depth and lead the viewer’s eye toward the waterfall. In the end, I found a composition that felt simpler yet somehow, the most harmonious of them all.

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking done in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RIV | f/7.1 | 1/8 sec | 24mm | ISO 50

// Jani

18/10/2025

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Always Something New to Discover
Röttle mill | Gränna | Sweden

It’s become a bit of a tradition by now. Every time we head south through Sweden, we make a stop here at Röttle kvarn. It’s a place that feels like it’s straight out of a fairytale, with its red cottages and charming little gardens.

This time, I followed a small path I had never noticed before. It led me to the upper part of the falls, and suddenly, the whole scene opened up below me. Even though I’ve been here many times, Röttle revealed itself from a new perspective.

On the hill above sits a red house, beautifully framed by autumn-colored trees. Below it, a small stream turns into a rushing waterfall that flows past an old mill with weathered stone walls. Water has likely given life to this place for generations.

The rich autumn colors — yellow, orange, green, and red — along with the moss-covered rocks, the flowing water, and the stone walls of the mill, fill the image with details. It’s the kind of scene that invites you to slow down and take it all in.

I wanted to capture the whole setting, the red house on the hill, the old mill, and the stream that ties it all together. My 14mm lens wasn’t quite wide enough, so I took two shots to cover the full width. From experience, I know how tricky it can be to stitch panoramas with such a wide-angle lens. But by adding a middle exposure, I was, to my great relief, able to make it work.

Now we’re heading to Kullaberg, another favorite spot we love coming back to. After that, four days of photography await in Falkenberg with good friends from Lidingö Photo Club, an annual highlight I always look forward to!

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking done in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RIV | f/7.1 | 1/25 sec | 14mm | ISO 50

// Jani

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27/09/2025

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Dance of the Drops
Ängskär | Hållnäs Peninsula | Sweden

It had already been raining for a while when the sky suddenly opened up and the downpour became overwhelming. Big, heavy drops fell like a shower of bullets. My first thought was to run for cover, but then it struck me, this was my chance to capture something I had always wanted to.

I found an angle where the rocks created a natural path into the frame. I wanted to get as low as possible to highlight the raindrops as they hit the water’s surface. At the same time, I had to be careful not to block the view. I wanted the eye to be led all the way out to the sea. That meant raising the camera slightly so there was a clear passage between the two rocks on the right and the one further out. The orange rock on the right filled the empty space and balanced nicely with the warm tones in the sky. Together with the green at the bottom and the subtle orange details in the cliffs, the color palette fell into place.

In the middle of all this, my external monitor suddenly went dark. The rain was pouring down on me and my gear. I grabbed a plastic bag from my backpack, gently shook the monitor, and hoped for the best. To my relief, it came back to life, but I had to restart the focus stacking. When I was finally set up again, I suddenly noticed a mast appearing on the far left side of the frame. I realized a boat was about to sail right into the spot I had envisioned. So I finished stacking, waited, and eventually it came, perfectly in the opening. I took my final shot and then rushed toward the forest for shelter.

Even now, I can’t help but think about how it must have been inside that boat during the downpour. In my mind, they were sitting warm and dry in the cabin, sipping a cup of coffee, while I stood drenched on the rocks. But that very moment became a photograph I’m glad I didn’t run away from.

All editing done in Lightroom Classic
Focus stacking done in Zerene Stacker
Sony A7RIV | f/8 | 1/30 sec | 24 mm | ISO 100

// Jani

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