2nd place
silver star award
Martin Maier
austria 
Photo © Martin Maier
title
Gold Coast
I can't quite pinpoint where my deep appreciation for nature comes from. However, I do have very fond childhood memories of spending my holidays hiking in the Alps with my family. Technology also had a huge pull on me very early on and I always loved to fiddle around with various gadgets, including cameras. My photography never went beyond taking simple snapshots of my travels though and I gave them little though after uploading to social media.
In 2017 I rediscovered my passion for the outdoors and made my first conscious efforts to take 'proper' pictures after watching some of Tomas Heaton’s early vlogs. Needless to say, I got hooked pretty quickly! Since then, landscape photography has taken over most of my spare time.
I still lack the elevator pitch about why exactly I do landscape photography of all things. To be honest, I never felt like much of a creative person until I started doing it. Perhaps taking pictures is the perfect blend of technology and art for me. What ever it is, I really appreciate the time I get to spend in nature even when I don't take the camera out of my bag.
Five years after taking my first landscape photograph it still feels like my creative journey has just begun. Even so, I already had the pleasure to capture some amazing moments in the field which I wouldn't miss for the world.
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A fleeting moment of incredible light captured on the island of Kalsoy.about the photographer
My name is Martin and I hail from the mountainous country of Austria in central Europe. During the week I work an office job in Vienna. On the weekend I change into my hiking clothes and shoot landscapes.I can't quite pinpoint where my deep appreciation for nature comes from. However, I do have very fond childhood memories of spending my holidays hiking in the Alps with my family. Technology also had a huge pull on me very early on and I always loved to fiddle around with various gadgets, including cameras. My photography never went beyond taking simple snapshots of my travels though and I gave them little though after uploading to social media.
In 2017 I rediscovered my passion for the outdoors and made my first conscious efforts to take 'proper' pictures after watching some of Tomas Heaton’s early vlogs. Needless to say, I got hooked pretty quickly! Since then, landscape photography has taken over most of my spare time.
I still lack the elevator pitch about why exactly I do landscape photography of all things. To be honest, I never felt like much of a creative person until I started doing it. Perhaps taking pictures is the perfect blend of technology and art for me. What ever it is, I really appreciate the time I get to spend in nature even when I don't take the camera out of my bag.
Five years after taking my first landscape photograph it still feels like my creative journey has just begun. Even so, I already had the pleasure to capture some amazing moments in the field which I wouldn't miss for the world.
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