Hi!

I'm Jonas Thomén and I come from Jakobstad, mid-western Finland (Finland is that place in northern Europe where Nokia phones ANGRY BIRDS are from...)

I figured I have to explain myself a little bit... so here we go...

I have been photographing for many years, mostly nature / landscape. I also been studying photography for four years at VNF in Karis, Finland and at the University for the Creative arts in Maidstone, UK. I'm well over 30 years young and I still don't know what I wanna do when I grow up...

I would love to live as a professional nature photographer, me and about three and half billion others... I hope I can work with photography or the visual arts anyway because as of now it is my biggest interest. On my photographic journey I have used large-format, medium-format, 35-mm (slr and compact), aps, and pinhole (film and paper) cameras, and digital (slr and compact) they are all good in their own way even if I favour film over digital (if I only could afford it). I have also shot developed and printed (in darkroom and on a computer printer) black and white and colour negative and slide (positive) film.... I've shot everything from landscapes deep in the wilderness to architecture in the city.. portraits to wildlife.. lightning.. the northern lights.. deep space pictures through telescopes.. but if I get to choose one favorite then I take my camera and some lenses and a tripod and whole lot of other stuff I wont need and head out to the middle of nowhere (that is when you take left by the old three and then right when you meet the squirrel and go twice as long as where the elk stands)... and do some landscape photography...

My icon was shot in Millennium Park, Maidstone, UK. I think this represents the Celtic Horned God. The Protector of the Forest, and I like it.. the statue itself is beautiful too... kinda hidden away behind a corner though...

My real website is at jonasthomen.com please come in and have a look.

/jonas.