One of our favorite photographer Joni Niemelä is back with a new project, recently we featured Otherworldly Blues - photo series of an alien-like carnivorous plant called Sundew (Drosera). Now, he's back with White Flames, let's take a look at his project!

Well I've been thinking of creating a photo series of Aurora Borealis in monochrome format for a long time and this fall I finally got to do it - thanks to active space weather. I wanted to concentrate on the shapes and luminosity of the northen lights. When you take out one element (colors) one can focus more on these features of the photo. In the end this was kind of a study for myself to look this theme from a different angle.
-Joni Niemelä

I know this is a mouthful but I think modern fine art nature photography describes it best. I really enjoy looking the works of Marc Adamus and Alexandre Deschaumes for example.
-Joni Niemelä

Well, the most important thing is to keep in mind that it takes time to evolve in photography. Try to find your own style. Most of the time you may be finding yourself deleting failed photos.
Great part of photography (or pretty much of everything in your life) is that you can learn from your mistakes. And when you succeed to create a good photo, it’s really rewarding.
-Joni Niemelä

Very often people don’t pay enough attention to what’s around them. So it's important to stop and take a good look – you might see something interesting.
-Joni Niemelä

About Joni Niemelä

Joni Niemelä is from Western Finland. He works mainly as a web designer in his own firm and also do photography somewhat professionally. You can see more of his work at Behance, Instagram or his website.