"The Life of the Cold Depths"

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DVD-cover for "The Life of the Cold Depths", a co-production between Crystal Water Film Production AB and SVT (Swedish National Television), with support from the Nordvision fund.


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From Adventure to Film

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During our last film productions, "Corals of the North Atlantic" and "Sharks of the North Atlantic" I have got the great opportunity to experience intriguing encounters, with both exciting animals as well as magnificent nature life.


The last years we have been diving a lot in the cold and dark waters of the North Atlantic. Our aim was to film the beauty of the cold water corals living in Scandinavian waters. And we also wanted to meet and film the sharks living here.



During our time spent on those film projects, we have experience the most shallow cold water coral reef known.
We have also got exciting encounters with both the smallest sharks as well as the biggest sharks of Scandinavia.
All of them, experiences to remember for life...



The editing of the films is now finished and the films will soon be ready for television.


Our projects, "Corals of the North Atlantic" and "Sharks of the North Atlantic" are co-productions between Crystal Water Film Production AB and Swedish National Television (SVT).








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The Mysterious Mist

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The mist is both timeless and inspiring and has the great capacity of turning the landscape into another dimension...
These pictures are all taken in Trøndelag, Norway...



The diffuse morning light in the forest...



Mist in the mountains...




And finally, the great blue winter landscape...





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Autumn in the great wilderness of Norway

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The wilderness of Trøndelag in Norway is amazing. Here you will find deep forests, high mountains and a spectacular view of Trondheimsfjorden...



During autumn the green leaves turns to a fiery autumn glow and it is now the best time to spend many hours, days or even weeks in the wild nature...




When the mist softly starts to cover the great mountains the valley gently turns to a quiet, timeless eternity...


The temperature is falling and soon the grey landscape turns into a bright white scenario, with beautiful snowcristals all around...



Even my border collie Laritza is enjoying her time playing and relaxing in the soft white snow...


Whether the sun is shining or the the rain is falling, whether you spend your time in the forests or by the sea the wilderness of mother nature always have something to be fascinated of...





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Diving by Night in Gullmarsfjorden

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When the autum nights are getting longer it is even more exiting to go diving. The deep living inhabitants is more active during the dark night and the possibilities of getting close encounter with these amazing creatures is bigger...


These pictures are taken during night dives in Gullmarsfjorden at the swedish west coast....


















Treshnish - Extraordinary Memories from the Atlantic Ocean

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There are something special with memories. Some of them are always in our minds, while others slowly but surely disappear...
During summer 2009 I spent some days at the Treshnish Isles and my time here gave me both breathtaking experiences as well as memories for life...


The Treshnish Isles is an archipelago of small islands and skerries at the west coast of Scotland. This archipelago is a part of the Inner Hebrides. The unique landscape of these islands offers a rich wildlife, over water as well as under water.


The reason why we came here was the basking shark. While recording different shark species for our film”Sharks in Cold Waters” we spent summer 2009 in the waters around the west coast of Scotland. In our search of the next biggest shark in the world, the basking shark, we spent some nights in a small bay of the Treshish Isles. This stay gave us much more experiences than we ever had been thinking of.


The Treshnish Isles are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, one of the reson for this is the huge population of cliff- and burrow-nesting seabirds. During our stay here we understand why.., the sea birds were everywhere...
These birds was not even afraid of us, they just looked at us and our cameras and gave us fantastic recording opportunities.


"Clown of the ocean" or "sea parrot", the puffin has got many nicknames... and the early morning sun gave us perfect shooting light of these beautiful birds...


The puffins are not only beautiful, these extraordinary birds seems quite romantic too...


This very special morning would soon show to be even more fantastic. While photographing all the wild sea birds we enjoyed the great view of the Atlantic ocean. And then we hardly could believe when we saw a huge basking shark slowly swimming at the surface.


The following hours we spent in the water together with this majestic creature...


Once again, the Treshnish Isles gave me both experiences and memories for life and with great expectations I am really looking forward to our new film- and sailing expedition next year...