Fstoppers Photographer of the Month (April 2019): Erik Johansson

Fstoppers Photographer of the Month (April 2019): Erik Johansson

The Fstoppers community is brimming with creative vision and talent. Every day, we comb through your work, looking for images to feature as the Photo of the Day or simply to admire your creativity and technical prowess. In 2019, we're featuring a new photographer every month, whose portfolio represents both stellar photographic achievement and a high level of involvement within the Fstoppers community.

This month's winner is Erik Johansson! His work is notable for its entrancing and imaginative concepts and stellar technical execution. Be sure to check out our favorite shots of his below and give him a follow to see his full portfolio. Johansson is now in the running for Fstoppers Community Photographer of the Year!

How to Be Chosen

Remember, in 2019, we'll be featuring a photographer chosen from the community every month. At the end of the year, the Fstoppers Community Photographer of the Year will be chosen from the 12 monthly winners, with the overall winner getting a tutorial of their choice from the Fstoppers store. Check out the rules to be chosen: 

  1. You must have uploaded an image to your portfolio in the past 30 days to be selected.
  2. For the year-end award, you must have remained active in the Fstoppers community by uploading an image at least once every 60 days.

See Past Photographers of the Month

You can see all Photographers of the Month here.

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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I love this guys images, he's really talented - he has some videos on how he works, fascinating.

I admire the images and the skill it takes to produce them and I'm sure that placed in a gallery, they would sell well, but it's not my cup of pixels.

Great pick Erik has an amazing portfolio and I’ve even told others to take a look. For the casual or hobby photographer like myself most of us can’t comprehend how much effort goes into these very complex shots. Keep up the great work Erik you truly inspire!!!

If you go to his website he has videos of his process, mind boggling

Thanks Loretta... haven’t heard from you in a while hope all is well

Beautiful images and very well done, but they are not photographs.
I would call them rather photographic illustrations

He is one of the best candidates for the Photographer of the Year distinction. His work is outstanding.

Beautiful work. And, yes, they are indeed photographs.

I agree with Laughing Cow. The work is beautiful, without question, but they are not photographs they are fine art images. You cannot take most of these images in one frame in camera which to me defines a photograph. Multiple images combined constitutes artwork and that is valid, but let’s label them properly as art pieces and not photographs.