Hope you are loving Josh’s landscape series as much as I am! Each photo is so surreal, yet so beautiful.

When I asked Josh about his work and the equipment he uses, this is what he replied….

As a photographer I try to evoke emotion through a captured image. And yes I’m a gear nerd! I love cameras and have used and tried a few different types. I prefer shooting medium format with my Bronica (a camera I have tattooed on me!)… but last year it died, so I started using a Leica M8. I’m also using a Canon 5D MKll – which is amazing! Although I digitally process my images I try to stay true to darkroom techniques and have never used photoshop.

You can check out more of Josh’s photography on his Flickr profile, and his unreal tattoo folio here.

How have you got to where you are today?

I got into photography during high school, but my father is the main reason why I started. He has alway been into photography and using his old SLR was something I enjoyed growing up. Now I find photography is something I do purely as an expressive outlet. Creating a mood or emotion is what I try to produce with each completed image.

In a few words, describe yourself…

Overweight tattoo artist.

What are you spending your time on at the moment?

Tattooing takes up most of my day-to-day time. I’m also starting a new landscape series while loosely putting images aside for a french bulldog photo book.

Do you have a ritual for getting into the creative mindset? Or a creative process?

Not really… But if the lights ok and I have the time, I’ll always try to go out. The process and technique I use is very much dependent on the emotion I’m trying to create.

What or who inspires you?

Artist’s like Egon Schiele and Edvard Munch are a huge daily inspiration for me. I also find myself drawn to photographers such as Lee Frost and Matthew-Robert Hughes.

What are you most proud of?

The reaction my better half gives me when she’s impressed with an image I’ve made.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

As a child, I don’t think I ever really gave a thought to anything more than the moment I was in.

But I do feel like, I’m doing what I love each day, and I’m extremely grateful for it.