Mats Wilhelm – photographer & saxophone player

All projects for this spring are performed. For some days I find new inspiration on classic ground in central Sweden, but soon I will head back to Switzerland.

Late last autumn I saw theese nests at lake Lützelsee here in Switzerland. I saw many herons around and thought it might be a heron colony, but stork nests also came into mind. They are stork nests! About twenty of them in two giant trees. Lützelsee is a ”Naturschutzgebiet” and can apparently support so many birds by it´s […]Read Post ›

Most days the Sun now manage to reach through the morning fog and haze in the flatlands of Switzerland. Other days we have to head for the Alp tops to see it !

From my balcony window in Zürich I have watched the nearly untouched rowan-berries for three month now and wondered when the Fieldfares would come and eat them. In Sweden, where I used to live, Waxwings and Thrushes finish them already in october by the latest. Waxwings seldom come this far south, but Fieldfares breed here […]Read Post ›

But this is reality, although very rare here in the middle of Sweden these days. Hay fences, sheep and various ”weeds” in the agricultural landscape. It´s so beautiful !

The official celebration is tomorrow and many people are now on their way to the most lovely places they know, although it´s raining. I had my midsummer adventure a little bit in advance far out in the Stockholm archipelago in the most perfect weather. Mostly, I enjoyed the bright sun, then and then a little haze […]Read Post ›

Around April 20 is the time to sleep in the forest to be able to witness the capercaillie lek. The cocks start to display already at 04:00 when it´s nearly dark, and the only thing you can see is their white wing knuckles. Later when the sun rise the display may be over if no hens […]Read Post ›

Todays camera equipment give me the choice to make both overview and close-up pictures from the same shot serie simply by cropping. It is especially useful on the webb where I don´t have to use all pixels. But mostly I prefer to show animals in their environment. It also shows that they are really wild animals and […]Read Post ›

The last weeks have been amazing! First persistent snowfall from a grey sky for many days creating a nice snow cover, and then sunny days with a lot of opportunities for skiing and photographing.