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Discover Slovenia through the new OM-3
Europe | Photography | Travelogue

Discover Slovenia through the new OM-3

ByRania June 5, 2025June 6, 2025

Ever since Olympus changed it’s name to OM System and I started working with them, I (and…

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Sunny forest outing
Photography

Sunny forest outing

ByRania October 24, 2024October 24, 2024

After a week of rain I biked out for a sunny forest outing to a newly found forest, in the hopes of getting both photos and mushrooms.

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Amongst Rocketcress & Apple blossom
Adventure that is life | Photography

Amongst Rocketcress & Apple blossom

ByRania June 7, 2024June 7, 2024

It is amongst the rocketcress and apple blossom that I find my joy for life return. Summer is here and I live and breathe flowers right now.

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Photography and the Art of Perception
Photography

Photography and the Art of Perception

ByRania November 14, 2023April 22, 2024

This post is about photography and the art of perception, how nature and photography opened my eyes and taught me to see.

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Foraging & photography – Moving freely with the OM-5
Photography

Foraging & photography – Moving freely with the OM-5

ByRania October 26, 2022March 14, 2024

I am ducking under trees and treading on soft moss. Movin freely with the OM-5 on my shoulder as I forage for mushrooms.

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M.Zuiko 20mm F1.4 PRO Review
Photography

M.Zuiko 20mm F1.4 PRO Review

ByRania November 15, 2021April 22, 2024

OM System has just released a new lens and during fall I have been to only one to use it. This is my in depth M.Zuiko 20mm F1.4 PRO review.

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Mindfully exploring nature
Photography

Mindfully exploring nature

ByRania April 30, 2020March 14, 2024

Photography as a tool let’s me get closer to nature, slow down to mindfully explore it and view the world in a new light.

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Autumn and fishing in Norway
Photography

Autumn and fishing in Norway

ByRania September 10, 2019April 24, 2024

By taking the arctic train all the way to Narvik I was able to meet up with my friend and spend a few amazing days fishing in Norway before her wedding.

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hello and welcome!

My name is Rania

I live in a small northern town of Sweden where I work as a freelancing photographer, visual communicator & photography educator. I strive to live slow, sustainably and intentionally and in this blog I will share my life from outdoor adventures and photography tips to traveling and foraging & using wild food.

May also contain traces of coffee and cats.

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Grain & Fern

photographer, content creator and maker of things

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Fotograf med fokus på natur & livsstil
🌲 Studerar till Landskapsvetare
@omsystem.cameras ambassador. Represented by @johnerimages📍Sundsvall, Sweden

Reflections of fall 🍂 This was an absolutely mag Reflections of fall 🍂 

This was an absolutely magical day and I am grateful I happened to be out with my camera when fall colors, light and stillness of water all aligned ✨️

》 OM-3 + M.Zuiko 17mm & 40-150mm

#ruska #autumnvibes #höst #putyourselfoutthere
It feels like food foraged in the wild is supposed It feels like food foraged in the wild is supposed to be cooked outside, with flame and smoke. This fall I was SO happy to see that my dream grill was available at @hillceramic, together with a bunch of things I already own from my favorite brand for harvesting & cooking wild food: Barebones. 

// sponsored post in collaboration with @hillceramic

Slowly making my dream outdoor kitchen happen, this is the first step. It's huge so when there's a bigger group, a lot can be cooked at once. The grid can be raised to keep things warm, and I absolutely love having tools and herbs hanging, ready at my disposal. 

Cooking on this grill was such a joy, and having gathered mushrooms in the forest and herbs from my garden, it tasted so so good and like I'd actually earned it. 

People always BBQ in the summer, but autumn is when you actually want to be by a warm fire 🍂 Oh and when you're done cooking? Well this grill can have the legs easily shortened and turn into a fire pit to sit around. 

Right now it's 34% off at @hillceramic so go check it out if you also love cooking outside and over fire 🔥

I can't wait to take groups into nature to talk about ecology, wild food, sustainability and photography and then gather around this for a lovely meal and more great conversations. Fire talks are some of the best.

#outdoorcooking #wildfood #sponsoredpost #cookingoverfire #utemat
Autumn is truly here, look at these colors! 😍 🍂 Autumn is truly here, look at these colors! 😍 🍂
This has, without a doubt, been one of the best ex This has, without a doubt, been one of the best experiences this fall: to join my local bird community and learn about bird ringing 🐦‍⬛ 

Read more in my field journal: grainandfern.substack.com (link in profile)

#ringmärkning #birdringing #birdlife_europe #omsystemcameras #cameranatura
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