About

Nature Walk Photography is the website home of international award winning photographer Lynn Pilewski.

Smoky Morning © Lynn Pilewski

Lynn’s Artistic Vision

“The moment one gives a close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world unto itself.” Henry Miller

The words of Henry Miller really sum up the way I feel about my photography.  Too often, we walk through our lives without really seeing or noticing the amazing beauty and detail around us. That changed for me when I started looking through the lens.

Photography allows me to stop and take the time to really examine the splendor in the world around me. I am intrigued and nourished by Nature in all its forms – minuscule to magnificent. From the intimate detail of a flower, to the intricacy and symmetry of a bird’s feathers, to the many layers in a magnificent panoramic vista, I truly believe I am better for taking the time to really “see”.

My photography is my attempt to capture the magic of our world and is a celebration of the Blue Ridge Mountains where I live and the places I’ve visited.  All of my photos are captured “out in nature”, so expect to find small surprises or something unexpected in the landscape or flowers – I always do.  As I like to note “there’s always a bug”!

I am particularly interested in exploring the essence of the nature around us. To that end, I experiment with depth of focus to highlight a specific part of the scene that I feel captures the core of the subject. I make no attempt at documentary style imagery – I want the viewer to actually feel immersed in the image.  For me, a viewer that walks away having “smelled the green” is success.

Psychologist Rachel Kaplan, PhD at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is at the forefront of research on what they call “restorative environments”. She is exploring nature’s impact on people’s mental functioning, social relationship, and physical well-being. Among her findings, is that fascination with nature helps people recover from what she calls “normal psychological wear and tear”. Even when represented with photographic simulations of a forested area, she noticed that the photographs boosted people’s mood.

It is my mission and my goal to bring some de-stressing beauty into viewer’s lives.  I hope that my collectors feel enriched by a sense of peace, tranquility and beauty in my images.

I am pleased to be able to share my unique vision of our sometimes mysterious, always awesome, and incredibly magnificent world through my photographs.