Natural focus

ENTRANCING LANDSCAPES AND QUINTESSENTIAL MOMENTS ALL REVEAL THEMSELVES WHENEVER PHOTOGRAPHER KARA ROSENLUND VENTURES INTO NATURE FOR A SPOT OF BEAUTY HUNTING

- ANDREA TOMAZ

At a glance

Who: Photographer Kara Rosenlund.

What she does: Creates photographic prints of Australian beaches, bush, animals, dahlias and more.

Where: Kara lives on North Stradbroke Island and has a Brisbane studio.

Why she does it: "I love bringing raw emotion to landscapes through sunlight, simplicity and nostalgia. I want to document each moment, evoking memories and feelings."

Visit: kararosenlund.com, @kararosenlund.

Right from the start, Kara Rosenlund has always been a photographer at heart. "Growing up in Brisbane as a child, I was always photographing my pet chickens and dog, and framing up shots with my parents' Polaroid camera - which never had film in it!" she says. "I just loved seeing life through the viewfinder."

This creative spirit continued to grow in adulthood, with Kara packing her bags to study photography in Toowoomba - an experience that left a deep and lasting imprint on her. It offered up a captivating slice of country life on the edge of Queensland's gateway to the west, instilling a profound appreciation of raw bush landscapes and ways of simply being'. "It really made me the photographer I am today," she says fondly.