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Kristjan Stepancic is a 25-year-old photographer and filmmaker from Slovenia whose work captures the essence of lifestyle, landscapes, and automobiles with a fresh, cinematic eye. What began as a way to document adventures with friends has evolved into a full-time creative career rooted in outdoor inspiration and authentic visual storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristjan Stepan?i? Q1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am Kristjan, a visual storyteller from Slovenia, capturing lifestyles, landscapes and cars of our world. My journey started because I wanted to express my creativity somehow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picking up a camera felt organic because I wanted to document my travels. The fun stuff we did with my friends and all the beauty I saw, so I would say the outdoor activities were my first inspiration. My journey has drastically evolved since then, as I can happily say this is my job now. And the creative growth is very much seen over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had this idea in my mind for a long time, but as a lot of elements had to be in place for it to turn out how I wanted it and because there is not so much snow in Slovenia, I knew it would be difficult. We went out to explore with the jeep a few times in the past. But the conditions and the locations were never good enough. That winter, we got a really nice package of snow early in the season. And we randomly drove out to go see the surrounding forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, I took my drone with me as there was just enough snow on the trees but not too much on the path, so it could pop out of the whiteness. The evening blue light was soft and created a magical atmosphere. All it needed was an extra element to really showcase the scale and to make the image more interesting. The jeep’s headlights were perfect for the job, and one of my favourite images to date was created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winning this award gives me extra motivation to push forward. Go explore the world and just be proud of the progress I have made so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This is usually a pretty difficult task and depends a lot on the competition itself. As each one is usually different. But I think every photographer has a few captures in their mind all the time. That are special to them and that are always capable of winning something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, this is one of those images – it’s composed well, the light is beautiful. And it has a really interesting subject. I go with my gut and see what it brings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The want to document my activities and travels with family and friends. As I mentioned, I’ve always been a creative person. But never really knew in what way I wanted to express that. A camera did that for me, and I fell in love with photography and videography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q3<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

That is a difficult one to pick. As I love to explore all types and not get bored with just one. But if I had to pick just one, it would probably be landscape photography. Because there is so much to see and explore. And because it is sort of the reason I picked up a camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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