About Paul Kowalski
Lake Oberon, Tasmania - 2019
Not all that long ago I lived and breathed landscape photography, it was my life and I poured everything I had into making it a professional career. It was almost part of every conversation and thought.
I ran my own gallery for six years full time selling my landscape photographs, published books, hired staff, ran tours & workshops, worked with national parks & tourism, controlled and ran our own entire framing production line, traveled the length and breadth of Australia and worked extremely hard to keep it all moving forward.
On a trip to Tasmania in March and April 2018 things changed and ideas of shutting the business down started creeping into my every day thoughts.
I ran my own gallery for six years full time selling my landscape photographs, published books, hired staff, ran tours & workshops, worked with national parks & tourism, controlled and ran our own entire framing production line, traveled the length and breadth of Australia and worked extremely hard to keep it all moving forward.
On a trip to Tasmania in March and April 2018 things changed and ideas of shutting the business down started creeping into my every day thoughts.
Defining moments
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I will always remember the day I decided that I would go down the path of being a professional landscape photographer, not just taking photographs on the weekends, I mean really making something of it. I quit my job, found a location to set up a gallery and just went for it. I studied business models, spoke to other business owners and planned ahead, I really was of the impression that this is what I was going to do for the rest of my life, no matter what. I did that, for years I pushed and pushed, sticking to it and keeping the blinkers on, keeping sight of my goals. We had great success and some big losses but that is the business world. During this period and especially during some of the big photography trips that my family and I undertook, we created some of the most amazing memories of our lives.
On the flip side, I will also always remember the day I decided to walk away from being a professional landscape photographer. I was standing on a beach, feeling rung out from the process, feeling no passion for what I was doing and as though I was missing many things in life whilst keeping it all running. The business got so busy that I was never around to see my young family, it was the complete opposite of why I set it up. The biggest shock to me was when I finally made the decision to shut the entire operation down, I was relieved that it was over. There were some big moments so far but this was not the end, just time for a different direction. |
Moving forwards
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Adventures to come
I will always venture and take landscape photographs, my family and I have plans of further trips in the coming years and I will be sure to take the cameras along.
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Further photography
I will continue to take photographs and release them through our website and Facebook. You can email us through our contact form if you require any further information.
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