Guest photo editor Martin Söderqvist was formally trained at the Speos Institute of Photography in Paris, and learned to love skiing on family holidays in the Austrian Alps from the age of four. His name is well known around Disentis, Switzerland,where Söderqvist spent many ski seasons before his own little family came along (the 33-year-old Swede is a married father of two little skiers now), but he continues to travel all over the Alps and North America with a heavy camera pack. His images have graced the pages of more than 50 magazines. Söderqvist mixes corporate accounts you'll recognize - Black Diamond Skis, Durango Mountain Resort and Smith Optics - with ones you might not - Swedish ski areas Stöten i Sälen and Funäsdalen,and Zai, Swiss luxury skis and golf clubs. One of several regular contributing photographers to Ski Canada who are Europe- based, Söderqvist gives us some commentary on the following pages on what inspired him to choose each shot, including his own. For more inspiration: Martin Soderqvist