So the last post was about some inspirational films and now I'm sharing some things that have given me a chance (and a change) to see and explore new views in this world. Namely, I left Helsinki and Finland for Sydney, Australia in August. I also left my full time day job in Helsinki and decided to take some time off for myself as well as, you guessed it, to explore now places with my camera. My current camera body, too, is pretty new - I got this Nikon D300s this past July and so far I'm really liking it. Solidly built and good quality, although it's not the newest models body Nikon has produced.

Overall, I've been taking various kinds of photos (as usual) during my time here in Australia, from landscapes and cityscapes to street photography and wildlife photography. My new The Sydney Blog Tumblr blog is kind of my photojournal from my time here.

I also bought a new Manfrotto tripod and have been practicing long exposure photography, which I haven't been doing much before. I've been doing some night/evening shoots here in Sydney, which is a beautiful big city right on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The other long exposure technique I've been precticing is taking LE photos in the daytime, for which you need ND (Neutral Density) filters. Generally I've been doing much more urban and cityscape photography than before and it's been really interesting environment to walk around and shoot. Since you also find beutiful coastlines and beaches from right here in Sydney, it's not like you're just surrounded with dark brick walls, though. Below is some cityscape photography I've taken during the past few months.
Here's a link to my Behance Network project with more cityscapes from Sydney. I've also been updating my facebook page with all the latest photos. Oh, and since the Google+ has properly taken off now, I'm also using that one and it seems that at least the photographer community is very active in the G+.

So, it's been a really long time since the last time I updated my photoblog. Not sure what's the main reason to that, but I've decided to pick things up again on this side as well. I've been updating my Facebook photography page and also my Tumblr photo feed, but for some reason this blog sort of fell behind.

Anyway, many things have changed, one of the major changes being that I now live in Sydney, Australia. I dedicated a Tumblr photoblog, The Sydney Blog, for the general photography I've been shooting here Down Under. I'll update more on the things that I've been doing during the past few months later, but in the meantime, here's a couple of new and not-so-new films I would recommend as an inspiration for everyone.

The first is 'Home'. Many of you might be familiar with Yann Arthus-Bertrand and his 'Earth From Above' series. His exceptional non-profit film 'Home' is something worth watching. Amazing footage from this globe.
You can watch the whole film here, on YouTube (non-profit, free distribution film, mind you).

The next one is 'Oceans'. French nature documentary film by Jacques Perrin . The film explores Earth's five oceans and it was filmed in over 50 different places and took four years to film. Oceans is directed and produced by Jacques Perrin, director Jacques Cluzaud with producer Nicolas Mauvernay, editors Catherine Mauchain and Vincent Schmitt, art director Arnaud Le Roch. The footage, again, is amazing with extraordinary cinematography and instead of focusing on spoken words it lets you just watch in awe. Here's a short clip from the movie, 'Weathering the Storm'.

The last recommendation might be a bit obvious, but still a must, nevertheless. It's Sir David Attenboroug's (BBC) Frozen Planet series, which is currently running on TV here in Australia. No need for praising the quality more than just telling that you will not be dissapointed. The DVD will be a must buy for me. There you go.