As I've done the last two years before, I've collected my favourite photographs from this ending year of 2012. It includes more colour than before, but also some black and white photography as I've started to find my own style in fine art direction of photography. In this collection, I have photos from Australia, Indonesia, Italy, Paris and Finland. So, even though it feels like I had relatively little time for shooting this year compared to last year, I still managed to visit a few amazing locations and get some new material.  'Untitled' - Blue Mountains, Australia - February 2012 I also had my first two photography exhibitions here in Helsinki (' A Glimpse Of The World' and ' Shades'), so that was a big challenge as well as a place of learning for me. I'm happy I managed to do the exhibitions and we'll see what happens next year in that regard. Hopefully I still continue to learn and develop next year. There's some new shooting locations already in plans. One of my dream places is becoming true when I get to visit Iceland next July. Really, really looking forward to that! Happy new year everyone! Here's my chosen photos.  'A Turn' - Castelluccio, Italy - July 2012  'Tvelve Apostles Sunset' - Port Campbell, Australia - February 2012  'Indonesian Sunset' - Gili Islands, Indonesia - February 2012  'Beach' - Port Campbell, Australia - February 2012  'Winter Days in Paris' - Paris, France - December 2012  'Traces' - Kontiolahti, Finland - December 2012  'Untitled' - Gili Islands, Indonesia - February 2012  'Untitled' - Umbria, Italy - July 2012  'Misty' - Blue Mountains, Australia - February 2012  'Untitled' - Port Campbell, Australia - February 2012  'Untitled' - Umbria, Italy - July 2012  'Untitled' - Umbria, Italy - July 2012  'Sunset Over Assisi' - Assisi, Italy - July 2012  'Untitled' - Blue Mountains, Australia - February 2012
December in Paris could be windy, rainy and chilly, but it's also very atmospheric and beautiful, even if the sun is nowhere to be seen. Clouds and dark shades make the city even more appealing. As I many times find out with my photography, clouds and scarce light creates a unique setting for capturing moody and mysterious scenes. So, here's some urban and cityscape photography from winter days in Paris.
I was kindly asked by two friends (and café owners) to bring in some of my photography and hang them on their café's walls. I named the exhibition 'Shades' and it includes five colour landscapes and four black & white square prints. These landscapes are, yes, from New Zealand, but also one from Bavaria, Germany and one from Australia. So, from 16.11. onwards you can see some of my photos framed on Kahvila Sävy's walls in Helsinki. It's an awesome, cosy coffeehouse. You are guaranteed to get the best special coffees (double cappuccino being my favourite from them), tasty and fresh croissants and hear some nice tunes from vinyl records. I would definitely recommend visiting, even if not for my photos. Here's three of the nine photos that I got printed in Sävy.  'Below' - Milford Sound, New Zealand 2011  'Endless' - New Zealand 2011  'Sideways' - New Zealand 2011
 A black&white wedding photo from the summer of 2012. I've created a new slideshow collection 'Weddings' about the wedding photography I've done during 2011 and 2012. I added this new section in the navigation menu where the collection can be found. I want to thank these beautiful now-happily-married couples for letting me to show these photos. You can also click any of the photos to see more.  A colour wedding portrait taken in Joensuu, Finland in the summer of 2012.
I've ended up seeing some amazing places around the world already and I've tried to capture it in my own way and style. I consider this only the beginning, however, and there's so many more great and mind-provoking destinations yet to see. There will be some selected photographs on display at the cosy Cafe Talo in Hakaniemi from the beginning of June onwards. I also have reserved the upstairs of Cafe Talo on June 1st for my friends and friends of the friends and just all the people that would like to have a look at my photos. If you like what you see and even wish to get one for yourself, some of the prints are for sale. I will put 5€ from every sold picture into a Kiva Loan ( http://www.kiva.org/about/) which I think is a sustainable way of creating new opportunities around the world - the people that might not have the same support system around them that I've had, for example. The buying is not the main point, though, and I just want to welcome you all to join me and have a glimpse of the world. So, 1.6. there will be a get-together and after that you can visit Cafe Talo ( http://www.cafetalo.fi/) and check out some of the photos. Welcome you all! More info and updates will follow...Here's the Facebook invitation.
I ended up shooting couple of weddings during the past year, and although wedding photography isn't my main forté (I'd like to think), I have to say the shooting experience that I could gain from that kind of events is invaluable.
Every wedding is different with its locations, lighting conditions, amount of guests etc. and you also have to be sharp with the changing situations and the schedule that fills wedding days. For the wedding couple, this could be the most important day of their lives, so you definitely want to deliver when it comes to photographs. Here's some of the wedding shots from the past year.
I started this photoblog about a year ago and one of the first blog posts was a look back to the year 2010 with sort of a 'Best of' photo selection. So, I thought about doing the same this year as well, and although I feel very hesitant about making any kinds of 'Best of' lists, I think I could look at this as a flashback or a quick coverage for the past year of 2011. I love visiting new places and countries, so even just by those standards, the last year was amazing. I got to see a very very snowy winter and a hot summer (by our standards, that is) in my homeland, Finland, but I also had the chance to see The Alps in Engelberg, Switzerland, as well as the Bavarian region and German Alps in Garmich-Partenkirchen, Germany. I ended shooting some weddings, too, which added different kind of experience to my photography. On top of everything, I ended up moving to Sydney, Australia and also fulfilled one of my travelling dreams by touring a bit around New Zealand. So all in all, amazing places and amazing opportunities for improving my photography and I think I ended up getting couple of nice shots here and there. I don't want to view these images as the top selections for the year, but rather as a photography collection that I see covering my year of 2011 pretty well and the way I personally see it. All I can say is: The World Is Beautiful. Here we go, the chosen 11 photos from the year 2011. Let this be a great start for the photo-rich year of 2012.  White Wind - Swiss Alps  Sunset Surfers - Crowdy Head, Australia.  Green Glow - Bavaria, Germany.  Reflection - Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand.  Lake sunset - North Carelia, Finland.  Harbour Bridge - Sydney, Australia.  Empty Seats - Airport pub, somewhere.  Cathedral Cove, New Zealand.  Dark Forests - Bavaria, Germany.  The Catlins, New Zealand.  Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand.
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+.
Due to some questions about from where to get my photography, I have started to use RedBubble for my print sales. Here's more info about buying prints through RedBubble with some selected photos. This is the link to my RedBubble portfolio. Go and check it out and if there's some different photos you wish to buy then contact me personally and we'll try to sort it out.  This Svalbard landscape is one of the photos for sale in RedBubble.
Thanks to internet and digital advancements, there's more and more publications and websites that support creative people and give them a chance to display their work. Under Republic is one of them and they are here for "Establishing a network of Artists, Musicians, and Iconoclasts." Sounds really good to me. Anyway, they were kind enough and asked me some questions and displayed some of my photos in their latest #10 issue. Under Republic is an e-magazine and you can read it in here. If you want skip to my interview, it starts from the page 42. You can tell from the funky layout that these guys want to do things in their own way and that's always a good thing. I surely appreciate that they have my photography nicely presented on spread sheets too. More at: www.underrepublic.com
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