Winter’s Palette in Gold and Azure

I love this location – an historical mansion and atelier  (c. 1902) situated on a small hill at the head of the bay that separates Helsinki from Espoo. More commonly known as Tarvaspää – home of Finnish art nouveau artist Alexi Gallen-Kallela.

I’ve shot one wedding and two formal shoots here – and I still want to explore more of this wonderful location.

The coarse wool ‘kitty eared’ hat is courtesy of Maia’s Aunt’s Sister in law Tiia. She makes these by hand in the traditional Finnish way – cute but always functional.