Photography is Fun (no, really, it is!)
February 24, 2008 | Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment
Life is too short to take boring portraits – especially when you have two wound up girls ready for a day of fun!
13 Year Old Jussi
February 18, 2008 | Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment
What a pleasure to do a session with a boy on the cusp of those tough teenage years. This is Jussi – a very serious and very intelligent young man. He could probably take apart your DVD player and then put it back together in the blink of an eye – but for today, we enjoyed the beauty of Hvittrask on a gorgeous and misty Winter day.
Now, why can’t I convince more people to do shoots in the gorgeous colors of Winter?
What I’m Listening to these days while proofing
February 18, 2008 | Filed Under Personal | 1 Comment
This question always come up – what do you listen to while proofing sessions? These days, it’s a bit of Finnish pop: Ultra Bra. They may have broken up in 2001 but I still enjoy their work.
A song entitled ‘Writings’:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjTzFo16vaQ]
The Boy from a year before:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2kOgyAvsSY]
and ‘The Nature of Friendships Between Girls”
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2FV1W0hlIg]
Finland Wakes Up From Winter
February 18, 2008 | Filed Under Personal | 1 Comment
After an incredibly short Winter that saw no chances for sledding (snow never stayed past a day!), the plants are all showing signs of opening buds a whole month early. Even the sun seems warmer than usual.
Winter’s Palette in Gold and Azure
February 18, 2008 | Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment
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.
A Norwegian Bunad In A Rich Finnish Cultural Area
February 17, 2008 | Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment
I never could resist the beauty of a bunad. And when Lisa Røstøen was kind enough to find one for me in Norway, I couldn’t have been happier. Of course, it’s a bit big right now so not quite the fit yet. Anyone have a stretching machine?
The location of this shoot is a very historical area near the mansion of Espoonkartano – the horsebreeding stable of the Swedish Kings for hundreds of years.
