Surfing

Surfing in Finland ... honestly I would never have though it could be possible to do that in Finland until last week when I was invited to Sirius Sport Resort by my cousin to photograph his "amazing" surfing skills and witness how these three cool surfer chicks showed my cousin and his friend how to REALLY surf. This photo shoot really made my hidden surfer blood to flow in my veins and I'm going there to prove how to surf like a pro (read how to embarrass yourself totally) on Thursday. I guess I nailed the photo shoot pretty well since I managed to make my cousin look like he knows what he is doing ... at least in a few photos :P

"sorry"

After couple of attemps my cousin decided to start "freestyling" (love you bro :D)

Portrait photography course pt. 2

For the last weeks I've had an astrofever, but today I give you something else just for the change. Deep down in my hard drive I still got dozens of portraits from portrait photography course, and here is one of them. This is just one preview of what is about to come. It is really hard for me to choose the best photos, because honestly I got like 1500 photos to choose from. In future I got a few portrait photography sessions incoming, but they are not scheduled yet. 

Red Moon Architect

As you all know it is cold and dark outside now because of autumn, so the theme for this post is perfect. Couple of my friends play in a band called Red Moon Architect. Few weeks ago they released their debut album, which has been receiving really positive feedback from many reviewers, and they were playing in Rytmikatti Kouvola last weekend. In case you happen to like doom- / death metal I can honestly suggest you to buy their awesome album or at least like their facebook page.

... Astro pt.5

Here we go again. Another astrophoto, but this will be the last one for a while before these annoying clouds decide to leave my sky. I got plenty of material from portrait photography course, so I will post some portraits next (if the sky won't clear up soon). I guess I should buy wider lens for this astro thing, because I have problems fitting enough stuff in the sky. I've been looking for tokina 11 - 16mm, samyang 14mm and nikon 14 - 24mm, but at the moment I'm too poor to invest to that nikon lens at least. Which lenses do you use for astro photography?


EXIF:
exposure time -  20 sec
aperture - f/5
iso - 640
focal length - 30mm

Astro pt.4

I'm really hooked up with astro photography. This photo is taken from the same spot with photo in previous post. Except this one is vertical. In my opinion it makes huge difference after all. The reason for posting a photo similar to the previous one is to show you the the difference between horizontal and vertical landscapes. Compare this one to the previous photo and let me know which one you like more. Personally I like more the vertical one in this scene, because I can fit more stuff into photo, like the rocks in the bottom and I have more space for the stars. Horizontal view is pretty much all the same, woods and a few cottage, so there is no reason extend it.

EXIF:
exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/5.6
iso - 400
focal length - 30mm

Astro fever pt.3

Once again I was freezing out in the forest chasing stars, but my arch enemies (moon and clouds) were polluting my precious sky. I didn't capture too many stars, but I got couple of decent landscapes. It was definetely worth catching a cold last night.

EXIF:
exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/5.6
iso - 400
focal length - 30mm

Astrolakelandwhateverscape

The new and interesting thing (at least in my opinion) I told you about was astro photography. My torment is now over, I saw clear night sky (partially) first time in two weeks and of course I photographied it. I'm still strugling with the focusing and exposure. Here is one photo from this week, I will post more of these later as I learn to photograph the night sky. 

EXIF: 
exposure time - 30 sec
aperture - f/5.6
iso - 800
focal length - 30mm

Another hippie photo shoot

After two days in portrait photography course I asked my co-workers little sister to be my model again to see if I have improved. Personally I'm satisfied with the photos we got. Only problem was sudden superfast sunset :(

Portrait photography course pt. 1

Once again I've been really busy, but here is one photo from last weekend's portrait photography course. We had this lovely model for couple of hours in our use (I want to thank her very much). Taking portraits is actually pretty hard when you have to compose your model the way you want. It is even more complicated if you don't have a clear vision in your head how you to capture your model. I had no idea what to expect from this course, so I didn't prepare myself at all before the course, but at least I got one photo that satisfies me. What do you think of this portrait? Colours, focusing, composition or anything, please let me know.

Some call this tradegy

Last night I was photographing my friend's band. Here is a few shots from the gig. Feel free to visit their facebook page. I'm too tired to write more than this, so lets skip the fore play, here comes the photos.

Little hippie

Yep, it's pretty much the end of summer now and welcome autumn. I love the contrast that yellow, orange and red leafs make. I asked my co-worker's little sister to be my model, because her red hair and hippie lifestyle equals perfect setup for the autumn, right? 

You can find me on 500px.com for more photographs HERE.

CV photogr...APPLES!

My sister needed to update her photo on CV so she asked a little help. We managed to take a couple of nice photos until ...my cousin assisting me (just for the title, he really did nothing except ate apples) noticed THE APPLES. That was the end of the actual reason for photographing - then we started to fool around like little kids.

A summary of the exhibition

I'd like to thank those who came to the exhibition, hopefully you enjoyed. I had many good conversations with people. I had chance to sell all of my photos, but I'm going to keep all the original ones myself. If you want to get a copy of some of my photos, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I got my camera back at last and I'm going to photograph something pretty awesome this week if weather allows me to. Here's the last photo that you haven't seen yet from the exhibition.

Demolition site pt.1

Earlier today I noticed that one of the local coffee shops had been half-demolished, and of course I went there later to photograph. I am going to post these photos in two parts, as I figured out two different themes. The evening's theme is the huge excavator, and of course in HDR-format.