Astral greatness

I guess that earlier this week I got the best milky way photo so far. The feeling when you're standing in the middle of forest, total darkness surrounds you and the only thing you hear is the wind gently blowing. Staring the sky upon you, you see thousands and thousands of stars and it makes you feel a very small piece in this huge universe. Your everyday misfortures start to feel meaningless.

I want to thank Andrei for my new stamp. In my opinion it looks really cool especially if you compare it to my previous one. 

Photography course pt.1

Here we go again! I had a photography course a week ago at the local adult education centre, and I'm currently having another one. The first one was pretty much the same that I had last year. It was about playing with your camera and doing ridiculous things with different kinds of lights, filters, ice, plants, tiny figures and much more. If you ask me that's an excellent way to spend your weekend. I took ~ 700 photos during that weekend, so I won't post them in a single post. Thanks for everyone who participated the course and assisted me with my photos, and special thanks for the teacher of course :)

Cool stuff

Poikkeuksellisesti kirjoitan taas suomeksi, koska aiemmin julkaisin postauksen diy macrolinssistä, jossa mainitsin että suomenkieliselle postaukselle on syynsä, ja palaavani asiaan myöhemmin. Syy suomenkieliseen postaukseen oli se, että kyseisen kirjoituksen oli tarkoitus toimia testiartikkelina nuoretvalokuvaajat.fi -sivustolle, johon haettiin uutta kirjoittajaa. Nyt näin "pienellä" viiveellä kun asiat ovat vähitellen omien ja muiden asianomaisten henkilöiden kiireiden helpotettua selvinneet, niin voin ylpesti kertoa teille olevani osa NVK:n kirjoittajakaartia. Tämä ei tarkoita etten kirjoittaisi blogia yhtä aktiivisesti kuin ennen, vaan päinvastoin. Minun tapauksessani nälkä kasvaa syödessä, ja aion kuvata ja perehtyä valokuvauksen ihmeelliseen maailmaan entistäkin aktiivisemmin. Täältä pääsette lukemaan toisen artikkelini. Loistavaa syksyn alkua kaikille!

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)

Sparkling sunday

Last week I hyped the amazing steelwool photos I took, and now I guess it's decent time to show one of them for you. This is the one you already saw earlier in as the teaser photo. I like this one very much because of the reflection, and there are couple of different photos coming later. This night was extreme, because we didn't just spin steel wool, Leevi was breathing fire as well.

The traveller

I took some pretty amazing photos on Sunday night but I won't publish them yet, please be patient. Friday night was also quite stunning. Having fresh autumn scent in the air and being surrounded by the dark and mist, that's the kind of stuff I like. It really helps you to clear your mind, I can honestly recommend going out to the nature at night time for everyone. I'm glad I spent this amazing night out in the middle of nowhere with very special company instead of drinking beer in a stuffy bar. We saw the Milky Way shining and shooting stars flying on the clear sky. However it's not the time for Milky Way photos yet, it's definitely time for another "lonely stranger" photo.

Playing with fire

Yes, I've started my steelwool season. Since I can't anymore photograph beautiful clear sky every night I need something else to play with, something to compensates the beautiful calm nature. My choice number one STEEL WOOL! Here's a a little something what's about to come, thank you very much Juuso for this photo.