Wannabe Ballerinas

I visited yesterday in Helsinki Underground Art event in Kaapelitehdas. There was art exhibition with 25 artists, live painting and arts&crafts sale. I photographed the Wannabe Ballerinas and the robot sculptures made by JJJanne (I could not find website for JJJanne).

Robot Sculpture by JJJanne

Kiira Korpi / Link to Plan Ice Gala 2012 Gallery

Plan Ice Gala 2012 – Because I am a girl (Plan Jäägaala 2012 – Koska olen tyttö) was arranged on last Thursday. The target of the Because I am a girl campaign is to promote the rights of all children and especially support the girls’ education in developing countries. The best Finnish skaters and many top musicians performed in the gala. The gala was arranged by Plan Finland and Finnish Figure Skating Association.

The skaters were: Kiira Korpi, Laura Lepistö, Juulia Turkkila, Alisa Mikonsaari, Cecilia Törn, Viktor Zubik, Julian Lagus, Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari, Matthias Versluis, Valtter Virtanen, Olesia Karmi & Max Lindholm and Henna indholm & Ossi Kanervo. Also following synchronized skating teams performed in the gala: Marigold IceUnity, Rockettes, Team Unique and Team Mystique.

I photographed only the skaters, and you can see the best photos in Plan Ice Gala 2012 gallery.

Mustavuori, Helsinki (29.4.2011)

I’ll teaching landscape photography in Kameraseura after two weeks. There are still several places available in the course. You can buy the course from the Kameraseura web shop. The teaching language of the course is English and the material will be in English. The material is also available in Finnish by request (contact me in advance). Course is suitable for beginners and advanced photographers. Here you can find a short summary from my spring 2011 photography course.

The main emphasis of the course will be on the art of landscape photography (choosing location, right time, composition, use of light, camera settings, what lens and filters to use,…). But I will also go through the landscape photographer’s equipment (camera, lenses, Tilt/Shift lenses, tripod, panorama accessories,…). I will shortly describe my work flow and how I process my photos with Lightroom and Photoshop. All participants will also get feedback based on the their images capture before and during the course.

The course timetable differs from the earlier Finnish courses as the Sunday part is only in the evening. But as we do not have one hour lunch break on Sunday and Friday evening is little bit longer, this course is only half an hour shorter than the Finnish courses. And you have more time to select and edit your photos from Saturday to the Sundays discussion.

Kallahdenniemi, Helsinki / Link to Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2012 gallery

Winter arrived quite late, I took my first winter landscape photos in Helsinki only on 8.1.2012. But although the winter was short, it was quite photogenic You can see the my best winter photos from Helsinki in this Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2012 gallery.

Link to Enchanting Ice gallery

A new Enchanting Ice gallery contains ice macros that I have photographed in Helsinki during last 5 weeks.

Henriikka Roo / Link to Finnish Pole Dancing Championship 2012 Gallery

Finnish Pole Dancing Championship 2012 was arranged a week ago at GoExpo in Messukeskus. Here is small gallery with photos of all finalists: Anna Lehtonen, Oona Kivelä, Henriikka Roo, Anne Laakkonen, Anna-Katariina Koponen and Heidi Mäki-Ontto. Winner was Henriikka Roo, Oona Kivelä was second, and Heidi Mäki-Ontto was third.

Alisa Ranta-Aho, Katrie Daler and Darja Polnikova / Link to Miss Helsinki 2012 gallery

Miss Helsinki 2012 Final was arranged on 15.2.1012 in The Circus. Katrie Daler is new Miss Helsinki, Darja Polnikova is 1st runner-up, and Alisa Ranta-Aho 2nd runner-up. Congratulations to them!

Link to Finnish Catwalk - Designers' Show Gallery

Finnish Catwalk was arranged on 27.1.2012. Here is gallery from the Designers’ Show. Designers participating to this show were: Annikki Karvinen, Dead Birds and Lionheart, design by katri/n, Duohtavuohta, Dusty, Isoäidin Aikaan, Jaakko Selin for Delffi, Janne Renvall, Kaksitvå, Mai Niemi, Minni f. Ronya, Nanso by Anna Ruohonen, Nanso by Katri Niskanen, R/H, Saara Lepokorpi, Sasu Kauppi, Tatanka, Terho, Tyra Therman and Valkyrian Designs.

Link to Fire Circus Walkea 2012 Gallery

Fire Circus Walkea (Tulisirkus Walkea) was part of the Lux Helsinki event. This year the show was in the open-air amphitheatre behind the Finnish National Opera. Performers of this show were Antti Suniala, Valerie Sealey and Joshua Dyffort.

Link to New Year 2012 celebrations at Senate Square Gallery

I visited first time the New Year celebrations at Helsinki City Senate Square with camera and tripod. The Senate Square was lit up by the light and video show jointly produced by Mural Media and Agent Pekka. There was also a video presentation called Ylistys Helsingille (Praise to Helsinki), which used a 3D architectural mapping technique, emblazoning Helsinki Cathedral with light.

After the midnight there was also fireworks. Matti Jykylä’s light installation: rubix xpress is in the two last photos. It was part of Lux Helsinki event (photos from that event are coming later).