Category Archives: Event

New galleries: Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2012 – Parade and Baile do Carnaval

June 20, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2012, Helsinki, Finland

Link to Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2012 Parade gallery

22. Helsinki Samba Carnaval was arranged last weekend 15.-16.6.2012. This was the 10th year when I was photographing the Helsinki Samba Carnaval 🙂 First years were just for fun, but last four years I have been taking photos for the The Association of Finnish Samba Schools (SSKL). As official photographer I had the benefit that I could move freely within the parade area. Here are two fast galleries from the carnival: Parade and Baile do Carnaval.

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Link to Baile do Carnaval gallery

This parade was also National Championships of Finnish samba schools. Império do Papagaio won the competition. Congratulations!

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New gallery: Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue at Sinebrychoff Park

June 13, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue, Sinebrychoff Park, Helsinki

Link to Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue at Sinebrychoff Park gallery

Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue performed at Sinebrychoff Park during Helsinki Day 12.6. My gallery from the performance has now 12 photos, I will add more later.

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New gallery: Wannabe Ballerinas at Bassline Festival 2012

June 10, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Wannabe Ballerinas at Bassline Festival, Sinebrychoff Park, Helsinki

Link to Wannabe Ballerinas at Bassline Festival gallery

Wannabe Ballerinas performed twice at Bassline Festival during this weekend. Here are photos from their performance at Sinebrychoff Park on Saturday.

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European Design Awards 2012 in Helsinki

May 27, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
European Design Awards 2012, Helsinki, Finland

European Design Awards 2012, Helsinki, Finland

The European Design Awards (ED-Awards) are annual awards presented to European designers for outstanding work in the communication design field. ED-Awards is organized by European design magazines.

This year the ED-Awards festival was arranged in Helsinki. The awards were given in Bio Rex on 26.5. I photographed the award ceremony with Tuula Heikkinen.

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New gallery: Finnish National Ballet on Senate Square

May 26, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Finnish National Ballet, Senate Square, Helsinki, Finland

Link to Finnish National Ballet on Senate Square gallery

Finnish National Ballet had a public performance on Senate Square in Helsinki last Friday. This performance was the start of their summer tour around Finland. The programme was a mix of classical ballet and contemporary dance.

Update 19.6.: The Finnish National Ballet on Senate Square gallery has been updated: more photos added and the names of productions are listed below each photo.

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New gallery: Marimekko Fashion Show 2012

May 26, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Marimekko Fashion Show 2012

Link to Marimekko Fashion Show 2012 Gallery

Marimekko arranged their annual summer fashion show in the Esplanade Park yesterday. This year all the models of the show were dancers from the National Ballet. And typically they did not walk on the catwalk, they danced or run 🙂 I have now added a small gallery from that fashion show.

Update 10.6.: I updated the gallery and added 25 new photos.

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Yritystä Stadiin! 2012

May 26, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Yritystä Stadiin! 2012 in Marina Congress Centeriin

Yritystä Stadiin! 2012 in Marina Congress Centeriin

The Regional Organisation of Enterprises in Helsinki (Helsingin Yrittäjät) arranged on 8.5. Yritystä Stadiin! 2012 fair. This fair promoted entrepreneurship and offered a lot of information and lectures to people that are interested about entrepreneurship. I photographed this event for Helsingin Yrittäjät, so you can find a big gallery at their website.

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Wannabe Ballerinas and Robot Sculptures

May 13, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Wannabe Ballerinas

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

Robot Sculpture by JJJanne

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New gallery: Plan Ice Gala 2012

April 23, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Kiira Korpi

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.

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New gallery: Finnish Pole Dancing Championship 2012

March 11, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Henriikka Roo / Link to Finnish Pole Dancing Championship 2012 Gallery

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.

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