Fire Art Performance, Kallio Kipinöi Festival
Yesterday I photographed the fire art show that was part of Kallio Kipinöi festival. Fire art is always rather difficult to photograph (I have photographed it twice earlier: 2005 and 2007), you must use the tripod, but you must still follow the performers. And take a lot of photos, so some of them will succeed…
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Link to Kamppi Fall Season Opening 2010 Gallery
Last month I photographed the Kamppi Fall Season Opening fashion show in Kamppi shopping center. The catwalk was bright red, so these pictures are quite colorful 🙂 But white balance adjustment was quite challenging, as there was light from many different sources: daylight, normal shopping center lights, spotlights for the catwalk, light reflecting from the red catwalk, and my fill flash (warmed with orange gel)…
Link to Muoti 2010 Fashion Show Gallery
I visited Muoti 2010 fashion fair on 15.10. and photographed the general fashion show, i.e. Muoti 2010 Fashion show, and the wedding fashion show. Here are 66 photos from the Muoti 2010 fashion show. I will add later gallery from the wedding fashion show to my web site.
Kiira Korpi
Here are my favorites (16 photos) from Finlandia Trophy 2010 Ladies – Free Skating competition from today. Akiko Suzuki won the Finlandia Trophy’s ladies competition, Kiira Korpi was second and Elena Leonova was third.
From the camera setting points of view, skating is quite simple to photograph: use fast lens and full aperture (in these photos F2.8 or F2) and fast shutter speed to stop the movement (1/500 – 1/800 seconds). But the act of skating photography is not simple: Ice skaters move fast, they are typically too close or too far away (for your lens), eyes are closed, hand is in front of face,… And even the AF has misses the focus occasionally. So the success rate is quite low, and you need to prepared to shoot a lot.
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Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat
Here are 18 photos from Finlandia Trophy 2010 Ice Dance competition from yesterday.
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Opera Ballet School
Yesterday was Night of the Arts in Helsinki. I photographed performances of opera singers, ballet dancers and ballet students on the outdoor stage. See below for 20 additional images.
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 Link to Gallery I |
 Link to Gallery II |
This was the eight year when I was photographing the Helsinki Samba Carnaval (the first year was 2003). This year Helsinki Samba Carnaval celebrated it´s 20th anniversary, and all seven samba schools created one big parade together. This was also the second year when I was taking photos for the The Association of Finnish Samba Schools (SSKL), and some of my photos are already used as press photos. Being the official photographer had the benefit that I could move freely in the parade area. I had not any more need to fight about space with other photographers in the best spots 😉
Link to Gallery III
 Kidea / Link to AGG Championships 2010 Gallery II |
 Tinamit / Link to AGG Championships 2010 Gallery III |
The Finnish Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships (Joukkuevoimistelun SM-kilpailut 2010) were arranged few weeks ago. These two galleries show the junior teams. Mimodes won the 16-18 years age group and Fosforit won the 14-16 years age group.
Marimekko Fashion Show
Marimekko arranged today their traditional summer fashion show in Esplanad. Here are seven fast photos. Full gallery will be added later.
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Ampeerit / Link to AGG Championships 2010 Gallery I
The Finnish Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships (Joukkuevoimistelun SM-kilpailut 2010) were arranged a week ago. This gallery shows the women’s teams. Ampeerit won, Fotonit was the second, and Freyat became the third. The gallery with Junior teams will be added later.