Tag Archives: Finland

New gallery: Império do Papagaio at Kallio Kukkii 2018 Festival

June 1, 2018 by Mikael Rantalainen | Comments Off

Link to Império do Papagaio at Kallio Kukkii Festival 2018 gallery

Kallio Kukkii Festival was arranged on 11.5.-20.5.2018. This festival offers tens of different cultural events organized by various local associations, communities and enterprises. Part of this festival is a samba parade that is arranged on the last day. The Samba School Império do Papagaio uses this parade as practice for the Helsinki Samba Carnaval. Império do Papagaio at Kallio Kukkii 2018 Festival gallery has some photos from this practice parade.

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New gallery: Império do Papagaio at Kallio Kukkii 2017 Festival

May 28, 2017 by Mikael Rantalainen | Comments Off

Link to Império do Papagaio at Kallio Kukkii 2017 Festival gallery

Kallio Kukkii Festival was arranged on 13.5.-21.5.2017. The festival offers tens of different cultural events organized by various local associations, communities and enterprises.

Part of this festival was also the samba parade that was arranged on the last day. The Samba School Império do Papagaio uses this parade as practice for the Helsinki Samba Carnaval. XXVII Helsinki Samba Carnaval will be arranged on 9.-10.6.2017. Visiting the carnaval is highly recommended! I will be there also photographing the events 🙂

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New gallery: Exhibition of Champions – ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017

April 29, 2017 by Mikael Rantalainen | Comments Off

Evgenia Medvedeva / Link to Exhibition of Champions – ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 gallery

ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 were arranged in Helsinki on 29.3.-2.4.2017. I visited also Exhibition of Champions on Sunday. The show was superb 🙂 And also very popular with the photographers, I calculated 37 (!) accredited photographers on the other side of arena. You can see my photos in Exhibition of Champions – ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 gallery.

The skaters of this gallery are listed here: Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, Carolina Kostner, Cecilia Törn and Jussiville Partanen, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev, Emmi Peltonen, Evgenia Medvedeva, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, Gabrielle Daleman, Jason Brown, Javier Fernandez, Kaetlyn Osmond, Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, Ksenia Stolbova, Mai Mihara, Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, Shoma Uno, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Valtter Virtanen, Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres, Wenjing Sui and Cong Han, and Yuzuru Hanyu.

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New gallery: Marimekko Fashion Show 2015

January 17, 2017 by Mikael Rantalainen | Comments Off

Link to Marimekko Fashion Show 2015 gallery

Marimekko arranged their annual summer fashion show in the Esplanade Park on 22.5.2015. In this Marimekko Fashion Show 2015 gallery you can see 45 photos from the show.

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New gallery: Marimekko Fashion Show 2014

May 26, 2014 by Mikael | Comments Off

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Marimekko arranged their annual summer fashion show in the Esplanade Park on last Friday (23.5.2014). This year Marimekko celebrated also the 50th anniversary of Unikko pattern in the fashion show. Two previous years the models of this show were dancers from Finnish National Ballet (and they danced, not walked on the catwalk!), but this year the show was again traditional fashion show with models from e.g. Paparazzi Model Management.

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New gallery: Puuma Stage Fashion Show 2014

May 25, 2014 by Mikael | Comments Off

Puuma Stage Fashion Show 2014, Helsinki, Finland

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Puuma Stage fashion show was arranged on 14.5.2014 in the Esplanade Park. This show is produced by Birgitta Õunap ja B-Line. The models of show included e.g. Markus Pöyhönen, Helena Lindgren, Annika Metsäketo, Mira Salo, Viivi Pumpanen, Heidi Sohlberg, Kalle Kuvaja and Juri Silvennoinen.

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Happy May Day! Hauskaa Vappua!

April 30, 2014 by Mikael | Comments Off
Crowning of Havis Amanda, Market Square, Helsinki, Finland (30.4.2014)

Crowning of Havis Amanda, Market Square, Helsinki, Finland (30.4.2014)

May Day celebrations started with the traditional crowning of Havis Amanda, the Manta statue at Market Square. Click above photo to see 1900 pixels wide panorama! After the crowning, there was a party in the fountain 🙂

Party in the Fountain of Havis Amanda, Helsinki, Finland

Party in the Fountain of Havis Amanda 🙂

Fountain of Havis Amanda, Helsinki, Finland

Always remember to focus on important things!

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New gallery: Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2013-2014

April 19, 2014 by Mikael | Comments Off

Full moon over Suomenlinna Church / Link to Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2013-2014 gallery

Last winter was very short in Helsinki. Some people complained that there was hardly any in winter in Helsinki. I like to photograph winter landscapes in Helsinki when the sea is freezing, and the sea did froze in January. There were 10 days that were very photogenic 🙂 So from the photography point of view, I’m satisfied with the last winter.

My best photos from last winter are in this Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2013-2014 gallery. The photo locations in Helsinki that are included to this gallery are: Lauttasaari, Suomenlinna, Kallahdenniemi, Uutela and Market Square / South Harbour. During this winter I was teaching again in Kameraseura‘s advanced landscape photography course. We had 12+ field trips during the winter, so many photos are from these course trips.

Tugboat Hector, South Harbour, Helsinki, Finland

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New gallery: Rockettes – Short and Free Programs 2014

April 19, 2014 by Mikael | Comments Off

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Synchronized skating team Rockettes performed their short and free programs in Helsinki on 29.3.2014 before leaving to World Synchronized Skating Championships in Italy. Rockettes won bronze medal with these programs 🙂 Congratulations to them!

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New gallery: Art on Ice – Helsinki 2014

April 18, 2014 by Mikael | Comments Off

Laura Lepistö / Link to Art on Ice – Helsinki 2014 gallery

Art on Ice show was arranged in Hartwall Arena on 11.3.2014. This gallery has 56 photos from this spectacular show 🙂 Performers of this show were e.g. Laura Lepistö, Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat, Loreen, Florent Amodio, Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, Khatia Buniatishvili, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Stéphane Lambiel, Team Unique, Kurt Browning and Zabato.

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