Tag Archives: Finland

New galleries: Finnish Catwalk 2011 fashion shows

May 9, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off
Finnish Catwalk 2011 - Designers Show

Link to Designers Show Gallery
Finnish Catwalk 2011 - Trend Show and Sport & Casual Show

Link to Trend and Sport&Casual Shows

Finnish Catwalk was arranged in last January. There were three separate fashion shows: Designers Show, Trend Show, and Sport & Casual Show.

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“Kamera Stadissa” photography exhibition in Kameraseura

May 7, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off

Winter magic in Esplanadi

Winter magic in Esplanadi


Kameraseura is arranging photography exhibition about Helsinki called Kamera Stadissa. I got one landscape photo, the above cityscape, accepted to this exhibition.

Visiting this exhibition is highly recommended! You can see quite diverse photos of Helsinki and urban life. Exhibition is open Tuesday – Friday at 12–16 in Kamera gallery (Lastenkodinkuja 1) until 27.5. Exhibition has also Facebook page.

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A short recap of my landscape photography course

April 24, 2011 by Mikael | 1 Comment
Landscape photography course participants photograping pack ice

Landscape photography course participants photograping pack ice

Four weeks ago I was teaching in the landscape photography course in Kameraseura. The course was arranged in three parts: 3 hours of theory on Friday evening in Kameraseura premises, 5+ hour photography trip on Saturday, and 6 hours of theory in Kameraseura on Sunday.

I started the course on Friday evening with the presentation about landscape photography equipment (cameras, lenses, tripods and other accessories) and the art of landscape photography (i.e. planning, composition, how to use light, effect of different weather conditions,…). I had also asked course participants to bring two photos with them: one successful landscape photo, and one photo that had failed although the situation was fantastic. I provided feedback what worked and what could have be improved in those photos in my opinion.

Pack ice in Suomenlinna

Pack ice in Suomenlinna

On Saturday we made five hour photography trip to Suomenlinna with the target to apply the lessons from Friday. We were extremely lucky with the weather, that Saturday was definitely one of the best landscape photography days during this spring: There was pack ice on the shores and nice clouds in the sky during afternoon. At sunset time we had nice colourful sunset and interesting ice formations on the rocks, they were literally glazed with ice 🙂

45 minutes before sunset in Suomenlinna

45 minutes before sunset in Suomenlinna


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New galleries: ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2011

April 17, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off
Team Croatia - Zagreb Snowflakes

Team Croatia / Link to Gallery

Like I wrote on last Sunday, I photographed the free program in ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2011 on last Saturday.

I have photographed synchronized skating earlier, but previous time was three years ago. So, at the beginning I was feeling little rusty… I was also photographing from the first row. I liked the low perspective from the first row, but there were also challenges: It was quite difficult to compose and focus on skaters when they were passing me with the high speed at the distance of few meters. It would have been also easier to get white ice as background from the higher location. If I would have photographed the also short program on Friday, I would have used different, i.e. higher location, at that time.

The atmosphere in the arena was terrific, the (mostly Finnish) audience was supporting all teams! And when the Finnish teams where performing, the supporting and cheering was incredible 🙂

Supporters of Marigold IceUnity waving flags

Supporters of Marigold IceUnity (MIU) waving flags

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Synchronized Skating: Double Victory for Finland!

April 10, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off

I visited yesterday ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2011, and photographed the free program. Finnish teams won double victory 🙂

World champions: Rockettes

World champions: Rockettes

Congratulations to Rockettes and Marigold IceUnity!

Silver: Marigold IceUnity

Silver: Marigold IceUnity

I will post later a gallery, but here are some of my favourites (click to see a larger image).

Team USA 2 - Miami University Senior Team

Team USA 2 - Miami University Senior Team

Team Sweden 1 - Team Surprise

Team Sweden 1 - Team Surprise


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New gallery: Spring Ice II

April 3, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off
Pack ice in Lauttasaari, Helsinki

Link to Spring Ice Gallery II / Pack ice in Lauttasaari, Helsinki

The last two weeks have been rather photogenic here in Helsinki. The sea ice has melted and there has been lots of interesting subjects to photograph: icicles, packed ice and drift ice 🙂

Suomenlinna, Helsinki

Sunset in Suomenlinna, Helsinki

In this gallery you can see the photos that I have taken on six occasions during last two weeks: I made three trips to Suomenlinna and three trips to the southern tip of Lauttasaari. One Suomenlinna trip was part of my landscape photography course in Kameraseura. I will write more about my course in few days.

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Icy Helsinki Cityscapes

March 31, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off
Helsinki from Suomenlinna

Helsinki from Suomenlinna after sunset

Today was maybe the last day to photograph sunny and icy seascapes in Helsinki this spring. So I did spend several hours today in Suomenlinna photographing the floating sea ice and icicles 🙂 You will see those photos later, but here are four cityscapes that I captured on my way back to Helsinki from Suomenlinna.

Hanasaari power plant from Suomenlinna ferry

Hanasaari power plant from Suomenlinna ferry


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Helsinki Panorama

March 28, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off
Helsinki Panorama

View from Sisä-Hattu towards Ruoholahti, Länsisatama, Suomenlinna and Pihlajasaari

I photographed this panorama last tuesday (22.3.) after sunset from Sisä-Hattu (small island at the southern tip of Lauttasaari). The full size of panorama is 42000 x 3400 pixels, here you can see 8000 pixels wide version.

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New galleries: Life in Helsinki – Summer Galleries

February 5, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off

Katajanokka / Link to Life in Helsinki - Summer Gallery I

These two galleries contain varied photos from the summer Helsinki. The first photos are from the May Day celebrations, and the last photos are from Herring Market (Silakkamarkkinat) in October. There are also photos from historical parade, Suomenlinna, Esplanadi park, Seurasaari Midsummer party, and The Night of the Arts event.

Rautatientori / Link to Life in Helsinki - Summer Gallery II

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New gallery: Life in Helsinki – Winter Gallery

January 29, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off

Christmas Market in Esplanadi / Link to Life in Helsinki - Winter Gallery

This Life in Helsinki – Winter Gallery has 48 varied photos from the wintry Helsinki. The majority of photos include people (unlike my landscape photos…), it is snowing heavily, or couple of traditional landscapes have been taken from Suomenlinna ferry.

Light art by Mikki Kunttu, Helsinki Cathedral, Finland

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