Julius Koivistoinen is a young Finnish student passioned about photography. He's mostly self taught but has already been working as a photographer for a couple of magazines published not only in Finland but worldwide, and his photos have reached to become the cover shots of those magazines for plenty of times. In addition to commercial work, he loves to work on personal projects and with smaller clients. Currently he's available for assignments near Helsinki and Lahti.
Be sure to visit his portfolio and Flickr page!

Gallery of SkateSM is up

  • September 6, 2008 11:45 pm

One more thing. There’s a new gallery of a skateboarding competition (SkateSM 08) coming up in the near future so stay tuned!”

-Still around here somewhere

The title says it all. Enjoy! :)

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Photography by Julius Koivistoinen

Canon EOS 350D, EF 17-40mm f/2L USM, EF 50mm f/1.8 II, EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM, 430EX

“Skate SM miniramppi kisat järjestettiin Kiasman design minillä johon oli lisätty kaksi extensionia. Kisat hoiti kotiin Enis joka oli kuulemma juuri treenannut Espanjassa takapihan pooleja muutaman viikon ajan.

1. Enis Fazilov
2. Ville Mäkelä
3. Harri Puupponen”

-Suomen Rullalautaliitto RY

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Nelosen ilotulitus

  • September 6, 2008 4:22 pm

Eilen 5.9. jo 11. kerran järjestetty Nelosen ilotulitus, joka on samalla ilotulituksen Suomen mestaruuskilpailu, keräsi yli 100 000 katsojaa Töölönlahden liepeille Helsingissä. Kilpailuun osallistuivat Ilotulitus Oy, SkyStar, Tulitemestarit, JoHo Pyro ja Tähtiraketti, joista voittajaksi selvisi JoHo Pyro näyttävällä värishow’llaan. Kilpailijat esiintyivät samaisessa järjestyksessä.

Tässä ottamiani valokuvia kyseisestä tapahtumasta:

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Canon EOS 350D, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, EF 135mm f/2L USM, 430EX, ST-E2

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Autumn is coming

  • September 2, 2008 11:41 pm

A girl walking on streets of Helsinki city. Photo by Julius Koivistoinen

The photo above is one of many images from my today’s trip to the central Helsinki. (Read: A photo gallery containing these shots is under construction.) I restrained myself to use my EOS 350D DSLR and one lens, the new one, only… And oh boy what a combination it was!

Still not sure what lens it might be?

May I present you, Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM!

Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM. Photo by Julius Koivistoinen

Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM. Photo by Julius Koivistoinen

Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM is the replacement for my 90-300mm plastic toy. Photo by Julius Koivistoinen

Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM. Photo by Julius Koivistoinen

Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM. Photo by Julius Koivistoinen

Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM and Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM. Photo by Julius Koivistoinen

See the setup here – 3 strobes @ 1/8 power. CTO and CTB gels used on the flashes behind lenses.

Me. I just ran 10 kilometers during the global Nike+ Human Race event. Photo by Mark Turunen

In other news

I attended to Finnish version of the global Nike+ Human Race event which was a really fun experience even though the number of participants was nothing compared to other countries’.

I ran the distance of 10 kilometers in 54 minutes and could have easily continued further. I’m confident of myself being ready for the next year’s half maraton. :)

Still around here somewhere

  • August 28, 2008 2:27 am

Hi all! Long time no see.

Julius and Marja in LondonFor those who care, I apologise for neglecting this blog for such a tremendous amount of time, but let me explain myself…

First of all I’ve been out there living. On my summer holiday I travelled with Marja through the city of London exploring the urban culture and meeting new people for a week. Plus, there’s no London without a portion of fish and chips in an atmospheric pub! (There’s no photo of it though. Sorry!) We also enjoyed amazing local attractions in Saint Peterspurg while visiting my grandparents there and finished the whole package by going to Viljandi Folk Music Festival in the Southern Estonia. We were so dedicated to listening to music and dancing with Marja that we didn’t even take a camera with us. And that’s huge from us!

Here are some of our travelling photos from London and St. Petersburg:

Julius ja Marja @ London, Lontoo

Kirkko veren päällä

Isaakin kirkon kattotasolla

Tiiviisti veneilemässä

Marja ja Pietari

Julius ja Marja @ Pietari

Pietarhovi

Pietarhovi

Pietarhovi

Illanistujaiset kotona Pietarissa

Äiti, isovanhemmat ja serkku

Another reason for me not updating this blog has been work. I’ve been hired as photographer for three different magazines including Softaaja in which my work has been seen already previously. It’s been a wonderful opportunity for me to work in a studio and I have learned a lot! Many shots I have taken there are still waiting for their first publication in the magazines so you folks have to wait for a while for the newest pieces of my work. I’m pretty excited about them already.

Until then here’s some of my work for them:

Softaajan kansikuva 6/2008

Rekyylin kansikuva 5/2008

Rekyyli 5/2008

Riista, haulikot

Softaaja, Kalash AKS-74UN

I was shooting airsoft ages ago but didn’t link to the gallery from my blog. See the gallery from the link below: (Also, see how cool Väinö and his moustages look below.)

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Airsoft in Mustavuori

Väinö Huhtalo

One more thing. There’s a new gallery of a skateboarding competition (SkateSM 08) coming up in the near future so stay tuned! Here’s few teasers for you:

Skeittauksen SM-kisat 08 Kiasman edessä

Skeittauksen SM-kisat 08 Kiasman edessä

Skeittauksen SM-kisat 08 Kiasman edessä

Oh, and I bought a new lens but I will tell more about it later! You may guess what it is by judging from the following photo. *tease* ;)

Over and out!

Julius Koivistoinen

World War 2: Airborne

  • June 8, 2008 11:47 pm

Tomi and Janne as WW2 Airborne troops
Canon EOS 350D, EF 17-40mm f/4L @ 37mm, 1/4000sec, f/9, ISO 1600 (for the grainy look)

Yup. Today we travelled back in time to the second World War as Airborne troops. I was the war photographer (as usually) because I don’t have anywhere near as cool gear as Tomi and Janne! And someone has to do the dirty work anyway.

Tomi and Janne as WW2 Airborne troops
Canon EOS 350D, EF 17-40mm f/4L @ 17mm, 1/800sec, f/8, ISO 200

We were taking photos for Softaaja magazine so this is just a teaser because anything that may be published is kept secret for now. ;)

Janne and Tomi as WW2 Airborne troops
Canon EOS 350D, EF 17-40mm f/4L @ 17mm, 430EX, 1/1000sec, f/6.3, ISO 200

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