“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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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

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:

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


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!






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

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.

Hi all! Long time no see.
For 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:













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:





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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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:



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!



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.

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.

Canon EOS 350D, EF 17-40mm f/4L @ 17mm, 430EX, 1/1000sec, f/6.3, ISO 200
