I thought I share one aspect of my work which I don’t usually talk so much about and that is commissioned R&D and consulting. For obvious reasons — usually client is paying for your input and they would not be happy if you gave that away for free to a competitor. But, in this case I think there is no …
About two weeks ago I was surfing the net and I stumbled on this image on a Helsinki Times page. “Nice HDR-work” was my initial reaction (took me c. two seconds) and then, WTF? Byline with photographer and STT/Lehtikuva/Reuters… What was this? I got interested, googled this particular photographer just to see if this was his style in general. …
For the first week it was pissing rain and you could not shoot anything with an extreme wideangle, as you would have only gotten fog and water on the lens. But it has gotten better. I have had couple of friends already asking for these so here we go. I had a free morning and I decided to shoot …
Yes, don’t tell my boss, but I actually took a day off. Went to Vancouver, walked around the city, did some shopping, went to the Aquarium… Yes, the aquarium. That is something I always do when travelling if I have a chance. I have a special relationship with anything connected to the sea (I dive, sail, go canoeing and kayaking when ever I have …
“Oli ja meni” — which roughly translates as “bygones…” into English. That was the commentary of Janne Ahonen today as he finished fourth in the normal hill competition. I don’t have anything to add. So I just post a view from the normal hill, shot from side of the olympic rings. I added a selection of my work from …
Skiing season is about to start. Pretty amazing, really, when you think about it. Went sailing last weekend, beautiful sunshine, you can still swim in the sea next to where we live… Heading to at least Sölden (to see the opening of Giant Slalom WC) and Levi (the opening of Slalom WC). Levi organizers contacted me; they …