The most heard sentence in our house before I head to a major assignment: “Where are my crampons, raincovers, spare batteries, cards.… Sari just hates it — and with a reason. So this time I have thought I spare her — and everyone else — and aim all my packing so that it’ll be ready on Saturday, although I fly out on …
(UPDATED 24th Jan 2010; see Read More) Two days behind me, this one and two more to go. I was desperate the first day: I mean nothing out of the ordinary. Zero. Nul. Nothing. The only thing maybe worth mentioning was that Gazetta dello Sport (Italy) used three of my images or Carolina Kostner and Valentina Marchei. As …
Man, this is hard. I haven’t shot skating really since last years European Champioships in Helsinki and — as I said with alpine skiing in Sölden — it does take practise. I got here with a notice of only two days with no time to prepare, but I’m sure I’ll warm up to this as the games progress. I’m …
(UPDATED 19th Jan, 2010; see end) It is this time of the year. POY (Pressimages of the year / Vuoden Lehtikuvat) had a deadline last Friday. I looked at my images, selected some and submitted them. The best image of the year — in MHO — was not of sports: not Kira Korpi, not Tero Pitkämäki, not Saku …