I'm a Finnish photography enthusiast based in Naantali, with an emphasis on landscape photography and documentary event photography.
There's something about photography. It freezes light. It has the possibility to freeze those good times and things you encounter, possibly also the good feelings around them. It allows milestones to claim their deserved place in history, helping people remember what they felt at the time. And it enhances the perceived value of objects and spaces that might otherwise be overlooked.
Leading lines and slow shutter speed (1/20) help the image capture the energy of movement. The photo was taken handheld in Norway, which is one of my favorite places.
I'm an engineering management professional, and on the side, I do something therapeutic to keep things grounded. I have a deep passion for cameras and uncompromising image quality. I capture landscapes, interesting events & creatures, and the everyday beauty of my own family.
It all started when kids happened to me, and I wanted to freeze time. Photography got out of hand, and now I have a countless number of photos on my server that I probably never have time to go through. Some say I have claimed that if there's no photo, it didn't happen.
This is what I mean by a serene hermitage. It's located in the outer archipelago of Turku, and is one of my favorite places to unwind.
History and origins of things create a feeling of importance. Therefore, I like places with historical significance and products or materials with genuine roots. Especially interesting is taking photos of rusty vintage machines which life has touched, subjects with a soul and (hi-)story, or hermitages surrounded by soulful landscapes. Exploring why things appear as they do adds depth, and when photography reflects those reasons, the image begins to speak.
She's Helene Evergrain. A rusty old creature which life has touched. Still devoted to nurturing the harvest in Lieto with care and kindness.
My photographic style strives to appreciate candid moments, storytelling, and the meaning of underlying matters. I usually pursue a photojournalistic editorial style, analog film look, or fine art documentation without staged expression. Technically, I appreciate isolating framing, symmetry, subject separation, and high-fidelity optical character.
How do I curate photos? It would be simplistic to define images as good or bad, but I want to see a wider perspective. The star rating can be seen as positioning images based on their current usefulness in relation to others at different stages of maturity.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you see a picture on a wall that makes you stop and sends your thoughts galloping, that’s a five-star image. (= wall art)
⭐⭐⭐⭐ If the images in an article you’re glancing lead you into a topic you want to explore more deeply, those are four-star images. (= narrative collection, for example for a photo book)
⭐⭐⭐ If you see a gallery from an event, showing its various phases and participants, those are three-star images. (= wider collection)
⭐⭐ If the event took place some time ago and you suddenly notice new perspectives you hadn’t remembered before, you may be looking at two-star images. (= good spare photos)
⭐ Time has passed, and the object has gained new significance, or perhaps it no longer exists. In such cases, previously unseen angles may emerge from hiding, presented in an intriguing way. Those might be 1 star images. (= kept for archiving)
For the other photos, I press x, and they vanish.
Fine art documentation of fly agaric. It looks delicious and hypnotizing. If you stare at it long enough, it starts to wobble.
If I should select a three-lens setup with me, it would be 50mm/1.2, 24mm/1.4, and 70–200/2.8 together with two digital camera bodies. If I were to choose an analog setup, it would be a rangefinder camera with a 50mm lens and 50 rolls of fresh Kodachrome film (no longer available). Currently, I like Canon for skin tones & usability, Fujifilm for SOOC filmic photo atmosphere, and Leica for spiritual experience, but other brands might be good as well.
In memory of the AT-6 Texan SNJ-3 warbird and its crew (16 Oct 2024, Räyskälä). The value of this photo has soared not only due to the plane's historical significance and unique restoration, but also because no one can see or photograph it anymore. Captured at the Pori Airshow in 2022.
The pictures here were taken with either a magical XF35/1.4 or an utopian RF50/1.2, except the two last one, which was taken with a RF24-105 and RF100–400.