Blog | Virve Kulmala

Parkour @ Tampere was ranked in Photographer Of The Year -competition

Kamera-magazine´s Photographer Of the Year is a contest which is competed in four rounds a year. My pic Parkour @ Tampere attended to the round nr. 3 under the theme Youth Finland. I was fascinated by the building´s clean, very Finnish architecture. The parkour enthusiast dressed to match the house´s colors was like the icing [...]

architecture, architecture photography, arkkitehtuuri, finnish architecture, parkour, parkour enthusiast, Photographer Of The Year, photography, Tampere, valokuvaus, valokuvauskilpailu

Family Portrait was chosen as “Best Of” in Photo Vogue

(A screenshot of a Photo Vogue page.) I took this pic in Krabi, Thailand. Spent some time there in order to acquire my advanced-diver qualification. Photographed a bit also underwater, but mainly while exploring the wilderness on “dry” land. Actually, thai forests were anything but dry, there were lots of waterfalls, just like the one [...]

animals, apinat, eläimet, family, family portrait, luonto, luontokuvaus, monkeys, nature, nature photography, perhepotretti, waterfall

Happy Birthday Eino Leino!

When I finished editing the panoramic image above, I heard the unforgettable verses of Eino Leino´s poem Nocturne echoing on my mind. The picture depicts so many ways the Finnish soul, just like the poem does, too. That’s why I think this pic fits perfectly to illustrate Nocturne, one of the most best-known poems of [...]

Eino Leino, järvi, järvimaisema, maisema, maisemakuva, Nocturne, panoraama, panoraamakuva, Suomi

Happy World Book Day!

World Book Day is a celebration of authors, books and copyrights – but most importantly, it’s a celebration of reading. Reading is definitely a very important skill and World Book Day is marked in over 100 countries all around the world! In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as an [...]

books, rose, roses, still life, still life photography, world book day