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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

Solitude in White won bronze

I am sooooo happy to announce that Solitude in White was awarded in the Finnish winter -photo competition with a bronze medal 🙂 Finnish news channel Yle reported on this topic (in finnish): Valokuvakilpailu parhaimmat julkaistiin Keiteleellä This image has been one of the most popular of my images of all times and it has [...]

black and white photography, high key, hirsiaitta, Karttula, lumi, maaseutu, maisema, monochrome, snow, Solitude in white, Suomen talvi, talvi

Happy New Year 2016!

I hope everyone had a pleasant and relaxing X-mas – and can now start the year 2016 with fully charged batteries! 🙂 I´m definitely a Christmas person and I enjoy all the things related to the season: baking and cooking, getting and wrapping the presents, light of the candles, decorating the house and the smell [...]

Estonia, fireworks, New Year, Tallinn, Travel