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New gallery: Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2013-2014

April 19, 2014 by Mikael | Comments Off

Full moon over Suomenlinna Church / Link to Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2013-2014 gallery

Last winter was very short in Helsinki. Some people complained that there was hardly any in winter in Helsinki. I like to photograph winter landscapes in Helsinki when the sea is freezing, and the sea did froze in January. There were 10 days that were very photogenic 🙂 So from the photography point of view, I’m satisfied with the last winter.

My best photos from last winter are in this Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2013-2014 gallery. The photo locations in Helsinki that are included to this gallery are: Lauttasaari, Suomenlinna, Kallahdenniemi, Uutela and Market Square / South Harbour. During this winter I was teaching again in Kameraseura‘s advanced landscape photography course. We had 12+ field trips during the winter, so many photos are from these course trips.

Tugboat Hector, South Harbour, Helsinki, Finland

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New gallery: Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2012-2013

May 3, 2013 by Mikael | Comments Off
Full moon, Lauttasaari, Helsinki, Finland

Full moon, Lauttasaari, Helsinki / Link to Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2012-2013 gallery

Last winter was very photogenic in Helsinki 🙂 You can see my best winter photos from Helsinki in this Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2012-2013 gallery. The locations in Helsinki that are included to this gallery are: Lauttasaari, Suomenlinna, Kallahdenniemi, Ruutinkoski and Market Square.

During this winter I was teaching in Kameraseura‘s advanced landscape photography course, and we had a many (over 15) field trips during the winter. So I had much more company on my winter photography trips than usually 🙂

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New gallery: Winter Landscapes from Lapland and Kuusamo 2013

May 2, 2013 by Mikael | Comments Off
Riisitunturi National Park, Posio, Finland

Link to Winter Landscapes from Lapland and Kuusamo 2013 gallery

I visited Kuusamo at the end of February. I stayed in Kuusamo eight days: First five days I was teaching at the winter landscape photography course arranged by Kuusamo-opisto. The last three days I photographed according to my own schedule.

It was not very cold, so the rapids were not very photogenic, but the Riisitunturi and Konttainen had excellent snow in trees (“tykkylumi” in Finnish). So during these eight days, I photographed mostly “tykkylumi”. I climbed to three times both to the top of Konttainen and Riisitunturi fells. Other places that I visited were: Ruka Peak, Myllykoski, Käylänkoski, and Kiveskoski. Full moon was visible during my last day, and I went to Riisitunturi to photograph it. The last four photos in the gallery are photographed in the moonlight at the top Riisitunturi 🙂

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New gallery: Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2011-2012

April 21, 2012 by Mikael | Comments Off
Kallahdenniemi, Helsinki, Finland

Kallahdenniemi, Helsinki / Link to Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2011-2012 gallery

Winter arrived quite late, I took my first winter landscape photos in Helsinki only on 8.1.2012. But although the winter was short, it was quite photogenic 🙂 You can see the my best winter photos from Helsinki in this Winter Landscapes from Helsinki 2011-2012 gallery.

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“Kamera Stadissa” photography exhibition in Kameraseura

May 7, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off

Winter magic in Esplanadi

Winter magic in Esplanadi


Kameraseura is arranging photography exhibition about Helsinki called Kamera Stadissa. I got one landscape photo, the above cityscape, accepted to this exhibition.

Visiting this exhibition is highly recommended! You can see quite diverse photos of Helsinki and urban life. Exhibition is open Tuesday – Friday at 12–16 in Kamera gallery (Lastenkodinkuja 1) until 27.5. Exhibition has also Facebook page.

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A short recap of my landscape photography course

April 24, 2011 by Mikael | 1 Comment
Landscape photography course participants photograping pack ice

Landscape photography course participants photograping pack ice

Four weeks ago I was teaching in the landscape photography course in Kameraseura. The course was arranged in three parts: 3 hours of theory on Friday evening in Kameraseura premises, 5+ hour photography trip on Saturday, and 6 hours of theory in Kameraseura on Sunday.

I started the course on Friday evening with the presentation about landscape photography equipment (cameras, lenses, tripods and other accessories) and the art of landscape photography (i.e. planning, composition, how to use light, effect of different weather conditions,…). I had also asked course participants to bring two photos with them: one successful landscape photo, and one photo that had failed although the situation was fantastic. I provided feedback what worked and what could have be improved in those photos in my opinion.

Pack ice in Suomenlinna

Pack ice in Suomenlinna

On Saturday we made five hour photography trip to Suomenlinna with the target to apply the lessons from Friday. We were extremely lucky with the weather, that Saturday was definitely one of the best landscape photography days during this spring: There was pack ice on the shores and nice clouds in the sky during afternoon. At sunset time we had nice colourful sunset and interesting ice formations on the rocks, they were literally glazed with ice 🙂

45 minutes before sunset in Suomenlinna

45 minutes before sunset in Suomenlinna


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New gallery: Spring Ice II

April 3, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off
Pack ice in Lauttasaari, Helsinki

Link to Spring Ice Gallery II / Pack ice in Lauttasaari, Helsinki

The last two weeks have been rather photogenic here in Helsinki. The sea ice has melted and there has been lots of interesting subjects to photograph: icicles, packed ice and drift ice 🙂

Suomenlinna, Helsinki

Sunset in Suomenlinna, Helsinki

In this gallery you can see the photos that I have taken on six occasions during last two weeks: I made three trips to Suomenlinna and three trips to the southern tip of Lauttasaari. One Suomenlinna trip was part of my landscape photography course in Kameraseura. I will write more about my course in few days.

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Icy Helsinki Cityscapes

March 31, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off
Helsinki from Suomenlinna

Helsinki from Suomenlinna after sunset

Today was maybe the last day to photograph sunny and icy seascapes in Helsinki this spring. So I did spend several hours today in Suomenlinna photographing the floating sea ice and icicles 🙂 You will see those photos later, but here are four cityscapes that I captured on my way back to Helsinki from Suomenlinna.

Hanasaari power plant from Suomenlinna ferry

Hanasaari power plant from Suomenlinna ferry


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Helsinki Panorama

March 28, 2011 by Mikael | Comments Off
Helsinki Panorama

View from Sisä-Hattu towards Ruoholahti, Länsisatama, Suomenlinna and Pihlajasaari

I photographed this panorama last tuesday (22.3.) after sunset from Sisä-Hattu (small island at the southern tip of Lauttasaari). The full size of panorama is 42000 x 3400 pixels, here you can see 8000 pixels wide version.

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Today’s winter sunset

December 15, 2010 by Mikael | Comments Off

Vattuniemi, Lauttasaari, Helsinki

Here are six sunset photos that I took today. Quite nice sunset 🙂 And once again, the ice formations are totally different what I have photographed so far this winter. All these photos are from Lauttasaari, Helsinki.
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