This weekend I teamed up with a buddy of mine and we went a shootin’ in Helsinki City. The first location was Belge bar in Kaisaniemi. Extra large thanks go over to Pauliina at Belge for kindly allowing permission to shoot in such a wonderful and stunning bar. It was a difficult environment for Matti [...]
This morning I was out with writer and buddy James O’Sullivan, we were working on a restaurant review column for Six Degrees magazine, an English publication playing little sister to The Helsinki Times. Todays location was Bar Teos, a very successful Tapas restaurant in Töölö, Helsinki owned and managed by Juha Niemivuo. Lighting wise, on [...]
First off a huge thanks goes to Artur Gajewski for organizing Valaisija, a Helsinki strobist meet. Another extra large dose of thanks goes to Akira and Mira Mäkinen, extremely talented make up artist/stylists! Awesome work girls! I really hope there is another meet in the not too distant future because I had so much fun, [...]
After a night, a morning, followed by an afternoon, 430 frames and half a bag of dog biscuits, I think I have what I was after.
Riga is simply beautiful. The architecture, the food, the markets, the cobblestone streets, it’s a somber and yet truly wonderful experience visiting and exploring the old town. Still, after 18 years there are so many Soviet scars and wounds tearing across the entire city, even more so when crossing over the bridges in Pardaugava, where [...]
