Letters from Finland

Summery sun

2009-05-21T11:29:00.001-07:00

A wonderful water scene. I like the tonal balance though.

Going down

2009-04-18T03:06:00.001-07:00

Bird watching tower over a lake, featuring local artists and mathematicians.

Spring Lake

2009-04-15T12:30:00.000-07:00

Nice and cloudy still, will actually get something colourful soon hopefully.

A pleasent easter walk

2009-04-14T11:19:00.000-07:00

though admittedly i was in a car at the time...

Blurred...

2009-04-05T12:25:00.000-07:00

Whee look at the pretty colours. now in digital format!

Iced water

2009-03-23T01:28:00.000-07:00

Now melted, springtime seems to have come. About time too!

Silhouette

2009-03-15T09:48:00.000-07:00

The ominous looming buildings... yes ok it was a miss exposure, i just thought it looked kinda cool.

Lens based media

2009-03-12T23:45:00.000-07:00

I really love this effect, youll likely see more coming soon

Room with a view

2009-03-10T11:01:00.000-07:00

The windows return...

Foggy buildings

2009-03-09T09:01:00.000-07:00

Obsolite

2009-03-05T22:39:00.001-08:00

Ever get that feeling?

Toy cars

2009-03-04T13:11:00.000-08:00

Cheap tricks, but nice pictures all the same.

Stadium

2009-03-02T12:58:00.000-08:00

Ah the joys of being at the top of tall towers.

Tea and cake

2009-03-01T11:14:00.000-08:00

look, a portrait! Thanks to the guy who looked very picturesque and colourful in the whiteness surrounding.

skiing

2009-02-22T01:20:00.001-08:00

we went cross-country skiing, but i didnt take the camera (which is good as it would now be in about 20 bits with the amount of times i fell on my ass.)so youll just have to imagine the actual event...

The Commute

2009-02-17T13:28:00.000-08:00

i like the inside of the trams, they feel a lot cleaner and better designed than anything ive found in England. Probably not difficult though...

Waiting for the tram

2009-02-16T12:54:00.001-08:00

I have a terrible fear of being found taking pictures of people on the street. Its really annoying because id love to shoot more of this. we shall see...

Sweet colours

2009-02-15T07:31:00.000-08:00

Ah, after party food...

Can you guess what it is yet?

2009-02-12T08:45:00.000-08:00

I love the idea of the abstract photograph, something that is both so linked to an object but so far distant from recognition.

House on the hill

2009-02-11T11:21:00.000-08:00

A house on the train tracks. must be wonderful at night.

Sunset over the bay

2009-02-10T03:19:00.000-08:00

I think that the only good thing that might be said about the light at this time of year here is that it allows plenty of time to get sunset style pictures. even if you dont want them. you have no choice.

Housewarming Bears

2009-02-08T12:12:00.000-08:00

We had a housewarming celebration and i realised after i woke up the following day that i didnt take a single picture. Therefore i set about various remains of the event with a macro lens. This is from the top of a beautiful cake that almolst didnt survive the night.

The hallway

2009-02-05T12:48:00.000-08:00

Its interesting to note some of the interesting lighting of everyday objects, this for example is the lift in our block of flats. i like the spill across the wall.

Snow?

2009-02-04T11:42:00.000-08:00

it does creep up on you if you arnt careful...

See the Light!

2009-02-03T10:00:00.000-08:00

A market stall tenaciously working in the sub degrees under the watchful eye of the church.

Out with the old...

2009-02-02T09:29:00.000-08:00

Im not quite sure what this boat does anymore, but its always in the harbour (presumably some tourist trap or other). still, i like the lines of the old sail boats.

Aarre

2009-02-01T12:47:00.000-08:00

Illuminated advertising sign for a magazine. For some reason there was something about the expression or pose (i cant quite place it)that seems to link with the title that makes me think of pirates. The fact the title was later translated as "treasure" made this even funnier... Aarre Jim Lad...

Street side living

2009-01-31T08:29:00.000-08:00

Street side cafe. its nice to know some people still think about how the lighting works on the street.

Darkness in the snow

2009-01-30T13:07:00.001-08:00

im not sure if this is pretty or something off of a horror movie poster...

Shell Station

2009-01-29T06:18:00.000-08:00

wheee new camera! now featuring decent resolution!

you will be able to tell the difference in that you can now see slightly better images if you click on them, so enjoy!

Structured Interiors

2009-01-28T11:36:00.000-08:00

Red, white, blue and nicely defined shapes. welcome to modern architecture.

Concrete and snow

2009-01-27T12:04:00.000-08:00

Ah, desaturation.

Anti Signage campaign of nature

2009-01-25T12:57:00.000-08:00

I worked out recently why i like Helsinki under snow so much, its a wonderful unification of hiding any kind of logo or advertising. Consumerism hidden under a white blanket.

Driving off into the sunset

2009-01-24T02:07:00.000-08:00

delayed due to snowfall

Snowmelt

2009-01-22T08:25:00.000-08:00

When in snow, dont wear a woolen coat...

Snowy tree

2009-01-21T23:59:00.001-08:00

The view out of my window after the snow. (a picture also known as "find a white balance in this")

On the road again

2009-01-20T11:44:00.000-08:00

shot out of a bus (sorry about the reflections), a beautiful day on the south coast.

Castles? who needs 'em

2009-01-18T04:17:00.000-08:00

Strokey beard meeting of Finland: We dont have enough castles in finland... i know, lets convert a shop!
I love Helsinki arhitecture.

Advertising slogans

2009-01-16T10:16:00.000-08:00

This is the sort of foward modern day thinking that i like to see, real thought provoking stuff.
Beds. Bars. Good. (Please come in!)

Ride the rail!

2009-01-16T10:10:00.000-08:00

While in the shopping center, please refrain from riding on the rails of the escalator, even though we make it look like a lot of fun and just like the rodeo.

Birthday icecream

2009-01-15T10:33:00.000-08:00

Birthday icecream

The best way to celebrate a birthday, candles in icecream!

the Happy Cat

2009-01-15T01:11:00.000-08:00

the Happy Cat

Brooklyn being European?

2009-01-13T09:39:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn Local 1

Proof that Finland isnt completely out of the ale game, this was a truely good drink, but there was something in the name that i found funny when it was stated that it was brewed with German malts and hops with first-pressing Demerara cane sugar from Mauritius and a Belgian yeast strain combined with Brooklyn water...
a new definition of local

Window part 3

2009-01-12T12:53:00.000-08:00

Window 3

a continuation of the previous window framing series, ive really been caught by the "natural" framing that architecture allows to the landscape around the houses.

Sauna

2009-01-11T06:24:00.000-08:00

In the sauna

Frozen

2009-01-11T06:11:00.000-08:00

The crisp frost on a bus shelter.

The Beginning

2009-01-11T04:54:00.000-08:00

Welcome all, here is the second attempt at a log of some interesting things that I see around. Nothing special, but just for the hell of it.