Musapiknik 2013

President Putin visiting Turku

Russian president Vladimir Putin visited Forum Marinum in Turku together with the president of Finland Sauli Niinistö.

Spring approaching in Turku

Penkkarit Turussa / Penkis i Åbo 2012

Linkki albumiin / Länk till albumet

Lucia 2011

Åbo Lucia 2011 Emilie Ståhlberg. The full album can be found here.

All photos taken with a Canon 7D and EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM IS

Passion Play 2011

Easter passion play in Turku 2011 with Jussi-Pekka Paija as Jesus.
Nasaretilainen-pääsiäisnäytelmä Turussa 2011 Jussi-Pekka Paija Jeesuksena.
Passionsspel i Åbo påsken 2011 med Jussi-Pekka Paija som Jesus.

All photos taken with a Canon 7D and EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM IS

More pictures in my Picasaweb album.

Watch out for the ball

Djurgårdens IF Stockholm vs. Ilves Tampere in FC Inter Turku -98 junior football tournament 2011.

Canon 7D and EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM IS

More pictures in my Picasaweb album.

P.S.
Ilves won 3-2.

A Man and His Dogs

Canon 7D and EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM IS + 2x II Extender @ 400mm 8.0

Occupied bench

Photo shot with Canon 7D and EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, HDR processed and tonemapped with Qtpfsgui

Turku 2011 Capital of Culture, Pile Driver

Turku 2011
Ilkka Paloniemi
Light installation Pile Driver
Ljusinstallation Junta*
Juntta-valoteos



*Enligt http://www.turku2011.fi/

Colorful Navigation

Playing with Fire

Juggling with fire torches at the first Turku christmas market weekend 2010.









All photos shot with Canon 7D and EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

A Crown of Candles

Saint Lucy's Day celebration in Turku 2010 with Annica Sigfrids as St. Lucy.







All photos shot with Canon 7D and CANON EF 70-200/2.8 L IS USM II

Autumn Rain

Squirrel - Ekorre - Orava

Nyckelpiga - Leppäkerttu - Ladybug

View from a window in HDR

View from a window in HDR

In the right place at the right time with the wrong lens

Well, almost. I was going to shoot the annual TS-kortteliajot bicycle race in Turku but missed the start and chose the wrong lenses. I really could have used my 10-22 or fisheye lens to get some low ultrawide shots. Luckily my Canon EF-s 17-85 is pretty versatile in bright conditions. However what I really missed and doesn't have was a fast fast-focusing tele zoom lens. I'm thinking of a 70-200 2.8 USM lens. The race took place over a week ago but I only now got time to write a blog entry.

Anyway below are a few shots, and the Picasaweb gallery with the all the shots is here.

Springtime

Some classic/typical spring shots.

Fascination with death

Even if most people nowadays have been somewhat alienated from death we are every now and then reminded of it. People seem to have an strange fascination with death, humans always have. People in the pictures seem strangely curios but at the same time indifferent. I apparently belong to this group of people since I took photographs of the event.



The photos display a, at the time of writing, Jane Doe drowning victim found in the Aura River in Turku Finland 10 Apr 2010. A sad end to an otherwise nice spring day.

Sometimes things take an unexpected turn. This event led me to an really strange but interesting journey.