During normal times May Day is the day when the city centre is full of joyous and drunken people celebrating Vappu (which is May Day […]
Author: Rikishoots
Visual Journal – Arriving
Arriving home from a trip or vacation is a twofold experience for me. On one hand it’s a relief to return to a familiar place […]
To shoot from the hip or not to shoot
Is shooting from the hip an answer to a more inconspicuous street photography? Yes and no, read more and see my shot-from-the-hip photos.
Spring street photography project by Álvaro
My friend suggested a spring street photography project, one where the photos would scream spring. Here are the results – and some blabbering about spring.
Street photographer’s problems: thinking of photography all the time
I’m Riki, a recovering street photography workshop attendee. The withdrawal symptoms include but are not limited to thinking of photography at least 80% of the […]
My takeaways from Matt Stuart’s workshop
On the infamous Brexit day I landed in London to attend Matt Stuart’s weekend-long street photography workshop. Whilst Brexit didn’t take place on that day […]
Visual Journal – One Friday in March
Note to reader. They say you should only publish your best work – in this case photographs – in your website. In my Visual Journal […]
Five things I learnt when shooting street photography on film
Last month I took part in a darkroom printing workshop and got the chance to shoot film after 13 years. It was really exciting, so I listed my five things I learnt shooting street photography on film.
Christmas photo series #2 – Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve: food, company of others, food, and some photography if one is lucky. I was. All the photos below are taken on Christmas Eve […]
Christmas photo series #1 – Aatonaatto
Aatonaatto isn’t a tongue twister but a Finnish word meaning the day before Christmas Eve. The literal translation is “the eve of the eve”. In […]