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 time and having a massive need to go out on the streets to shoot every day. Remember as a child when you wanted to eat chocolate before dinner but your … [Read more…]
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 afterall (well done politicians), the action-packed workshop was interesting, lots of fun, and most importantly an insightful experience. That’s why I just had to share my takeaways from the workshop! … [Read more…]
Note to reader. They say you should only publish your best work – in this case photographs – in your website. In my Visual Journal series, of which this is the first post, I want to share visual stories of experiences and emotions over a course of a certain period of time. I’m not aiming … [Read more…]
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 Eve: food, company of others, food, and some photography if one is lucky. I was. All the photos below are taken on Christmas Eve in a small town in Finland. Thank you again for visiting.
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 Finland the big Christmas day, when you eat well and open the presents, is on the 24th. Christmas Day is reserved for chilling and eating the leftovers. On aatonaatto, the … [Read more…]
What is street portrait photography, how does it differ from traditional portraiture, and how can you do it? The way I see it is that a traditional portrait photography usually takes place either in a studio or outdoors and it involves additional equipment to the camera such as lights, background, props, and makeup and wardrobe … [Read more…]
Elvis Presley sang something that applies to my photography: “Little less conversation and little more action please”. You can listen to the song here.) While he meant that in the context of love, with me it applies to photography – what else. I’m very good at talking about (or theorising on) how to do street … [Read more…]
I recently had an opportunity to shoot in a rare type of crowded event, and I wanted to share with you what I learned there. The event was a rare one because it was a state funeral for a deceased former president of Finland, Mauno Koivisto. Because he was very respected president and the last … [Read more…]
Most of us follow photographers we find inspirational, don’t we? I’m always happy to find new sources of inspiration, hence I wanted to introduce you to some photographers who in my opinion fulfill this requirement. Now, instead of listing some world famous photographers I like, such as Joel Meyerowitz or Matt Stuart who are amazing, … [Read more…]