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Sony A7RII : f/4@200th : ISO 500 : EV 0.0 : FE 55mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence The first thing that came to mind when I came across this bear in the woods is the phrase “Does a bear s**t in the woods”, a long way of giving a definitive ‘yes’ to a question. I’m not sure what this image of a lost bear would represent but […]
Sony A7RII : f/5.6@0.3sec : ISO 640 : EV -0.3 : FE 90mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence Here’s another shot of the Parliament building whilst it is closed for renovations. With the exterior covered up, the lights shining through the material at night make such a graphically strong backdrop that I just had to stop again. The organic chaos of the trees silhouetted against the straight lines […]
Sony A7RII : f/6.3@80th : ISO 400 : EV -0.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence A beautiful, clear winter’s day here in Helsinki was calling out to me all day, tempting me to bunk off from my task in front of the computer selecting images from my latest shoot. I finally managed to get the selections done and off to the client as the last rays of […]
Sony A7RII : f/8@100th : ISO 1600 : EV -0.3 : FE 35mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence When there’s a snowstorm going on, it’s not necessarily a bad decision to take the easy option and find a cosy spot indoors. Just to get this off my chest and without wishing to go on too much of a socio-political rant about Britain and it’s disintegrating relationship with […]
Sony A7RII : f/8@80th : ISO 500 : EV +0.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence A grey concrete background and a grey granite gravel foreground, on a grey day. What’s needed is a colourful bird of spray through the middle to lift the senses. Someone else did all the hard work, all I had to do was point the camera and shoot. Wish I […]
Sony A7RII : f/9@640th : ISO 200 : EV +0.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence In the year 2017, Finland will celebrate 100 years of Independence. In celebration of this event and leading all the way up to New Year’s Day, ‘From HEL and Back’ will be posting 100 images of untypical scenes of Finland. The majority of the photographs are likely to be from Helsinki (HEL), as this is where […]
When I say ‘the Last Word’, I don’t mean that I’m going to be able to give you all the low down you’ll need to get yourself around Buenos Aires, far from it. This is more the last word on my own particular journey, the final entry of my South American journal. Even though I started and ended my journey here, I don’t feel I have a handle on this sprawling metropolis that you sometimes hear described as ‘the Paris of South […]
Arriving at Jorge Chavez Airport in Lima after my timeout in Máncora brought back memories of all those times I and my siblings had flown in and out of here as children; the sadness of the parental goodbyes quickly evaporated if you were lucky to find other friends travelling at the same time as you; then returning for the holidays, mum’s chocolate cake unlikely to survive the first sitting, the joy of greeting our two dogs, grumpy Ming and flirty Fanny, the various cats, seeing […]
