Sony A7RII : f/3.2@50th : ISO 6400 : EV +0.7 : FE 35mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence Popped into Cafe Regatta again the other day to take a well deserved break in the middle of a long walk with a young dog I’m looking after for a few days. I can’t believe how much energy it has; I’m wearing out the soles of my feet, let […]

Sony A7RII : f/5.6@80th : ISO 2000 : EV +1.0 : FE 35mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence If you go into a supermarket in Finland and head for the fresh produce counter, you’ll always come across a large display of fish cooked round a fire in all kinds of ways, hot smoked, cold smoked, ‘grilled’ on a plank… It is such a common sight that Finns take it very […]

Sony A7RII : f/8@250th : ISO 800 : 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 the wind howls and the clouds are low, it may look bleak to some but to others it’s just an opportunity for a little bit of graphic realism. Again, I must have walked passed this spot a hundred times and never seen anything that caught my eye. On this occasion, […]

Sony A7RII : f/8@250th : ISO 800 : 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 Here we have a side-on perspective of Kiasma, the Museum of Contemporary Art, on the quiet side of the building away from the busy thoroughfare of Mannerheimintie. With its curves and lines running the gamut of greys, it makes a striking architectural statement but it can’t only be me trying hard […]

Sony A7RII : f/8@125th : ISO 500 : 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 Another shot from my recent walk through the Kaisaniemi Botanical gardens, this time of a clematis that may have gone passed its bloom-by date but has still managed to create an interesting graphic shape with the netting and the metal pipes. I didn’t pop inside the greenhouses this time, […]

Sony A7RII : f/5.6@200th : ISO 250 : 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 An original greenhouse at the Botanical Gardens in Helsinki’s Kaisaniemi Park, still doing the work it was made to do, keeping the cold out, letting the light in. When you look closely, you can see a flower in bloom, dreaming of sunny tropical days, a world without walls and bars. […]

Sony A7RII : f/11@100th : ISO 800 : EV +0.7 : FE 35mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence Fourth day in a row with plenty of snowfall and below freezing temperatures has thrown us straight into a proper winter here in Helsinki. As you can see, ice is already starting to form on the sea (those are buoys in the top left) and, even though it might […]

Sony A7RII : f/4.5@160th : ISO 320 : EV 0.0 : FE 35mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence I’m a little lost for words after the election result in America and am struggling to think beyond that. I remember how surprised I was when Scotland didn’t vote for independence after having being handed the opportunity on a plate; I was even more taken aback when Britain voted to leave […]