Tag:Finland

Sony A7RII : f/8@80th : ISO 1600 : 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 The old dock area around Kalasatama is developing its own unique vibe in the areas where the redevelopment has not yet reached. This Fox in Docks looks majestic against the uniform brickwork of the large power station of Helsinki Energy (love their name ‘HELEN’) in the background. At least […]

Sony A7RII : f/4@50th : ISO 100 : 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 …and the sky is grey. I’ve been for a walk but it’s actually still only late autumn, there’s a way to go before we’re into full-blown winter. As for California Dreamin’, that’d be nice but this papa and mama are happy just to be inside out of that piercing […]

Sony A7RII : f/6.3@320th : ISO 400 : 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 No news is good news. Have a great Friday night everyone, must go, things to do. If you can’t zoom into the picture, let me tell you that all those marks on the wall and the notice board are made by rusty staples. There used to be news, not […]

Sony A7RII : f/6.3@400th : ISO 500 : EV 0.0 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence We might like to think that progress is an unstoppable force, with every new development improving the quality of our lives and making the old ways obsolete. To counter that argument, I give you the mighty postcard! In an age where communication across the globe happens in an instant, you’d think […]

Sony A7RII : f/8@200th : ISO 2000 : 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 I know that in Finland there’s Santa living up in Lapland. And I wouldn’t be surprised to find a troll or two in the forests. But when they say that Puff the Magic Dragon lived by the sea, I had no idea that they meant he was living by the sea under […]

Sony A7RII : f/4@125th : ISO 800 : EV +0.7 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence I was at my local Töölö health centre the other day so that they could carry on with the corrective work they’re doing on one of my children’s teeth, all part of the service included in the Finnish national health care, no extra charge. Afterwards, we did our usual trick of popping into […]

Sony A7RII : f/5@120th : ISO 1600 : EV 0.0 : FE 90mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence I wouldn’t say I’m particularly fussy about my coffee, often happy to settle for my microwaved milk with a double shot of espresso from the office machine to help me through the countless hours retouching images. No micro-bubbles in sight, definitely not a cappuccino, but it gets the job done. I […]

Sony A7RII : f/10@1.6sec : ISO 640 : EV +0.7 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence With all the new build that is going on in Helsinki, especially in the old docklands, there’s always that moment when a building is in a state of limbo, discarded and unloved, its demolition approaching on the freshly concreted horizon. The time for the spray cans to come out has arrived, a bare canvas to bring some street art […]

Sony A7RII : f/4@30th : ISO 4000 : 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 It is not often that I include my family in the images I use in my posts, in fact this may be a first, but this scenario helps to illustrate a point I’d like to make and it also made us all laugh. First a bit of background… I met […]