Last month, me and Marko Rantanen went shooting around the Helsinki metropolitan area for Helsingin Sanomat omakaupunki.fi ad campaign. “Oma kaupunki”, which translates as “My city”, is a site where people can exchange tips, events, news and services. The campaign theme is “Greetings from the neighborhood. This is what Oma Kaupunki is made of.” All [...]

I started off my summer vacation by going to my girlfriend’s summer cottage. Not a cloud in the sky with temperatures near 30° C. The water in the lake was at best 23° C. Scenery was excellent, but you must pay a price to the mosquitos. Below, a photo of my feet after being drained [...]

I purchased a Polaroid SX-70 from eBay and some PX 100 film from The Impossible Project. Unfortunately the exposure meter on the camera is malfunctioning. First it was giving inaccurate timings and now it’s stuck to a single shutter speed. Luckily it wasn’t too expensive so taking it to a repair shop will bring it [...]

I shot a few rolls of Rollei Retro 400 S and I must say it was the most difficult film I’ve used so far. The contrasts are pretty wild and exposure is hard to predict, but when you succeed the results are very pleasant. It has a dreamy quality to it. Over 50% of my [...]