There is a bridge construction site at a critical phase in Tampere and they had to drain Tammerkoski dry. I work near the rapids and when I approached the water during lunch hour, the smell instantly made me feel all summery.
Ricoh TF-900 Review and a Goodbye to Winter
The two rolls I shot with my Ricoh TF-900 were about winter. As I’m picking up my next rolls, the world outside has stepped into the next time of year, spring. It was still -18 degree celcius this morning, but the days are beginning to be on the plus side. A few weeks ago I …
Olympus IZM-300 Review – Double exposure madness
Olympus IZM-300 or AZ-300 Superzoom is a compact camera from 1988 (30 year anniversary!).
Canon Epoca Review
Canon Epoca, known also as Canon Photura and Canon Autoboy Jet, is an odd film camera from the 90s. The camera resembles a video camcorder and is in no way a discreet camera. But even despite its ugliness, it has a solid build quality and I liked the experience and pictures I got with it.
My first real studio shoot
It’s been a while, I know, but I’m back. About two years ago I finally decided to delve into flash photography. I hadn’t really liked studio photography before, thinking it was too clinical and too artificial. But studio and flash work has its uses and actually I found myself liking the learning curve. I had …
Learning the Ropes of Street Photography
There is an easy way to shoot street photography and then there is the hard way. The easy way is taking candid shots of people and not asking for their permission. Did that last time. There are some moral considerations for publishing those pictures, especially if the subjects can be recognised from the shots. The …
Catching Ruska at the Hetta-Pallas Hiking Trail
Four days hiking in Lapland at Hetta-Pallas trail was truly a beautiful experience. Me and my friends traveled to Lapland in early September, hoping to catch the fleeting moment when the autumn colours are at their best. It turned out we were a week early and so the ground ruska (ruska is what we finns …
Helsinki street photography
Helsinki is the capital city of Finland and renowned for being a great place to live. Helsinki has a great atmosphere, the streets are filled with people and performers and there is a lot to see. In early August, me and my SO planned a tourist trip to this gem of Finland. During our trip, …
A roll of expired Velvia from a nearby lake
A couple of weeks ago I visited a nearby lake, or a pond, with my friend. There was an outdoor art exhibit surrounding the lake. The lake was really beautiful and the light from the setting sun really made everything glow.
Pentax PC35AF
The idea of One Roll, One Camera reviews is to take a film camera or an odd lens and shoot a roll of film with it and write a review about it. Most of my cameras are from the 80s or 90s and I will be going through them in this blog series. For this article, …