March. Yeah, March was quite snowy. I spent more time indoors developing my portrait photography than being out in the snow. Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing, but I’m sure that when the lakes thaw and some water starts to show I’ll be back out there doing my usual business. I think that things are slowly starting to improve in the ”studio”, as well. I also got my hands on an old Polaroid in March, but there were unfortunately some problems with the camera so I will post photos from that as soon as it’s fixed. Anyways, here are a few photos from last month.
Above: A self portrait. The man behind the camera etc. I just wanted to take a simple photo of myself in the usual ”photography outfit”. My great grandfather bought this jacket for me many years ago. It’s a bit beat up, but has served me well in my ventures.
Above: Sometimes in winter when the snow is coming down and you’re outdoors in a wide open area, the landscape in the background can really seem to disappear. It almost gives one the feeling of living in a dream or walking through the clouds.
Above: Taken at the end of March, this photo show the city of Joensuu sitting along the river shortly after sunset. I want to take this photo again once the river has thawed, as I believe it will look better then with all the reflections in the water etc.
Above: There was one particular day in March when the snow was coming down like crazy and the wind was blowing like mad. This photo is from the centre of Joensuu of that day. Who needs fog when you have a ”mini-blizzard”, to create atmosphere in your images? 🙂
Above: This one was actually taken in summer, 2018. I wanted to show the similarities between the seasons here in Finland. No, not really. It’s another one from the stormy day. Too late now for April Fool’s jokes…
Above: Also on the above-mentioned day. For this photo I needed to find a tree to shelter myself while I took the shot. I found this really interesting tree in the distance and waited for someone to get into the frame before taking the shot. I must give credit this person for their awesome skiing skills, as the wind was really howling out there in the open. What a champ!
Above: An ugly puddle on a dirt road. I stopped and took a snapshot as I found the tree in the reflection to be of interest. Soon it will be full of leaves and the scenery will come to life again. Good times and late nights.
Above: Rosa has helped me a lot with starting my journey into portrait photography. I’m now able to start developing my own style and to start creating images that focus on my own personal perspective of the human being. I want to create art with this side of my photography, but also want to be able and equipped with the know-how to do commercial style work if necessary. There were more photos of Rosa that I took in March but I have not edited them yet, so they will be added at a later stage when they are ready.
Go check out Rosa (Rosa Summanen), via the link below:
Hope you all had a good March and enjoy the spring! Or as some of you like to call it with air quotes ”spring”.
See you out there 🙂
Jason Tiilikainen 