Answer is: Well, of course! With the charm of both subjects (the French man and the Finnish rural background), there was hardly a space for a mistake. We had fun despite being soaked up to our knees, the fields were wet through and through after previous rainy days. And no, my French friend absolutely can’t deny that he enjoyed himself, even though he tried to hide the showman inside him at the beginning Thank you, monsieur, it was a great experience to work with you.

And you, dear reader, might have noticed that it’s been a while since my last post. That’s because I was on the most lovely 2-week holiday in Italy – and nowhere else than in Tuscany. Keep coming back during the next few days, there is going to be a LOT of photoevidence

Here is another reason why photographers require you to use watermarked images on the web – STORY.

I provide my clients with low resolution images with a watermark for your the online profiles, including Facebook. Please, use these watermarked imahes to protect your personal family photographs and my work from being used by Facebbook advertisers without asking or compensating for it. Thank you! And just to make double sure, on Facebook you can opt out the usage for advertisment by clicking on SETTINGS up at the top where you see the log out link. Select PRIVACY – MANAGE. Select NEWS FEEDS AND WALL. Select the tab (near the top) that reads FACE BOOK ADS. There is a drop down box, select NO ONE. Then SAVE your changes.

Suomeksi: Facebook on sopinut kolmansien osapuolien mainostajien kanssa että he voivat käyttää julkaisemiasi kuvia ilman sinun lupaasi. Jos et halua kuviasi käytettävän mainoksissa, valitse ASETUKSET -> YKSITYISYYSASETUKSET. Valitse UUTISET JA SEINÄ ja sen jälkeen välilehti FACEBOOKIN MAINOKSET. Valitse valintalistalta EI KUKAAN ja tallenna muutokset. Kiitos paljon!

I love asking strangers if they want to model for me. In a shop, on the street, in a cafe, in a park, I ask anywhere. When I started long time ago, I was so shy. Then a friend photographer explained gently that out of ten, nine people will be flattered and will say yes. Soon I found it true and since then I have enjoyed this little sport of mine tremendously. And so I came across this beautiful young lady when waiting in the line for a new phone number. Few sentences later we agreed to meet for a shoot. Finding a common free afternoon was no so easy and we settled on yesterday’s early evening as the only option during summer. And of course, it had to rain! If it was only rain, but it was pouring down on us…. Thank mother Nature that my camera is waterproof.