A drop of time frozen. A son and a mother. Living mere 20km away from each other, yet due to certain circumstances they only get to see each other 3-4 times per year.
Posts Tagged ‘family photography’
The love between a mother and a daughter – Niki Strbian Perhekuvaus
February 26, 2010The third of my minisessions from Valentine’s Sunday. I know, we are about to wave February good-bye, but I am still stuck with Valentine. Yeah!
There was so much love and emotion between these two ladies. And more yet between the little lady and her umbrella, which she was really excited to be allowed to use in the middle of winter. But what a shame that it miraculously disappeared again right after the shoot… 
I hope you will enjoy watching these at least as much as I enjoyed creating them. Love, Niki
Valentine’s Sunday in botanic garden PART 2 – Niki Strbian Perhekuvaus
February 22, 2010Taking advantage of the fact that temperature raised since morning by 18 C, and because this family is about to move somewhere close to the equator, it was the perfect occassion to have photos in snow snow snow. Not a problem in winter season 2009/2010 You were so much fun, I hope you enjoyed the shooting as much as I did. And believe it or not, this Dad claimed, he is horrible in front of a camera. But he clearly enjoyed it after all, didn’t he? 
Valentine’s day in the botanic garden – Niki Strbian Valokuvaus
February 16, 2010All shades of green. Sunshine. Glasshouse. Kaisaniemi botanic garden on Valentine’s Sunday … PART 1.
Finns don’t regard love affairs stable enough to dedicate them a day in their calendar. As my father says: “Women come and go but basketball stays.” Surely Finns do not have a dedicated day in the calendar to basketball either, despite the important fact that it’s my Dad’s lifetime hobby. If there was a holiday dedicated to sports in Finland, it would most likely be, you guessed it, to ice-hockey. Perhaps even skating. And maybe sailing. And maybemaybe to sauna (which counts as both sports and a cultural event here, didn’t you know??).
But we are talking about Valentine’s day. On February the 14th Finns choose to show their affection to friends. Because friendship truly lasts a lifetime. And because it’s quite enough to show affection once a year when government permits.
I decided to celebrate the day by spending the entire day with my best friend/assistent/colleague/muse in the botanic garden, shooting a marathon of minisessions for my friends. Here the first sneak peek from Sunday. These two are quite fresh among my friends, yet I feel I have known them for a decade. At least. You two clowns, who are so in love: Come over soon to eat some halusky with us, we run out of the special cheese usually really quickly Enjoy, hope you will like it!
When editing the photos, I had the “Isn’t she lovely, daa, daa, da…” tune stuck in my head. I wonder why…
Let me introduce you, in case you don’t know why the heck the next photo features a lamp. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the famous Double Bubble lamp designed by Eero Aarnio. I challenged everyone to bring something special to the minisession and A+A came up with this. This is HERS not HIS. I am happy they didn’t go with HIS. The BMX bicycle could have been a bit difficult in the glasshouse…
The secret meaning is of course that the big bubble represents the boss of the family. Hmm…?
Looking into the future. Is it bright? Enough?
xoxo
Proved again – the blue eyes gene is stronger than the brown eyes gene :) – Niki Strbian Perhekuvaus
January 17, 2010Yep, science has it that statistically (I know!) if one parent has blue eyes and the other has dark eyes, more of their kids will have dark than blue eyes. We all know that. But today I met yet another proof that this is not always true in Finland. And my proof is a one year old boy who smiled the moment I entered the door.
To the immediate sympathies I felt for the whole family added the fact that the parents went couple of years ago skiing to a ski resort located just few kilometers from my husband’s hometown in Slovakia. The world really is a small place… Despite the weather forecast promising sun, we got windy and cold weather with clouds hanging so low, they didn’t allow for much light. But the parents were sports about it and the little guy was a trooper, so we managed to take pics outside as well. I hope you will enjoy your sneak peek, more is coming very very very very very very very soon.
So little, so much joy – Niki Strbian Vastasyntyneenkuvaus
January 7, 2010An attentive reader will remember, you have met the gorgeous mamma. Now they got a little, precious bundle of joy – a small boy, so perfect, so tiny. But he made clear who is the boss of the house even at the fragile age of 10 days. No following the schedule of the big guys – he enjoyed our presence, love and loads of milk for two hours before falling asleep. And when he did, he slept peacefully through the entire photoshoot. Thank you, little angel, for brightening up my Loppiainen morning I hope your parents will equally enjoy this preview of many more sweet images we captured.
Fairy winter and the most cooperative children in the world – Niki Strbian Lapsikuvaus
December 20, 2009They were real troopers! I cannot imagine any kids being so playful, happy looking and giving me big beaming smiles in -14 Celsius, all the fresh snow and an occasional gust of wind. When I checked the thermometer at home, it showed -10. I was thinking that it’s not that bad and everything will go ok. Finnish children are used to this after all But on the way the car computer changed the value of the outside temperature at leats 6 times, it swung between -11 and -21 depending on the spot. I got really worried…
Finally at the destination it was not so bad, but we all longed hot tea and sauna after 10 minutes, and the little princess perhaps even a bit sooner. Despite the less than ideal circumstances, we were able to capture the beauty of Finnish winter and the Christmas spirit. Oh what a heaven for a photographer, three sets of big blue eyes and a sunrise that happens at a sane hour for a change Thank you, you made it really easy even in such extreme conditions. I hope you will enjoy your sneak peek, more coming your way real soon.
I have said it before – Prague is according to some (like me) the most beautiful city in the world. Ok, it’s my favorite city and also a divine location for photographers. I had the pleasure of spending one foggy Sunday morning right in the heart of Prague – in the Lesser Town and under the Charles Bridge – with a fun family of five. The boys were so active, open and nice (in the true meaning of this word) and your little princess is just adorable. Here is a sneak peek, butI am having a really hard time choosing only 20 pictures Thank you, I had a great time and I really hope that you did as well.
Holidays, contest and Xmas minisessions – Niki Strbian Valokuvaus
November 18, 2009It’s half hour to midnight and that means I am just 30 minutes away from the departure day to the Czech republic. Yay! Can’t wait to see friends, loads of relatives and walk the ground where I grew up. Prague sessions are fully booked, I am so looking forward to shooting at such divine locations! Let’s hope the weather cooperates.
Tomorrow also is the last day for your contest photo submissions, don’t forget to participate, people The prize is awesome and you know it
And of course you all want to know when I am back from my holidays That would be 30.11. and after that there is really just a couple of slots available for Xmas minisessions. If interested in having a last minute family portrait session this year, book quickly! For 350€ you will get:
- 10 artistically edited portraits as high resolution digital files on a cd
- 1 digital file of a Xmas card (design of your choice)
- a beautiful minialbum with all your images
That’s something you don’t want to miss! I am going to check my email during holidays, so book away. Happy start of the Pikku Joulu season to you all.
Off to bed now
Meet my recent clients – a gorgeous couple with oh so sweet baby boy who is just about to mark half a year on his life journey. The boy is so sweet that today when his mum asked me to hold him for a sec, I found myself kissing his smooth cheeks and then of course immediately apologizing. Oops, sorry for kissing your baby. Luckily for me the lady was gracious about it, explaning that her little one likes kissing It is true though, babies emit cuteness so we would emit love.
Long had we that session scheduled, so I knew something was going to happen. And surely, after getting the one sunny Saturday in three weeks and after photographing this really nice couple with their beautiful little boy, my camera and my portable hard-drive both decided to jump out of the bag just after getting home and booooom, in pieces they were. So we had to reshoot all the lost shots. And we were lucky the second time too. This time moving from Haukilahti beach to vila Elfvik area, we enjoyed the fresh snow and sunny morning. Just beautiful!
