Posts Tagged ‘photography’

Do you know the feeling when you finally get the grasp of something and you think how awesome you are? And than

BANG! BANG BANG!!!

A door opens somewhere, you look through it and find out that not only you are so not awesome, but you are less than mediocre. All you are left with is your charming quality to metamorphose the “down feelings” into positive energy. I call it discovering inspiration.

I found an unreal couple of wedding photographers today, check out Heather’s and Jon’s great One Love Photo blog. Of course, I have an excuse. They’ve got the power of two. I, on the other hand, am all alone – with a scientist geek hitting the keyboard next to me :D

Taking 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? ;)

Having fun with friends. In -16. Wind. Both of my kids. Cranky. Imagine the shoot:

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back to the car –  unfreezing hands

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back to the car – hot tea

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back to the car – cannot start the engine, cannot turn the key

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back to the car – kids crying, me fainting from the cold, leaving and driving home

and … we almost kissed a truck who skid when the driver went too fast through a curve. But we got home safe.

You were awesome as always! thank you :)

You would not believe it, but May is knocking on our door. Ok, maybe not just yet, but we will hardly breath-in, breath-out (twice) and it will be time to take this year’s high school graduates’ photos.

Become part of my yo-lakki kuvaus campaign.

I am looking for 3 girls and 3 guys who will graduate from high school this spring and want to participate on my campaign. You can get involved on several levels. Everything is free and at some stages you can actually make money. :) For start, however, I would take your portraits. There is only one condition, you and your parents must sign a model release allowing me to use your photos during the campaign. Oh, and English is an advantage, but not a must. Kyllä puhumme suomeakin. :)

You will receive your free portraits, min. 5 photos, in digital format on CD (value of 500€).

This offer expires as soon as I have my 6 models, so don’t wait up. Hora ruit. (Time runs.) Call or email me latest on Feb, the 14th.

0400-358990 or niki@nikistrbian.com


For real! Is your day a little low despite the upturn of weather? Grab a cup of whatever you prefer and watch this, a smile guaranteed!

(It’s all about love, humanity, sadness, happiness, life…)

After family Xmas in Slovakia that we enjoyed despite the weird and mountains unlike weather (mud, + temperatures and really cold and humid wind – whilst in Finland the winter wonderland has not only continued but got better all the time) we were to travel back home. My husband’s family lives 5 hours by train + 1 hour by car from the nearest airport which hosts flights from Helsinki. You can imagine the fun of traveling such distance with 2 kids under 5. This time we got lucky, our friends were going by car, so we didn’t have to endure the train, just 4 hours in car. And we got to play with cats in their house and I even had a moment to photograph the lady of the house with her new horse.

What a pleasure to see how a human and a horse seek mutual connection. After knowing each other for just a week or so, they were still very conscious around each other and yet Zuzka managed to earn his trust even for me (and the weird black big thing – my camera). They were after training and already in this spot when I arrived. More than ankle deep mud and fingers-crippling wind made me fear I was going to trip and destroy my Nikon toys, but luckily that didn’t happen :) I hope you will enjoy your photos, Zuzka. Thank you for everything!

As you read in my post before Xmas, I am very proud to have my photos exhibited at the Wayne’s Coffee on Aleksanterinkatu. Aleksanterinkatu is a street in the very center of Helsinki, known not only for high-end shopping but also for the very comfortable fact of being heated, incl. the pavements. And in winters like we have now – oikein kunnon talvi – it’s a blessing to have a heated pavement, pretty much the only place to wear your high heel boots in Finnish winter (your sexy, lined with fur and swore upon being waterproof, yet totally impractical, wet toes freezing in 5 minutes high heel boots).

Ok, enough of the blabbing editorial today, let’s cut it short. The essence of what I am trying to say is: meet me (on high heels or not) in Wayne’s Coffee on Monday 11th of Jan after 19:00 for a coffee and a chat. Beware the crowds! :)