Journal

Field Notes, Tutorials, and Case Studies

A growing archive of real-world photography notes, editing breakdowns, and behind the scenes articles from the field.

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Undefined Dream
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Undefined Dream

Last night, as you may have seen - was an amazing show of the Northern Lights. Here is one of my photographs from the night. Exif & Equipment Nikon D800, Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 & Sirui Tripod R-4203L and K-40X 14 mm, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 15 sec. Basic editing in Lightroom Hop

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Feature on Huffington Post & This Is Colossal
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Feature on Huffington Post & This Is Colossal

I have been really fortunate to be featured on several pages and magazines for the past month. To show my appreciation here is a list of the sites I have been featured on. If you wish to see the articles simply follow these links. Interview InMyBag Feature on

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Edge - Portfolio Book
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Edge - Portfolio Book

For galleries I want to send examples of my images and the best way to do this is with a solid portfolio book. As my old books were not suitable for this due to the heavy use, I decided couple of days ago to order a new portfolio book "Edge"&

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How To Use Lightroom Presets Collection Phase
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How To Use Lightroom Presets Collection Phase

Hi everyone, I made a tutorial on how you can easily change the way your images look with the Phase Collection. The main idea of the Phase Collection is to save time with the editing and give you unique way to improve your photographs.

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The Whole Universe Surrenders
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The Whole Universe Surrenders

Finally new work from just couple of days ago. I used two exposures to create this surreal effect. Remember to visit my exhibition Atmosphere open through 14th January to 8th of February in Pohjanmaan valokuvakeskus, Lapua. I was inspired to title my image by this q

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in Pictures
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in Pictures

It's that time of the year once again. I have included my favorite photographs from the past year. It has been a great journey in photography and I have learned a lot about myself and my photography. I was lucky to be published on the Telegraph, Daily Mail and Twisted

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Preset Collection Phase
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Preset Collection Phase

I'm thrilled to publish a completely new preset collection Phase. I believe it's the best editing solution I have ever created! It includes over 200 presets with a completely new system to work with your images, simple step-by-step work-flow. I hope everyone a wonderful

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Winners of the Fine Art Preset Collection Phase
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Winners of the Fine Art Preset Collection Phase

I'm happy to announce the Lightroom Preset giveaway winners, who have bought my previous Fine Art Lightroom Preset Collection. And the winners are... Bruno Melim Ari Pelkonen Julie Velky Congratulations to the winners! I will be sending the new Lightroom Phase Collecti

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Everlasting Moment
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Everlasting Moment

A long night at the coast of Finland. For this photograph, I wanted to capture that everlasting and eternal feeling of movement and constancy. I captured this photograph on the same night as my previously published photograph Divided. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed to spend the whole nig

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