As a journalist I try to pay attention and write down those small, odd things. Things that contribute and gives rhythm. Things I like to see in any reporting. It’s got to be the same with pictures, right? What is it I want to see? What’s important?

Book reviews, I love them. Actually I think rock reviews are more fun to read. They’re more unpredictable and give you opinions you did not know to want, or need. But let’s talk about books. I wanted to take a closer look at the shapes, sizes and printing of a…

I follow two advices: Get it right from the start and use what you got. Also, good mood gives you nice flow. As a news journalist I’ve been fortunate to have worked for years with some of the Nations brightest and most respected photographers. Since my own early years in the business I always thought a reporter should be able to catch decent pictures, if needed. I seldom needed. Today I do…

Heard of the legendary Summit Series? It was known at the time as the Canada–USSR Series, an eight-game ice hockey series between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. Tretiak and Kharlamov against Clarke and Esposito. Cold War and good old tv-times. Käpylän Maanantai and LaLiNi ended their…

Helsinki went silent when Covid-19 hit town. It’s still beutiful. Normally there is a crowd on the old small bridge to Hakaniemi. You can hardly stand there and take photographs.

Built in a frenzy inspired by Soviet concrete and steel -architecture. Now a place for sight seeing. Welcome to Merihaka. Sea Pasture, or maybe more like a fortress by the Sea, Merihaka was built as a coastal residential area in Helsinki. It sounds great but was a pain to build beginning in the early 1970’s.

Helsinki, host of 1952 Summer Olympics. The last good ones, as some still recall and many others say. Since those days the Olympic Games have grown much too large and expensive to be held in small cities.

In the shadow of the virus. How Helsinki Cup went from big to great. It was a struggle. Still is. Covid-19 rearranged the planet. Among humans and things dead or most likely to be cancelled was junior footballers tournament Helsinki Cup.