PinnedShopping MallSizz Coffee Tent at the Hakaniemi Market Square in Helsinki. Two veterans drinking coffee and discussing the weather. Don’t wanna listen but I do. They are loud. Maybe War Veterans. Who knows what they are? ”It’s gonna rain. Hard rain. 30 minutes.” ”Naah. Anyway, let’s eat first.” Me? I look…Photography3 min read
PinnedGo get the picture!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?Sports Photography3 min read
Oct 26, 2021New day, new gameSummer is gone, the thrill is not. Remember this?Football2 min readNew day, new gameHere, but no further.Summer is gone, the thrill is not. Remember this?----
Aug 13, 2021Let’s print!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…Writing4 min read
Mar 29, 2021Learning to fly: Another year behind the cameraI 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…Journalism4 min read
Feb 20, 2021Hockey on Sea Ice — bands played onHeard 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…Helsinki2 min read
Sep 11, 2020Where’s everybody?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.Helsinki2 min read
Aug 30, 2020Where did all the humans go?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.Helsinki3 min read
Aug 20, 2020Old Arena back in businessHelsinki, 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.Olympic Stadium2 min read
Jul 10, 2020A footy week in picturesIn 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.Helsinki Cup3 min read