STRAP

NOTE TO VISITORS: During the summer of 2008, the regular photoblog has been moved to here.

KESKIPOHJANMAA: Rapid weather changes. 09 Jul 2008 Posted by Leinonen.

This was an illustration for a story that dealt with rapid changes in the weather and how hard it is to forecast weather this summer. I was out on another gig on a very busy day when I saw the clouds. I drove to the nearby football field and headed to the middle to avoid telephone wires and other bullshit entering the frame. The picture is pretty simple but I think it worked with the topic.

0 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

KESKIPOHJANMAA: Guardia Nueva rehearsal. 08 Jul 2008 Posted by Leinonen.

Anu Hälvä and Matti Korkiala are performing with the Guardia Nueva orchestra at the Wanha Kalle week @ Kokkola. Here they are rehearsing with Raimo Vertainen.

2 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

KESKIPOHJANMAA: Gravedigger reportage 07 Jul 2008 Posted by Leinonen.

Joel Slotte has a summerjob working at the Graveyard. As an addition to the normal gardening chores he and his co-workers help dig graves.

The actual digging is done by machines but after that it's their job to finish the final resting place to suitable condition. There must not be footprints or anything in the bottom of the grave.

Working at the graveyard provides multiple different tasks one can try and master, you don't have to be an expert at cutting bushes right away, there is plenty of room to learn during the summer.

The guys said that working at the graveyard is nice because it's not too strict by the minute type of work. Some chores require that you wait for someone else to be ready. For example trimming the bushes is a one man job, the rest of them just clean after the guy with the saw.

The workers think that there is a certain feel to the work, certain respect. Often you find yourself wondering what happened to these people, why did these children die at such a young age, etc.

And this is what the story looked like in the paper, with a kick ass text by Jussi Koivisto (too bad you can't read the text) and lay-out done with Vesa Pajala:

11 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

KESKIPOHJANMAA: Toivonen animalpark. 06 Jul 2008 Posted by Leinonen.

This small park of animals is one of the most popular locations around the Keskipohjanmaa region. No polar bears or tigers, just cows, kittens, pigs, etc. Animals that kids don't see that much these days.
And I saw two ducks having sex, or making love, whatever you call it. By the looks of it, I'd say it was fullblown rape, but I'm not a duck expert.

0 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

POHJOLAN SANOMAT: The right one. 05 Jul 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

The picture here is from a "4 x the right one" -story. The story was about people finding the "right one" - some personal treasures. Someone had perfect house, someone perfect car, someone perfect horse...and lady here had the right Lundia bookshelf for her.

I must say that I was expecting a little bit more than half empty bookshelf when we went to talk to her and take the pictures. She asked me to take a picture where you could not see that the books had been removed couple of days earlier... Well, that was an impossible thing to do... I thought that he only way to make an interesting shot out of this was to show everything... I hope she didn't mind this a little bit humorous picture.

0 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

POHJOLAN SANOMAT: Sampo bank. 04 Jul 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

Here in Finland the Sampo bank has been in trouble since it merged with some Danish bank few months ago. The internet services didn't work properly and there has been malfunctions with credit cards and with ATM machines also. Due to this a lot of customers have moved to another banks and Sampo has lost thousands of customers. The news here was that Sampo is still losing customers... I had the idea of taking a picture where customers were walking out of the bank, but it did not work because the entrance was not the way I imagined it to be. So I tried to get the same feeling with just people passing by.

0 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

POHJOLAN SANOMAT: Sinikka Hurskainen. 03 Jul 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

Sinikka Hurskainen, a member of the Finnish parliament, but also an artist, at the opening of her new art exhibition in Pohjantähti -opisto, Keminmaa.

0 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

POHJOLAN SANOMAT: Pohjantähti principal. 02 Jul 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

A portrait of the principal of the Pohjantähti -school, Pauli Karihtala.

1 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

KESKIPOHJANMAA: Voimaviivat graphic exhibition. 01 Jul 2008 Posted by Leinonen.

This image wasn't published in the paper, instead of this there were 4-5 colums wide picture of some of the works presented in the exhibition. I originally meant for that picture to act as a small headline picture on the frontpage, but somehow it got mixed up. I thought that was the wrong choice to make because the story quoted this guy (local artist, Esa Riippa) frequently and he gave us the whole tour with great info about the work. Here's the picture that did appear in the paper:

Yeah of course it shows the work better, but I think showing the passionate guy who spoke in the story with some work would work better as the main picture. I don't know, what do you think? For me, the one below is just a reproduction of some work (artist Kuutti Lavonen) in the exhibition. Mmmm, too bad the other one got left out.

0 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

KESKIPOHJANMAA: In the movies. 30 Jun 2008 Posted by Leinonen.

The story was about going to the movies, and how big movies like Indiana Jones 4 (kicks ass by the way) and Sex in the city have brought the cinema back in the game this summer.

We went to see how people still turned out to the 17th viewing of Sex in the city. The theater wasn't full, but plenty of people (mostly women) showed up.
I don't know about this Sex in the city movie, but you should definately be a man and go see the fourth Indy flick, just to get that extra hair on your chest. Serious coolness.

0 comments on this blog article. Voit kommentoida myös suomeksi!

<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>