Mira + Matti

I am so glad for my friend for suggesting me to be the photographer for her friends wedding. Mira and Matti sealed the deal and was a great honor to be the one to capture their love on camera. This was my first wedding photoshoot ever so I was super nervous and insecure about myself [...]

25 feeling 23

It's funny how I never thought that I'd be the one not feeling excited about my upcoming birthday. As my friends started turning 25 I felt like I was still 23. I always thought I'd have my life in order by now. I thought I'd be fully independent by now. I thought I'd be strong [...]

Preparing for a Week in Vätsäri

The backpacks are packed, let the social media silence begin (after this). I arrived back to Rovaniemi couple days back, and since that I’ve been packing ever since. I’ve been packing and preparing otherwise for the next six days in the wilderness area of northern Finland called Vätsäri. This is going to be my first [...]

What I Have Been Up to?

Again, I’ve been spending my week traveling around in Finland. Summer goes by so fast. Last week we started our journey to Oulu from Rovaniemi on Thursday and I am still on the road with no end in the near future. Arto never came as South as Oulu, but stayed the whole weekend in a tent near Kiiminki [...]

The Warmer Days

There has been a week of heat, again. There has not been a day without sunshine since we moved There has not been a day without sunshine since we moved to the Finnish side of Lapland. It has been a week of heat and it does not seem to stop. And when I am talking [...]

New Address, New Neighbors

Rovaniemi. I have memorised our new address and navigated my way to closest supermarkets. We have walked around our block. We have found the longest and shortest ways to the city centrum. We have settled into our new home. Even Remu seems to be alright with this life changing move that we decided on without [...]

Graduation Photos and Dreams

The best gift you could ever give "The best gift you could ever give me" Vilma said to me once we took her graduation pictures in Helsinki few weeks back. Why is she thanking me, I kept wondering. This is something that I love to do, in a place that I've always wanted to visit. In that [...]

Thoughts about Jyväskylä

We thought about moving to Jyväskylä for a good while. It is Artos hometown and therefore was one of our options where to start building our life. It is one of the most beautiful and exciting summer cities in Finland. You have a lake, a harbour, centrum and Yläkaupunki which is something like Kallio, but a [...]