In the rain

   Lately we've been trying to learn our dogs to travel by car. The benefits are obvious, it's nicer for the dogs with all those new smells and for me it means maybe a few more images into my portfolio, and of course it's always great to be together with the family and do stuff. On Monday we drove a bit out from the town, unleashed the beasts and started to walk. A Little flipping stones resulted in a nice small smooth snake, but mainly I shot landscapes. Suddenly it started to rain, but as fast as it started as fast it ended too, and finally the sun revealed it self in all its glory. One reminder I got, wast that always carry a towel of some kind with you. Very essential when the rain pours down and gets in to your lens.

This spring

  Thought it would be nice to post a few photos from this spring. As usual, I've been so busy or lacking inspiration that keeping this blog up to date... Who cares.  I had the possibility to enjoy  the cold Finnish spring, that meant mainly landscapes. In Bulgaria I visited a waterfall called Skaklya. Even if the waterfall was amazing, my highlight for the trip was a nose-horned viper we found on the path. And then a few random images from this spring.

Good light, good shadows

    Light and shadow, the two go so well together, and it's always nice to have a good combination of them both in an image. In this image of Demu, our brave little husky, you can see both good light and a nice shadow on the wall adding some impact on the image. Best time for playing with shadows is usually in the morning or in the evening, when the sun hits the ground from a low angle, all this of course if you prefer natural light, like in this pic. Then you can always use some artificial lighting if you feel, and make good shadows when ever you like.

   

A photo shoot in an abandoned military base

  Abandoned buildings and portraits, that's a cool combination. Yesterday a friend asked me if I would like to make a few images with him in them. When someone want's to be photographed and asks me to do it, I'm more than happy to help. So, where to go, is always a good question. I didn't need to think too long, because lately I've been visiting an abandoned army base quite often. A peaceful place for walking the dogs, but works as a scene for photos too. So there we went. My buddy wanted to have a guitar in the pics, so we took one with us. For the images I mostly used a speedlight with a DIY grid attached on, plus one extra flash to get some extra light on the background or as a fill.

                                     
                            

A day in the Vrachanski Balkan

  Definitely had fun today hiking up the steep rocks of Vrachanski Balkan. It's not really the best time of the year, still some snow here and there, and even some rain came down when we arrived to Vratsa. Who cares if the weather is not on your side, the most important thing is to have fun. For me it meant enjoying good company and some landscape as well as portrait photo opportunities too. 

No time? It's time to combine

  When you don't have enough time for everything, it might be a good idea to combine things.Like for example at the moment I'm writing this post and enjoying my morning coffee. Lately it seems there has not been too much of hours left for photos so even there I try to find a way to do many things at once. Here's a couple of images from a combination sports/walkingthedog/photography/urbanexploration. Lots of things I just love. All the images made with my smart phone.

Getting 2016 started

  First photo trip for this year is behind and it meant wet feet. But it was nice, not the wet feet, but the trip it self. When the snow starts to melt all the tiny brooks turn in to rivers and if you don't wear rubber boots it means that soon you are not as dry as you would like to. I'm eagerly waiting already for the spring to come, when all the tiny small critters crawl out from their holes and caves. That's after, maybe about two to three months, so until that I'll just have to shoot other things such as landscapes for example.