Some pictures from last friday

Posted on: November 22nd, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

Pictures of our sales department personnel

I took some pictures of our sales and marketing people. I haven’t had time to go through all of them but the image above show some of the images I took. I was asked to photograph subjects like “closing a deal”, “business meeting” etc. There are about a hundred pictures on my computer to edit and select from. I hope I can find time to finish this project soon as I have plenty of other tasks waiting to get done. (more…)

Exercise: Multiple points

Posted on: November 20th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

Relation of the objects

The objective of this exercise is to photograph a group of objects and to find how a group of objects implies a network of lines and can create a shape. This exercise put my skills on test to group the objects so that they are linked attractively in a relationship that is active rather than obvious and static.
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Photographing our company personnel

Posted on: November 17th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

Small samples of photos taken on 16th of November 2011

This week I have been taking photos for our company marketing and web site. I took some photos of our personnel on wednesday and I will continue the session tomorrow. The picture above is a sample of the style of the photos I took. (more…)

Autumn – love it, hate it

Posted on: November 13th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

My dog Ira posing

Ira the Dog posing


It’s been a while since my last post. It may look that I haven’t done any photography but actually I’ve been busy with my work and some photography too. I have photographed a few occasions (seminars and courses) in our company. In the following week, I need to photograph all of our new employees and many of the old ones too. (more…)

Assingment 1: Contrasts

Posted on: July 30th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

So I finally published my first assignment. To help my tutor follow my progress, I decided to add each new assignment as a page in my blog. In this way the assignments are not lost among the other posts. You are welcome to check it out. The link is in the sidebar on the right or use this link Assingment 1: Contrasts

Contrasts, rounded

Preparing my first assingnment: Contrasts

Posted on: July 26th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

I’m currently preparing my first assignment. This assignment is about finding contrasts like long/short, still/moving, straight/curved. I have noticed that when I have a project like this my mind starts to work on a subconscious level. I start to see “curves” everywhere and “smooth” or “rough”.

Inside the "Color sphere"

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Photographs from the Guardian web site

Posted on: July 20th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

I just found the eyewitness photographs on the Guardian site. There are some really amazing photographs and what I found interesting is the “Pro tip” beside every photograph explaining what makes the photograph good. There is good advice about lighting, lens choice etc. Some of the info is quite obvious but it’s good to read something of the photograph. Otherwise it’s too easy to browse the photographs quickly and not pay attention why the photograph feels good. I like to see good photographs taken by others and I always try to analyze the photograph with the knowledge I have and try to explain myself why I like it or don’t like. I also find it inspiring and I get more ideas for my own photography.

Exercise: Cropping

Posted on: July 19th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

panoramic image made of 5 different images

This exercise was about cropping and recomposing an image. I chose three of my old photographs and as I examined them, I tried to find a better composition or balance. Sometimes it is a good (or even only) method to remove distracting details from an image. These images show no such example but for example in my pictures from Drag race (Nitro Nationals 2011) elsewhere in my blog, I had to crop some images to remove unwanted details from the foreground. (more…)

Exercise: Vertical and horizontal frames

Posted on: July 17th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

This exercise was to photograph the same location twice. First taking 20 photographs vertical and then analyze the images. Then return to the location and take next 20 photographs horizontal of every vertical composition  I took in the first time. (more…)

Visiting an art exhibition

Posted on: July 17th, 2011 by Kari Selovuo No Comments

Obscured Objects


I was visiting my friends in Jyväskylä, a smallish city in central Finland. We visited an art exhibition, which was in an old factory. The rugged, pale concrete ceiling an floor created a nice contrast to the paintings and sculptures. There was also photographs which I found very interesting. Especially images that were exposed to photographic paper with a pinhole camera. (more…)