The last few days of making the movie “Veijarit”.. I wasn’t there to photograph seaguls, but I did it anyway in between taking shots of the awesome people and beautiful scenes.
I wish all weeks could start like this. I wish all the people could start their weeks like this.
Arrived to Cardiff today and met up with Martyn in the city. Came over to his place, had a couple of glasses of red wine & hamburgers, then lazied around until the afternoon. Took a nice walk in the park (I LOVE the park!), had a nice cup of Nero coffee while Mart had a leaking cup of banana-something juice, which he actually couldn’t drink after all. So it ended up on the table, chairs and finally, some of it into Jo’s mouth.
Yes I think these details concerning our beverages were very interesting and relevant.
After that the two of them abandoned me in front of CIA to queue to John Mayer’s gig. Seemed hopeless, but when the line started moving, in only took 5 minutes to get in. And I got close to the stage too!
Hilights of the gig: Belief, absolutely. Stop This Train. John’s fooling around looking goofy, speeches & jokes, the fun backup singer ladies and well, most of the evening. Just awesome. Oh! And Ellie Goulding, the warm-up act. I listened to some of her songs before leaving home and didn’t like them much but dammit! I just couldn’t help loving her. Amazing singer, fun personality, good live show.
But Mayer, oh. I still can’t believe I got to see him play live OR that the gig is now actually over and I’m not sure if I’m ever gonna see him play again.. as I updated my Twitter account:
Spent the night at the Stansted airport, arrived to Dublin early yesterday morning. Lots of walking, a photo exhibition (Witness to War), streets, parks.. an afternoon hockey game at a pub with Kirsi & a few others. Cider in pitches. Fun. I love this country so so so.
All taken with cellphone, so quality a bit so and so. Well, anyway!
..got ~1000 photos of the bands we went to see. And still missed a couple of happenings taking place on stage.
What an awesome trip, once again. I love my girls. I love my boys. I love sitting in the car, singing out loud; sleeping in Omppu, spending a hangover day at a spa, dodging drunken people who are about to push me over with my camera. I love life on weekends like this.
Tomorrow, Tavastia. And while waiting for the live photos of Phoenix Effect and Poets of the Fall, I give you a hooded crow. What an awesome character.
Added a few tags. This needed them all!
..with a project. I’m suddenly so involved with this fun thing called Harakan Taivas, which would translate into Magpie’s Heaven beautifully. It’s a retro / second hand clothing store my friend decided to start, and wanted me to join the project…
So, for the last week or more, I’ve been painting the walls, planning the interior & doing all kinds of things related to the store itself and of course, the promotion of it. We have a blog too [click!], but it’s in Finnish – I’ll translate some of it to English at some point, but at least there are a lot of pictures of what we’re doing. In case you’re interested :)
Also, some nice news about my photography. I took part in this fun competition put up by an awesome nature photographer called Chris Weston, and ended up in the top three! But the best part of the whole thing was his commentary on my swan photo. Here’s a quote:
“In this image by Tiia Ohman, the photographer has made great use of the elements of design in order to capture a striking, graphic image of a relatively common subject. A perfect exposure has brought out in vivid detail the varying textures of the swan’s feathers, creating an almost 3-dimensional appearance to the photograph.”
“Seeing the detail, as in the Swan, is a perfect example of learning to see. A brilliant effort.”
-Chris Weston [see his website here.]
Imagine that! I think these comments are something I’ll cherish for the next few months – that is, if National Geography doesn’t call me up and ask if they can publish my photos. Ha ha ha. Maybe in a few more years… (what a dream!)
So, that’s that, all is well here, inspiration & long days.. Hope you’re all happy & well! Leave a comment before you leave!
