I enjoy looking sky, trees and surfaces...then just let my mind fly and meet my creatures, faces and such! I was trying to create my own surfaces like that here, lets see how they work.
I shot this animation one year ago about how this nice hand made Costo hat from Finland is put together. Check more about the AMAZING products from www.costo.fi
I met some great riders from Liverpool England and Ireland on my Barcelona vacation. Here is their wicked web edit of the trip. My photos coming out soon…somewhere. Lets live our dreams boys n girls, BigUp Jason, Phil, Paul, Bengo n rest of you guys!
I took this picture few weeks ago in Lauttasaari on the way to feel the last breeze of calm sea ice. This guy made the day perfect, I was so excited that I forgot to ask his name...if you know him please let me know, thanks!
Info: Double exposure with Nikon FE2, Nikkor 85 mm 1.8D, Film Provia 400X.
I had finally photo session with my man Dennis Nylund aka B-Boy Ätä. Some of these will also be seen in the latest We are Helsinki magazine, check it out! Thanks to Anttoni for loaning me that dope JVC gettoblaster from the 80s.
In december I had a quick photo session with Leena Rissanen and Lina Ozolina (in this photo) during their normal training at Myllypuro. It was very interesting but really hard at first to shoot it. You really need to know a bit of the moves before you get good results, luckily their coach was there to help me out with the timing. We are planning to shoot more soon!
Just got this from post! Another big surprise for me from the guys there in California. I am really happy about the photo getting to contents, Thanks Jeff at Ride Transworld and Martti Kuoppa!
These two photos were featured in the latest Cream issue. Thanks Matthias and Pedro for riding! Here Matthias Dandois fighting wars with his magic tricks!
Pedro Melo found this rail while watching some history document in the TV. He wrote the adress up and this was his second visit making love with this incredible rollercoaster secret rail in Portugal 2008!
Sometimes it is cold in Finlandia and things freeze! My camera was frozen in lapland during chrismas holidays, hiking in -20 celcius and havin the camera on your shoulder like on a beach holiday in portugal was not clever...
Flow festival this year was great! Lots of music I like, jesh! I had my 35mm Nikon FE2 wit me in the Flow. Thanks for all bands and organisers! This band is CSS.
In june 2008 there was huge F1 happening held in Warsaw Poland and I was asked to shoot photos of BMW freestyle stuntriders doing shows there. These guys do many kind of wheelie variations, crazy stops and burnouts with those 200 kg street motorbikes.
Flatstyles article photos featured in Cream issue #30
Martti Kuoppa organised this summer once again the flatstyles jam in Helsinki on 12.7.2008. Raphael Chiquet and Matthias Dandois from Paris (Cream) came to ride and party aswell, they wrote a little story of their trip. I bet they have some more juicy party etc. photos but they were maybe afraid to publish…hehe good times! Thanks all you riders who made it happen! Check for more…to see some of my other flatstyles footage.
I met guys who design and build these kind of cruiser bikes. I went to their studio to check out the scene a bit...these are really fine ass bikes I can tell you! This bike has more than 4 meters of welding in and it is made of traffic sign poles. This one is made by Jussi Luntamo with help of Mikko Huuhka.
Simpel Session is anual bmx and skate competition in Estonia. January is coming and it is time to prepare your self for this awsome event, here is some of my last years photos. Some of them were featured in Cream issue #27/2008.
I took product photos for Costo Oy webstore and product promotion. Costo Oy is fairly new finnish company based in Helsinki. They have unique style and their production is planet friendly…Here is the Super Hero hat made specially for one music artist!
Read and see more about Costo here: www.costo.fi/store
Martti Kuoppa, Viki Gomez and Michael Black Electro (Janne Hyttinen) have been doing shows called Bike n´ Mic all over the world. It is about exlusive bmx freestyle flatland riding and blazing hiphop rhymes getting connected! These guys are loaded with ultimate experience, skills and street credibility among the underground scenes of bmx n music!!! I had a little photo session with Martti and Janne this summer.