New Photo Series - Mikkeli Harbour!

Saturday 1/7/23, time 5:53 PM

Mikkeli Harbour - fiber glass, old steam boats, restaurant ship Frigate Toivo and an odd floating sauna.

Shortcut to my gallery: MIKKELI HARBOUR   

New - Prague Spring!

Tuesday 10/4/22, time 8:27 PM

Check my new BW Series Prague Spring. No picture postcards guaranteed.

Shortcut to my gallery: PRAGUE SPRING

New - Island on the Rocks Series!

Wednesday 8/24/22, time 8:39 PM

Check my new BW Series Island on the Rocks! Ice Age old stones cover the beaches and the coastline of Kaunissaari Island in the waters of Eastern Gulf of Finland.

Shortcut to my gallery: ISLAND ON THE ROCKS | Simo Väisänen | Photographs and Blog (simovaisanen.fi)

My Fav Image - Kamera Mag 3/2022

Tuesday 8/23/22, time 4:03 PM

The Finnish Kamera-lehti (Camera Mag) 3/2022 published an article about me and my circus images in their series Mielikuvani - My Fav Image under the title Elämä on yhtä sirkusta (Life is a Circus.) My fav image presents Michelle Musser the Clown performing with Circus Finlandia in 2918. Text and my foto: Juha Laitalainen.

https://kamera-lehti.fi/mielikuvani-simo-vaisanen/

Sneak Peek into the Future

Monday 2/28/22, time 9:07 PM

The latest issue of the Finnish Kamera-lehti (Kamera Mag 2/22) gave a sneak peek into the future. Coming up in the next issue (3/22) on sale 8 april. Kamera-lehti presents me and one of my images under the title Mielikuvani (My Fav Photo.)

Spectaculum Magazine - My circus images

Monday 2/28/22, time 8:05 PM

Spectaculum Magazine published some of my circus images together with a short interview in their last 2020 issue (31.12.2020). Thank you Spectaculum Magazine!

Click here to the article: CIRCUS

The Pictorial Mag - My Story and Inteview

Tuesday 10/27/20, time 10:32 PM

The Pictorial Mag No. 96 published my article The Show Must Go On on my circus images together with an interview with images from my two other foto series The Finns and Almost Photography Series. Thank you The Pictorial Mag and Karin Svad!

The Pictorial Mag My story: The Show Must Go On

Nikon Z 7 II Product Tour Video

Friday 10/16/20, time 6:04 PM

Nikon Z 6II Product Tour Video

Friday 10/16/20, time 5:55 PM

The Pictorial-List, Instagram and me 2

Saturday 10/10/20, time 6:16 PM

The Pictorial-List mentioned me and published my image in their HAPPY HASHTAG DAY publication on Instagram and their site https://www.thepictorial-list.com/ . This HAPPY HASTAG DAY selection was curated by photographer Adrian Rh. His Instagram account >>> @adriano.rh .

I took this photo on a foggy October morning at 6.55 AM when I was fetching the newspaper.

THE NEXT CHAPTER - Z6 II and Z 7II. Nikon makes new history!

Tuesday 9/29/20, time 10:41 PM

Nikon finally launches the next Z generation! Online launch event on 14.10.2020 (Wed). Check you local timetable according to your region.

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Circus in Finland

Sunday 9/13/20, time 11:53 PM

I have always been a great fan of circus. It all begun when me and my kid brother hadn't even started school yet. Our Mum took us to a circus which had come to our home town Kuopio in Finland. We saw lions, dogs, horses and one Indian elephant doing their act with their trainer or tamer behind his or her whip. Nowadays there are no wild animals in circuses in Finland. That's the law. I believe that's ok. Lions belong to Africa.

There's one image though that will stay in my mind forever. A trapeze act is an essential part of any circus. In 1960's there were no safety nets in circuses. That first ever evening at the circus there was this already a bit elderly German couple with their only son in his twenties. The son flew through the air and his parents kept watching him closely at the same time taking care of the ropes that controlled the trapeze bars. Suddenly the son couldn't catch the bar coming towards him and he came down almost head first and thudded on the sawdust. The poor mother run screaming to his son and started caressing gently his back with her hand. Soon we heard the ambulance. The paramedics did their act and in no time the ambulance headed to the hospital with the whole family in it. The circus band started playing again and the ringmaster announced the next performance. The show must go on! 

Circus in Finland Series - Click here: Circus in Finland

The Pictorial Mag No. 96 published a long article The Show Must Go On on my circus images together with an interview - Click here: The Show Must Go On

Z - Mirrorless Is the Future!

Wednesday 9/9/20, time 9:13 PM

I've been using mirrorless cameras ever since 2006. My first one was a bridge camera Canon Powershot Pro 1. It was slow but it had quality  optics. I even shot two weddings with it and finally donated it to a young friend of mine in Yemen. 

After Canon EOS 7D, Fujifilm X100, X100S, X100T, XPro 1 and XPro 2 and a plethora of optics I finally dumped APS-C size sensor and jumped on the Nikon Z train. One of the  reasons for switching from Fuji to Nikon was the end of Fujifilm Finland. Instead of Fujifilm Finland and a trusted camera repair in Helsinki we got Fujifilm Nordic somewhere in Sweden. No way! Keep your damn jack!

When Nikon released Z6 and Z7 cameras with only three lenses in August 2018 the internet exploded. Only one card slot! No working eye detection af! No battery grip! Only f1.8 and f4 lenses! Soon YouTube was full of similar songs. The world is not enough! Check Nikon Z6 now after firmware Ver.3.10!

I jumped on the Nikon Z train in August 2019. After unboxing my new Z6  I was literally struck with awe. The camera body felt good in my hands and the viewfinder was something I had never experienced before. Must say it was love at first sight!

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The Pictorial-List, Instagram and me

Sunday 9/6/20, time 9:23 PM

The Pictorial-List most obviously like my photograph and kindly mentioned me in their Instagram Stories. I photographed Tapio Manninen, the logger when he was thinning a small grove next to our house . Thank you Tapio for the shot! And thank you The Pictorial-List for presenting my image in your Instagram Stories!

My instagram account: @simovaisanen

The Pictorial-List showcase the work of photographers from all over the globe to explore and be inspired by. Photographers whose pictures convey the essence of a place, or who find the extraordinary in an ordinary place; photographers whose images tell a story.

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Z coming soon!

Thursday 9/3/20, time 3:41 PM

Video:B&W Street Photography - What Are the Finns Like? Volume 1.

Friday 1/31/20, time 9:56 AM

B&W Street Photography - What Are the Finns Like? Volume 1. Old school B&W images of ordinary Finns living their lives up North between Sweden and Russia. Enjoy! Like & subscribe!

Merry Christmas One And All!

Tuesday 12/24/19, time 2:39 PM

Merry  Christmas  one  and  all!   Drink lots,  eat lots.   Be happy,  be strong  and  be  safe.

Thank You 200 000 visitors!

Tuesday 12/3/19, time 7:32 PM

200 000 visitors and counting! Hope you all have enjoyed your visit! You're welcome to come back anytime!

Home Sweet Home Series

Wednesday 11/13/19, time 9:32 PM - Simo Väisänen

Finally something new. Added my latest photo series Home Sweet Home to my album.

We all seem to know what real estate ads and especially their images look like. Of course there are as many photographers as real estate agents but in most cases home ads show us homes and houses that are styled for sale and look spick-and-span.

In this photo series The Empire Strikes Back. The images in Home Sweet Home  present an intimate insight to a home where love resides, memories are created, friends and family belong  and laughter never ends. It's a home for ordinary people.  And it's  absolutely not for sale.

Home Sweet Home Series - click here:  Home Sweet Home

My Photography - My Rules

Friday 11/17/17, time 3:26 PM

1. "We know too much about how photographs look. Or pictures look. It is the easiest thing in the world. It is natural to make those pictures we know. It's boring, you don't learn anything that way. You keep making what you know... So I try to deal with things - I've worked out my own way, I guess, to contend with that problem of being programmed about knowing too much about pictures."              

Garry Winogrand

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