Capturing life as it is

October going home

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Fall has arrived and the long Indian Summer is over. Time to bundle up, pack up and get cozy.

October’s photo is taken actually at the same place, where the previous month’s photo – at the nature reserve – but instead of a very low setting, at a much higher setting.

The area as said earlier is offering great bird photography, as it is known as an area for birds to live or gather just before taking off to the south. Here is a photo of a couple of Tundra swans who are on their way to their new home place somewhere warm.

Get your pumpkin flavor on, grab a cookie and get comfy with a book.

Two swans flying in the November sky.

September notice the little things

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“Notice the little things” was taken during the early hours of September 11th six years ago. I used to go with my photography class students every year on the same date just before the sunrise to a beautiful nature trail. We produced the most wonderful photos there, due to little creeks, paths, and shrubs, which provided lovely settings to catch great nature photos.

The area offered mostly great bird photography, as it is known as an area for birds to live or gather just before taking off to the south. But one should also notice the little things, especially when there is no wonderful and sunny sunrise. Then you look and you will find. This beautiful spiderweb with dew droplets on it creates a wonderful visual, which would work excellent as a desktop wallpaper or as a large-format print at any business lobby.

Get lots of fresh air, eat healthily, and spend more time outside, as fall is here and you want to stay healthy!

Spider web in dew during sunrise

August rye field

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Time is surely going by too fast, as it is already golden August.

“Picture perfect” was taken exactly six years ago in Tartu county, Estonia. I was cycling with my photography class students at the time to our summer photography camp location. We saw this gorgeous rye field and cotton soft clouds floating above it.

We all stopped and tried to capture our best shots of this amazing field. I used my graduated neutral density filter to capture the white cloud pillows, while allowing the yellow field look at its best. Sometimes all you need is just some gadget in your camera bag, and no Photoshop filter can help you out.

August is the last month of the summer, so please enjoy it as much as you can, meet your friends, eat good food and take gorgeous photos. If you are looking for a photography partner, please contact me.

Photo used as a landing page background

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I found another photo of mine, which publishing rights I have sold to Tartu City Government a long time ago. First I wasn’t sure if it is really mine, but then I noticed my brother with whom I went out to take the photos by the new AHHAA Science Centre. And also, on the left of the page they have mentioned my name as a photographer. Yayyy!

Check out my photo at Invest In Estonia website. Thank you so much Invest in Estonia for publishing me!

Looking forward to finding more of my photos, as this seems to be such an exciting pastime 🙂

July sunset

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As promised to keep the page more interesting I will change the front page photo monthly.

Beautiful June has turned into July.

“Balmy sunset” was taken in July in Hiiumaa, the second biggest island of Estonia. I was wandering near the sea and capturing the island’s summer beauty. I adore the golden hour. In photography, the golden hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the sun is higher in the sky.

It is nearly impossible and quite pointless to describe the feelings that my home country is creating in my heart when I experience the most magical time during summer golden hour. A little of it can be forwarded perhaps with this photo, but not quite. Being present is way better.

June butterfly

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As promised to keep the page more interesting I will change the front page photo monthly.

Beautiful May has turned into June.

“Let me show you where you live” was not taken in June at all, but in early September. Butterflies are supposed to show you how your summer is going to be. If it is colorful then you will have an exciting and a very happening summer. Summer and butterflies go hand in hand for me.

I visited a nature trail in Southern Estonia and when leaving I took a look at the map by the entrance of the trail. The most colorful butterfly you can find in Estonia, Peacock butterfly, had landed on the map. Hence the name of the photo. Also this is such an unreal combination, something strong and manmade and a tiny and fragile butterfly on it. You are used seeing them flying in the nature setting, mostly having a green background, so this is something else.

Photos published on Montessori Mother

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I did a long one day shoot for Montessori Mother ELC in Berlin a while ago. I have seen my photos used on their different platforms. Sometimes mentioned, sometimes not. Their website looks awesome and is getting a wonderful photo contribution at the moment. Check out yourself Montessori Mother ELC.

It was a fun experience, though there was a misunderstanding about the pay. I learned a lot from this mistake and will avoid this in the future.

I hope there are some other fun shoots like that in the near future.

A little girl at Montessori school in Berlin sitting by the desk and practising using thongs.

May triptych

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As promised to keep the page more interesting I will change the front page photo monthly.

Can’t believe a month has already passed. Time does fly!

“April showers bring May flowers” was taken in Taevaskoja, Estonia in April, 2015. Nature photography has been always been close to my heart though I have never done so good in it. I guess I have been a bit cluttered with my photography. Anyway the photo actually consists of three photos and is called triptych. It is means that work of art is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is mostly used in painting, but can be also applied in photography. What a great way to challenge yourself! Go and catch your own triptych.

Photo published on tartu.ee

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I noticed my photo being used on www.tartu.ee to illustrate an article about the spring break in Estonia, which was a bit different than before.

Seeing these photos popping up is also quite interesting for me, because I have been able to share quite a large number of these photos with the local town government.

Looking forward for the next one.

The article can be found here.