Portraits from an Historic Area Near Espoonkartano

Xochiquetzal · Post by **Xochiquetzal** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:31 pm

thanks for looking!

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mCowboy · Post by **mCowboy** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:36 pm

great photos as always...

do you use a pod or shoot freehand?

Xochiquetzal · Post by **Xochiquetzal** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:03 pm

Never a tripod for people, no. Tripods are good if you use really slow shutter speeds - and you can't do that with people unless you want blurry pics

Mattlill2000 · Post by **Mattlill2000** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:05 pm

antstar · Post by **antstar** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:09 pm

They are fantastic Xochiquetzal! I've had a really good traditional day here, with the easter witches and capped off by your pictures. They would make terrific postcards.

Spectra · Post by **Spectra** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:20 pm

beautiful as usual!!

easily-lost · Post by **easily-lost** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:05 pm

The third one is so gorgeous! (Top favorite)

Xochiquetzal · Post by **Xochiquetzal** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:52 pm

Thanks. Amidst all the growsing about the differences between Finland and our homelands, it's really nice to remember the sheer beauty found here. Between the architecture and the nature, there's some wonderful vistas and history to explore.

enk · Post by **enk** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:29 pm

How funny, you came to mind when I was just in Norway

Great pics!

-enk

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:27 am

we still got a few hidden spots tucked under!!

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:49 pm

Another set of fine pics... makes me feel a mere dabbler myself

The Norwegian dress, IMO, does not seem wildly out of place in the pictures. It's probably only if you're more familiar with differences in folk dresses... then it might disturb more

Have you taken any other sort of pics than portraits?

Xochiquetzal · Post by **Xochiquetzal** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:15 pm

Thanks guys. I really love photographing IN Finland. And people are the anchor in the photos for me - just can't think of taking a picture without one

Sammy, I'll be happy to shoot you if you'll show me all those cool places you keep photographing!

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:27 pm

Xochiquetzal wrote:Sammy, I'll be happy to shoot you if you'll show me all those cool places you keep photographing!

Cripes! Was that a promise... or a threat?

Ah well. Cool places...? Mostly Helsinki, on my walking trips - nowhere really special, I try to find the extraordinary in the ordinary

Took this set of B/W today in Malminkartano/Vantaa. The snapshots, in a curiously inverted manner, kind of became a "visual soundtrack" to the Raison d'Etre album I was listening to... weird stuff.

Btw - you're almost exactly the opposite of me; I tend to avoid including people in my pictures as much as possible

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