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Lapsimessut 2012

Lapsimessut - Child Expo in Helsinki last weekend. I was half working half having fun with Enja :). I think we tested and tried everything, talked to interesting people and spent all day there.

I was "present" at the Biggu stand with my photos on the back wall and also at the Satakunta stand with one of my family photos of a mum with two girls on the back wall.

Thanks for everyone who we met! A fun day and at the end of it I think I was the most tired :).

Fazer and Juoksija magazine

Some recent images of mine used in magazines - a photo of sea buckthorn in running magazine "Juoksija" and an image of a cute couple in Fazer's "F" magazine.

I've had a pretty busy weekend - first at 'Lapsimessut' child expo on Friday - I was photographing for Kids Factory but also got to talk to so many wonderful people and met lots of friends. And Enja had the time of her life - I thought that we'll probably be there for a couple of hours but spent the whole day there from 10am to 5.30pm. So to everyone we met - thank you and it was really nice to see you all :).

At Kids Factory

:). Our days at Kids Factory :).

Behance portfolio

I'm now on Behance! My gallery can be found here http://be.net/Elina_Manninen, you can have a look at my work there :).

Breakfast

It's Friday and I think I'm heading home soon, but here's a few photos I've been working with this week. All shot with natural light, with backlight (which I love). Two small reflectors on front and camera on tripod. I love to photograph people, but I also love photographing food (hih maybe because usually I get to eat it afterwards... ).

Pregnancy fitness

These are from a recent pregnancy fitness shoot that I did for all the different stock agencies that I photograph for (can be found for example from Shutterstock & Kuvapankki.org).

Yesterday I got my hubby home from the Sahara - and he was fine. I think he had 2 little blisters in his feet after the whole Marathon des Sables... but I think I will see his photos of other people's feet later and they don't look that cute :).

Big workday in Salo on Sunday with my sister - and I just realized it's already Thursday :). I think in my week i have a Monday. Then I have a Friday usually. And then Monday again. When did the weeks start to going that fast or am I just getting old (hih and quicker than before :) ). Will share more about that project when the time is right :).