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 :).

Light testing again :) I Valokuvaaja Elina Manninen

Waiting for our model again - what else is there to do than photograph Merja :). Totally empty Merikaapelihalli in Kaapelitehdas and afternoon (very quickly disappearing) light.

Tomorrow morning I'm off to Portugal for 6 weeks! So no work in Finland during that time, I'm taking bookings starting from January the 16th. Hopefully we have some snow then as well :). In Portugal I will be working with designer Pedro Reis to get all my new stuff ready. I will also be with Erik Reis in his studio. So I think I have to pack now. I will be updating my blog from there as well so don't go away :).

Pregnancy I Valokuvaaja Helsinki

This week has been busy and I can't believe I'm already going to Portugal next week! Time goes so quickly :). We have been shooting snowboarders this week but somewhere in the middle of that there's always time for light testing and maternity :).

In Portugal we will be working hard to get out my new site and blog and portfolio. And I will also be working with Erik Reis in his studio (and learning a lot). So can't wait to go. And also we will be seeing the sun - at the darkest time of winter here in Finland without any snow you kind of start to miss it. But I also have our ice skates ready to go, already waiting for us to come back :).

Stock photography

I've been trying to get my stock photography side of things going lately - a lot of hard work! This image is one of my most downloaded photos on one of the sites. I was also accepted to Rodeo, one of the finnish agencies. Just have to get my photos up there now!

Here are links to my galleries on the major stock sites:

iStockphoto
Shutterstock
Dreamstime
Fotolia
123rf

Here's a link to Elfina facebook group as well!

Another pregnancy session

Another pregnancy session with this girl before the baby arrives!

More maternity...

More from my yesterday's maternity shoot...

Sneak peek - maternity

I just had a maternity session and uploaded two as a sneak peek for my client :)
More to come...
I'm also about to photograph a birth of a baby - that too might happen today! Exciting.

New blog!

I think it's finally time to start my business blog!
These photos are from a maternity session a few weeks ago, a shoot we almost cancelled because of rain. In the end the weather turned out to be gorgeous!