Spring baby - newborn shoot

Newborns - so special little ones! I usually arrive to a newborn shoot with nothing else than myself and the camera. I do have my flash but I only take it out if it really is too dark. I don't carry around lots of props for the little ones - I think that I will get to know them when I arrive and will use the special items that parents have already prepared for them.

On this day I had no hurry anywhere so lots of time to chat with mum and dad and settle the baby to sleep. A bright day so all done with natural light with my 50mm f1.4 and (my new favourite with newborns) 100mm f2.8 macro.

Gorgeous baby girl. My love to her and her beautiful parents :).

Kohta 18 - movie opening day today!!

The opening night for the movie 'Kohta 18' is tonight! I saw the movie already on Wednesday when they had the premiere night, and I think I didn't even blink during the movie, it was so good. And beautifully shot. I'm so proud of Maarit, can't even imagine how much work goes into a project like this!

Here are some stills and behind-the-scenes shots from along the way! Thank you Maarit for letting me to be a part of all this :).


And here you can watch the first 10 minutes of the movie: http://ylex.yle.fi/ylex-areena/play/1330076836333

Maternity portraits

As you might know I have been building my new website, blog and portfolio with the help of designer Pedro Reis. The new splash page is already up at www.elinamanninen.com and everything else is on the way too. This is the first time I'm building a physical portfolio as well so it's been as much of a mental exercise as taking time to choose the photos. And I'm getting there even if sometimes the job feels huge :). The Porfolio folder is coming soon from Germany (and I'm thanking Merja Yeung from Studio Asadin for advice! ).

These were from a maternity fitness session I did the other week, we also did these beautiful portraits. All the best for the little one who is now about one week old :).