People – Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

A walk

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography October 8, 2020

Peopleautumn, Boy, child, lapsi, poika, syksy, walk9 Comments

Entering a world of wonders, a small boy going for a walk.

Calm of the morning

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography October 6, 2020

Landscapes, Peopleautumn, lokakuu, meri, People, romance, Sea, swimming, sykssy2 Comments

To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim, the rocks, the motion of the waves, the ships with men in them. What stranger miracles are there? ~Walt Whitman The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close…

Six years old

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 11, 2020September 11, 2020

Black and White photos, People, Photographylight, Monochrome, muotokuva, mustavalkoinen kuva, People, photography, poika, portrait, valo, valokuvaus15 Comments

The dreaded photographer’s block. I,ve had it. I have it now, sort of, As one is mostly at home. You sit on your couch, you look at your beautiful gear, and you just don’t feel it. You can’t think of anything worth shooting. Nothing takes you. It’s frustrating as hell. An empty feeling. At this…

A mask

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography August 31, 2020

Peopleauto, car, fashion, mask, maski, Miami, muoti, statement2 Comments

I was going through my old photos, I was searching for something totally different, but I found these of a man wearing a mask. I wonder f he still uses it? It certainly is something different

the look

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography August 29, 2020

Black and White photos, PeopleBlack and white, Boy, eyes, glasses, ilme, katse, look, mustavalkoinen kuva, poika, portraitLeave a Comment

Learning is fun

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography August 29, 2020

Black and White photos, People, Photographyatlas, black and white photographs, BNW, Boy, kartasto, mustavalkoinen kuva, oppiminen, poika, portraits6 Comments

The more that you read, the more things ou will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go. -Dr. Seuss

Summer time

Time to enjoy and relax

B&W Edits #2

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 6, 2020

Black and White photos, Peoplea girl, girl, Monochrome photo, People, tyttö4 Comments

I have always for some reason liked these photos, I think that i have captures a feeling, emotion in these shots. I also have a liking for BW photos so I resided to edit them as such. There is a slight change of tone in these as the first edit s slightly warmer, maybe more…

At the pier

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 3, 2020

People, Photography, Traveling USfishing, Pelican, People, pierLeave a Comment

On moment at the end of the dock.

Archive finds ~ edition 1

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 26, 2020

Black and White photos, Peoplebubbles, children, cityscape, France, katukuvaus, kuplat, lastenleikki, Nice, play, ranska, street photography6 Comments

From my archive i found these street photography shots and I’ve edited them to block and white. I think it gives them a more timeless, classic look. I also have color edits, o you have an opinion as to which works better in your opinion? These were taken in Nicè France, hope you enjoy them.…

in my twenties

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 23, 2020

People, Photographybeach, me, scanning7 Comments

Many of us enthusiast photographers are now at home and trying to think of what to photograph. Still life, food photos are the first things that come to mind. I decided not to do that. I am going to start scanning old photos, make a project of it. I have hundred of photos that are…

The Inn at Spanish Bay

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography February 10, 2020February 10, 2020

People, Traveling UScalifornia, sunset, The Inn at Spanish Bay, traveling US3 Comments

The Inn at Spanish Bay at sunset. I have to say it was a truly memorable experience to relax by the warm fire pits with some hors d’oeuvres and cocktails to wait for the sunset and hear and enjoy the sounds of the bagpiper as he puts the golf course to sleep in Scottish tradition.…

Firefighters

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

Peopleediting, firefigters, harjoitus, katukuvaus, palomiehet, palomies, People, practice, street photography6 Comments

I saw these firefighters practice in full gear, running up stairs, climbing ladders, ans carrying the victim those stairs. It looked exhausting in the +35 Celsius heat. And the situation in real situation… I had it easier I took a photos. I edited them all slightly differently, any thoughts? I have been following the fires…

CFFC -smiles

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

People, PhotographyBoy, happy, hymy, iloinen, poika, smile4 Comments

Linked to https://ceenphotography.com/2019/06/04/cffc-smiles/

Evening meal

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 26, 2019

Cities, People, Still lifechinese food, dinner, food, Hong Kong, travel5 Comments

I did take some photos from our first meal, so I might as well share them. How did I do with a subject not so explored by me. And couple BW shots

Why do I do this

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 9, 2019

Landscapes, People, TravelAustralia, beach, Beach life, mist, People, ranta, ranta elämää, sumu, travel, warm day12 Comments

Lazy, or something else, Haven’t been editing my Australia photos as quickly as I would have liked to. Have not even touched the ones I took in Hong Kong. I think, no, I know, I have not taken my camera out but only once since January. I think I am slightly depressed as I am…

Victoria, Brighton Beach

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography February 13, 2019February 13, 2019

Cities, People, TravelAustralia, bathing Boxes, beach, Brighton Beach, colorful, matkustus, ranta, travelLeave a Comment

Here you have 82 distinctive bathing boxes, a row of uniformly proportioned wooden structures lining the foreshore at Brighton Beach. Built well over a century ago in response to very Victorian ideas of morality and seaside bathing, the bathing boxes remain almost unchanged. All retain classic Victorian architectural features with timber framing, weatherboards and corrugated…

Sydney ~2

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography February 1, 2019January 31, 2019

Cities, People, Photography, TravelAustralia, christmas, happy, katukuvaus, life, People, rain, reflections, street photography, Sydney, travel3 Comments

We were rather tired the first day so we walked a bit, some street shots of Sydney few days before Xmas. Our first day and it was raining.

Sydney ~1

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography January 31, 2019

Cities, People, Photographyart, Australia, fun, happy, life, man, matkustus, People, Sydney, travel, women2 Comments

We were greeted in Sydney with this happy dude called Doug and kids of Leo entertaining the crowd by singing. So here are few street photos from George street. I was sitting on a bench as this little kid slept in his dads arms while mom was doing Xmas shopping. The pretty lady across the…

How to survive November~28

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 29, 2018

Cities, People, PhotographyCircus, Helsinki, how to survive November, Talvisirkus6 Comments

I have to admit, I have been busy at work, so the idea of sitting down and opening the computer again has been rather hard, so here I am catching up. I have taken photos daily, most of them crappy. That is why I am not going to post them, I will cheat a bit.…

How to survive November ~5

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 4, 2018

Cities, People, Photographyart, fun, life, Michael Monroe., music, musiikki, People2 Comments

On way to survive is to listen to music. I took these photos of Michael Monroe performing at a work event I attended. Quality is not that great, but then again we are talking and taking photos of surviving darkness.