I did find something green in the end, I found a bowl of green lollipops that was an answer to my silent wish.
Read More
All articles filed in Photography
Magic of green
Originally posted on ART BY RITVA:
Magical green woods just a dapple Green is the theme of the month on my photography blog Ritva Sillanmäki Photography so I tried to create art in greens here too. Hope you enjoy it. This one started quite simple, then I had an urge to try to take it…
How to survive November 2021 Day 4
Pear, so sweet and shapely and like me, Bottom heavy 🙂 It is green, I am not. Our favorite month, November! This year we’ll get rid of gray by painting the month in green. Lepis from Parallel lines has hosted this challenge for years, I have been part of it for several years too, feel…
Read More
How to survive November 2021 Day 3
Surprise, I went to the grocery store 😀🛒only to find green everywhere Our favorite month, November! This year we’ll get rid of gray by painting the month in green. Lepis from Parallel lines has hosted this challenge for years, I have been part of it for several years too, feel free to join us 🙂…
Read More
How to survive November 2021 Day 2
Our favorite month, November! This year we’ll get rid of gray by painting the month in green. Lepis from Parallel lines has hosted this challenge for years, I have been part of it for several years too, feel free to join us 🙂 Open your world to a green November and enjoy your creativity. How…
Read More
How to survive November 2021 Day 1
Today starts all of our favorite month, November! This year we’ll get rid of gray by painting the month in green. Lepis from Parallel lines has hosted this challenge for years, I have been part of it for several years too, feel free to join us 🙂 My first green is a collage I did…
Read More
Moment of light
Autumn in the city
I took my husband to the doctor and during his visit I took some autumn color shots from the city. The flu season has started after being almost nonexistent during Covid, my husband had it and now I am sick first time in three years. I had forgotten how it feels. Not nice. Well anyway,…
Read More
Driving into the mist
Sweets for my honey
Oh, the utter lack of willpower to resist the temptation. I felt like a kid in a candy store.
Read More
Welcome October
Time flies and older you get, the quicker it goes in my growing experience. Just now it was September and well month has passed. The days are getting shorter, darkness is slowly beginning to unfold around us ( is that correct way to say it? ) Well anyways, these are the colors of early October…
Read More
Overload of garlic
In my FB photography group the topic was garlic, but I added some onions as well. Boy, did I take too many shots of garlic, then I played with them in Lightroom. So, sorry I am going to overload you with photos of garlic. I took them, might as well share them. Enjoy them, or…
Read More
After the rain
Foggy skies greeted us first thing in the morning, I took my time before I went outside to take some photos. I had my furry little friend following me. These I took with my mobile, and little bit later I took the camera for a walk.
Read More
Towards the rain
We took an early start to the weekend. We left nice weather behind and headed towards the rain, summer house. We could see the clouds turning dark grey over the highway. And it rained when we got there and continued to do so all night. Luckily we were nice and warm inside with the fireplace…
Read More
Portrait in Monochrome
Something I noticed #28
Something I noticed is that I was not able to do all thirty-one posts of Something I noticed. I truly tried. SO this is my last post on this theme. I saw this decoration on a gate I think I am going to go floral next month? Flowers to celebrate the colors of the season?…
Read More
Something I noticed #27
Something I noticed, the beautiful light coming in, the white curtains and tablecloth. the window view is not the most spectacular one, but many times that is the case. Still, I hope you are enjoying it anyway. Simplicity is the theme in this one, I think.
Read More
Something I noticed #26
Something I noticed, the beautiful light coming in, the white curtain, and green walls to match the colors on the other side of the window, hope you are enjoying the same sight now. I also did a black and white version as the contrast and light kind of demanded me to do so, you know…
Read More
Something I noticed # 25
Something I noticed while sitting in the early autumn afternoon was my lovely little cat Tinka enjoying the same moment with me.
Read More
The wonder s of water lilies
I annually visit Mustio castle. I love the beautiful park and the dock that is surrounded by water lilies. I have yet to unload my camera disk, these I took with with my mobile.
Read More
New fence
We had a fence here before and if you have been following my posts for some time you have seen several shots showing it. We had to take it down as the foundation was not the best and it started to lean towards and backwards. We did not have anything there for couple summers, but…
Read More
Hay time
Watching others work. It is that time of the year when hay is being gathered from the fields, this summer earlier than usual I was not expecting to have a summer holiday this year, but suddenly I found out that I could have two weeks. So hip hurray, I am on vacation 😊
Read More
Featured artist in Curatorial Volume.3
Originally posted on ART BY RITVA:
Yeah, I am one if the featured artists Curatorial Volume.3?is a captivating documentation of today’s leading contemporary artists showcasing current artwork of the highest calibre. This book takes a rare and insightful behind-the-scenes look at the lives and creative practices of artists working in multiple disciplines from around the…
Pickings from a road trip
These are the only images I took that had something that connects them to this Fiskars Village, others are just things that caught my eye in the surroundings. You know, this and that. This is a town we nearly every summer visit, so I have all the tourist shots from previous years. Then again I…
Read More
A drink
Having a drink at a restaurant enjoying my own company, actually I am waiting for a drive home. We are still experiencing unusually warm weather, so what I seem to be doing is taking photos of drinks in nice glasses. Happy Joy cider with lots of ice will keep me occupied for at least hour…
Read More
Friends
Friends, the essential part of my life, extended family. Someone to share thoughts and laughs with. Yesterday evening I did just that on a warm evening by the sea
Read More
Ritva Sillanmäki Photography 