kaupunki – Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

CB&W – Signs

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography January 30, 2020

Black and White photos, Cities, Traveling USBlack & White, CB&W, city, citylife, ihmisiä, kaupunki, Monochrome, People, Signs6 Comments

Signs are every where, mostly I do not take too much notice of them. These go in the theme what I’ve been posting on the blog lately. My trip to Las Vegas and California. I had to add one from the sign capital, Hong Kong. I have never seen so many signs on a street…

Colorful tunnel

The tunnel to the railway station was always dirty, full of graffiti, dark and dingy. Nowadays it is colorful, bright and no one has yet done any graffiti art or scribble there which is a nice surprise

Neon lights galore

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 30, 2019December 30, 2019

Cities, Travel, Traveling UScity life, kaupunki, Las Vegas, neon lights, neon valot, travel Nevada, valoterapiaa2 Comments

No, I am not finished yet. These are mostly from the Las Vegas strip and from our hotel window. Light treatment continues in this post.

Helsinki

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography August 28, 2019

Citiesaugust, city, finland, Helsinki, kaupunki, market placeLeave a Comment

I have looked at Helsinki with a tourist eye as I have seen my friends in the city. Catching up with friends is so much fun, I should take take time more often than I do. Best thing about good friends is that they remain that even if you don’t see that often. Helsinki has…

Street life in color and BNW

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 29, 2019April 29, 2019

Cities, Photography, Travelcitylife, kaupunki, mustavalkoinen kuva, street photography, travel, värikuva1 Comment

Sydney~4~The Bridge

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography February 2, 2019

Cities, Photography, TravelAustralia, city, cityscape, kaupunki, matkustus, Sydney, Sydney Bridge, travelLeave a Comment

We saw the Sydney Bridge during day and during night time. Near and far here are the some of the day shots.

How to survive November 2018~1

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 1, 2018October 31, 2018

Cities, Photographycity, Helsinki, how to survive November, kaupunki, life, lights, Railway station, rautatieasema16 Comments

It is that time of the year again that survival is definitely on my mind. The all consuming darkness drains me. I will survive, I have sunshine on the horizon in December. Most likely most of my photos will be by my mobile as the darkness does not really invite you to take photos unless…

New Edits – colorful Goa

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 16, 2018

Cities, Photography, Travelbuildings, city, colorful houss, house, India, Intia, kaupunki, old goa, travel india, värikäs4 Comments

June – laundry day

June – few more minutes

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 26, 2018June 26, 2018

Cities, People, Photographycity, France, kaupunki, old man, old town Nicé, ranksa, ravintolat, restaurant, street view, vanha kaupunkiLeave a Comment

Restaurants in old town in Nicé making preparations before opening for dinner. Someone was hungry and patiently waited for service

June – colorful

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 17, 2018June 17, 2018

Cities, Photographybright, buildings, colors, France, houses, kaupunki, reflections, town, värikäs, Villafranche sur mer17 Comments

June – Medieval tunnel

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 15, 2018June 15, 2018

Black and White photos, Cities, PhotographyCote d'azur, France, kaupunki, Medieval tunnel, town, travel, tunnel, tunneli, Villefranche sur MerLeave a Comment

Medieval tunnel, Villefranche Sur Mer, Provence, Cote d’azur, France.

Streets of Old Loviisa

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 10, 2017September 10, 2017

Cities, Photography, Travelfinland, kaupunki, loviisa, old buildings, town, travel, wooden houses5 Comments

16th floor view of Helsinki

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 21, 2017May 21, 2017

Cities, Landscapes, Photography, Travelcity view, cityscape, finland, Helsinki, kaupunki, matkustus, travelLeave a Comment

Unfortunately the photos have the window reflections on the, but Helsinki is rather beautiful city, mixture of old and new. I took these from the 16th floor at Clarion Hotel in Helsinki-

Bench

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 30, 2017

Black and White photos, Cities, Photographybench, city, finland, Helsinki, kaupunki, Monochrome, penkkiLeave a Comment

A door

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 29, 2017April 29, 2017

CitiesA door, city, detail, Eira, finland, Finland 100, Helsinki, kaupunki, ovi2 Comments

Monochrome Madness 3-51 – Helsinki City Hall

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 12, 2017April 9, 2017

Black and White photos, Cities, PhotographyHelsingin kaupungintalo, Helsinki, Helsinki City Hall, kaupunki, Monochrome Madness Challenge, mustavalkoinen kuvaLeave a Comment

This weeks entry to LEANNE COLE Photography Monochrome Madness 3-51 challenge is a view to Helsinki City Hall , it is a central administrative building of Helsinki. The city hall is located next to Market Square at the moment rather quiet, but as summer comes it will be fill of orange tents.

Helsinki

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 9, 2017April 9, 2017

Cities, Photographycapitol, cityscape, finland, Helsinki, kaupunki, pääkaupunki5 Comments

Helsinki our capital is such a beautiful city, that is my opinion 🙂 I took these pictures when walking to the train after a meeting…mobile phones do have good cameras now days

Snowing

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography January 3, 2017

Photographycity, Helsinki, kaupunki, lumisade, snow, snowing, talvi, winter3 Comments

I edited the originals a bit and also used cream tones in the other set, for some reason those appeal to me more. We’ve had some snowfall today, winter is back. Unfortunately so are the low temperatures too.

Slim building

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 23, 2016November 23, 2016

Photography, Travelarchitecture, arkkitehtuuri, city, France, kaupunki, Nice, old buildings, old city, ranska, vanha kauounki3 Comments

Roof tops

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 23, 2016November 23, 2016

Black and White photos, Cities, Photography, Travelblack and white photo, city, kattojen yllä, kaupunki, Monochrome, on the roof, Roof tops, Tallinn, Tallinna, tornit, towers, travelLeave a Comment

Stone walls

Skyline

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 19, 2016

Cities, Photography, TravelCanada, city, kaupunki, matkustus, Skyline, travel, Vancouver3 Comments

Panjim , Goa

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 2, 2016March 2, 2016

Cities, Photography, Travelcity, crowds, ferry, Goa, India, Intia, kaupunki, lautta, matkustus, Panjum, People, travel2 Comments

Most of my photos are about the locals, the way of life there. I found that there were not so many sights to see there. The difference is so vast that it left an impression. The colors, the strong sun, poverty and skooters and cars and that there was so many people everywhere.