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Summer evening

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography July 10, 2021

Captures from Finland, Photographybeauty, cherries, evening, finland, kirsikat, summertime, valo, viini, wine9 Comments

This is a great way to spend the summer evening, wine and cherries 🍒 .it has been a hot and humid day. We survived it

Daisy

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography July 8, 2021

Flowerscolors, daisy, flowers, kukat, luonto, nature, päivänkakkara, valo, värit13 Comments

“The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.” – Therese of Lisieux In our case, summer would lost its charm as daisies…

Dark clouds

Sky is such a wonder to watch, the colors, clouds in constant change. In Finland we sure don’t have blue skies for ever. when we drive I spend most of the time watching clouds, anyone else who does that?

Ray of light

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography July 7, 2021

Flowersapila, clover, colors, finland, luonto, nature, sunray, valo, valonsäde8 Comments

I caught the last rays of light in two backlit shot. as they made a lovely background for some weed shots 🙂 and what a difference it makes when I took it from the side…a bokeh

spreading bellflower

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography July 1, 2021

Flowersbeauty, colors, Flower, harakankello, kesäkukkia, luonto, nature, spreading bellflower, summer flowers, valo, värit11 Comments

Tiny flowers

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 30, 2021

Flowersbeauty, colors, flowers, kesäkukat, kukka, luonnonkukka, luonto, nature, summer flowers, valo, värit, wild flowers9 Comments

I found these tiny, tiny flowers as I looked closely to the ground during my stay at the summer house. Always a joy to capture the nature’s tiny wonders

Buttercups

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 30, 2021

Flowersbeauty, Buttercup, colors, finland, flowers, kesäkukkia, leinikki, luonto, nature, summer flowers, valo, värit4 Comments

as you can guess, we spent the weekend in the countryside 🙂 This summer has been so odd, all the flowers bloomed so early, at the same time and seemed that the lasted such a short while. Here are shots of buttercups.

Midsummer

The light is lovely, air soft and warm with humidity high, that’s what midsummer has been this year. We usually don’t get long hot spells, this time yes. Last night I went out after midnight and captured mist over the fields with the setting sun giving a beautiful pastel glow to the sky.

Rose

We call this rose juhannus ruusu, a midsummer rose. This summer it has bloomed beautifully. Happy Sunday!

Dandelions

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 17, 2021

Flowerscolors, dandelion, luonto, nature, seeds, valo, valokuvaus, värit, voikukka22 Comments

Every year I take these, every year I share them, and every time they are little bit different. Color or black and white?

One of my fav views

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 5, 2021June 5, 2021

Landscapes, Photographybeauty, colors, countryside, finland, luonto, Maalaisma, nature, outdoors, summer, valo, värit9 Comments

No words really needed, summer 💚

So happy

What a difference a day makes. We got touch of summer today, the joy of it 😊. We took a short walk at Kloppen Marina. You could see the new green taking over the brown.

Office

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 26, 2021April 26, 2021

Interiors, Photographycolors, home office, interior, kotitoimisto, office, photography, sisustus, valo13 Comments

Small joy is this too, my office has a new paint and I placed the furniture differently and my space looks different which’s nice. Veikka has moved in with me, taken over the armchair I got for myself. I am rather pleased with the result. The only thing new is the paint and the new…

Up on the hill

Back home, enjoying the view of the pine trees from my backyard, they look nice in the early evening light

Good night

First evening at our summer house, here I am sitting by the fire, now I can see the last moments of the sunset. This photo I took hour ago.

Clean and tidy

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 4, 2021April 7, 2021

Interiors, Photographycottage, country living, countryside, interior, kevät, mökki, sisustus, spring, summer house, valo10 Comments

One day spent cleaning and tidying the summer house. First floor is now ready for the next visit.

Coffee moment

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography February 15, 2021February 17, 2021

Photography, Still lifecoffee, colors, food, photography, ruokakuva, valo8 Comments

I asked my husband to get something tasty to go with coffee. This is what I got, laskiaispulla. A bun with whipped cream and strawberry jam. Aah , so tasty 😋

Dreaming of

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

Landscapes, Photographyfinland, Finland snow, lumi, nature, photography, talvi, valo, värit, weather, white, winter7 Comments

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…

Hyvää juhannusta ! / happy midsummer!

Summer evening

I drove to the lake to take photos of a swan family, but they were not there, so I’ve added a photo my son took the night before. We are enjoying beautiful weather in Finland at the moment, but we must take all the joy from now, as you never know when it ends.