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Yay! For once I got to do something fun! Usually it’s the writer who gets to try everything instead of the photographer. This time there were no volunteering writers. Can you believe that?! Who wouldn’t want to try something like this, and even better: for free. So I was asked to try it out and of course I said yes. And it was nice :) The weather was amazing, the sun was shining and it wasn’t too windy. The company that arranges parasailing at Yyteri is Cottonring. Parasailing is very comfortable way to “fly”. I hardly noticed lifting up and coming down, it was all so smooth. The guy in the pictures saw me in the sky and came to ask if he could try it out too. The interesting thing was that he was afraid of hights, and wanted to face his fear. Respect!

Here’s a few shots of me myself and I. It’s not too easy to shoot oneself in the air. I didn’t want to drop the camera or get tangled in the cords. And since we were heading straight to the sun, the camera made an ugly shadow when I tried to point it towards my face. But still, nice to have these in my own archive :)

It’s crazy! CRAZY! To play football outside during winter in Finland. It was only -2°C, but still. Some players didn’t even have long pants, they played with bare knees. I get that they move a lot so they won’t feel too cold, but still, knees bare in that weather? I’m pretty certain that playing in an outfit like that during winter won’t help with knee issues football players have so often.

I was totally freezed just standing in there watching and shooting. Luckily I couldn’t stay too long :D Sometimes having too little time can be a good thing! I have stood outside shooting bandy games in about -20°C this winter a couple of times, but I was prepared for the merciless weather those days. This time -2° felt colder than -20°. It’s all about being prepared. -20° makes one prepare really well!

Anyway, the wintry scenery gives an unusually nice background for a football game. Last summer when I shot a young guy testing this new fake grass football field I couldn’t even imagine to shoot a game in there next winter! I don’t even want to know how much it costs to keep it warm enough for the snow and ice to melt. But hey, playing ball OUTSIDE during winter is more important than all other stuff money is needed for, right?! Ok, I shut up now :D

One more thing.. remember to check out the gallery for 2010! I’m updating it after every workday! And work gallery for 2009 is now ready.

I woke up to the ringing of my phone this morning a little after nine. There was a fire on the other side of the city. I got up and took my camera and went to take a few shots. There weren’t any flames to be seen anymore, but the firemen were still working there. The house had three apartments, two of them were totally burned. Thank god no one got hurt! Fire/smoke detectors are really cheap lifesavers.

I started a new gallery for 2010, it’s here.

Now I’m waiting for the information if I need to do one more gig today. In any case, I wish you all lots of love and light for 2010!