It's about time to update the features section, so many great deviations I've seen lately, but I can only include a handful! I wish I could continue with some philosophical ponderings as well, but my mind is blank and I'm rather tired, as I've actually been doing some proper philosophy for a change. I'm going to Tampere (a city in Southern Finland) to give a paper on Thursday and revised the paper for that.

Sadly I haven't had time to do any photography in Finland yet, but I hope that the weather & time will allow for some soon. Ironically, I just heard that it's been snowing in England, while there's no sign of snow here in Finland...

Finally, I was a bit overwhelmed of how quickly my latest deviation ([link]), a remake of an older shot, reached my all time top 3. Thanks to everyone for the support! I hope I get some new & better stuff out soon.


Recently, =JRd1st put into words what I'm sure many of us have felt for a long time: it doesn't make sense to waste time copy pasting "thank you" notes for every single . Now that this idea is getting some momentum, I will officially start acting accordingly. What this means is that I will not post the usual thanks etc. for every favourite, but will instead do what I have been doing before: visit the gallery of whoever faves my shots, and possibly or comment on some of the person's work, provided I find something I really like. This also means that I don't expect anyone to thank me for faves either, it is more than enough if you take the trouble to visit my gallery!

I've always liked photography, but before I bought my precious 400D in June 2007 I couldn't have called myself even an amateur photographer. I've learned a lot since, but I'm still far from being able to take full advantage of my equipment. Hopefully the day will come when I can - the support and advice from this community have certainly helped me approach that target.

In my "civil" life, I'm a philosopher. I'm based at Durham University, where I am about to complete my PhD. Philosophy is and will always be my first love and my profession, but photography, hill walking (or the outdoors in general), literature, music, films and food&drink are also very important for me. A couple of other random facts about me: I'm originally from Finland and have lived most of my life in Helsinki. I moved to England to do my PhD in October 2005. Presumably I will stay, I like many things British. I'm also a vegetarian, have been for some eight years. I'd be more than glad to hear from anyone who shares my interests, especially if you're local!

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