I'm off to St. Petersburg for a short New Year's trip the day after tomorrow, but before I go I want to do a New Year's feature. It's rather larger than the ones I normally do, partly because I haven't posted a journal in about three weeks. Check them out! More wintry shots coming up from my hill walks in November...

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 completed my Ph.D. and am currently a Visiting Research Fellow. 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 to 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 Ph.D. 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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