​I was looking through some of the photos I've taken during this spring and found this self-portrait I took right before we went sledding in Wallberg. It was taken about the same time as this photo.

I also shot a short video of the sledge run with my iPhone, you can check it out here.​

​Bought a new lens yesterday, the amazing Olympus Zuiko ED 75mm f1.8.

I've never owned a lens with a similar focal length (150mm in 35mm terms) and was little worried that I would not know how to shoot with this. So I took my time and tested the lens for a good 45 minutes in the store, after that I was sold. This thing is SHARP!

Took the lens out for a little testing today. The weather was pretty grey, but managed to get few ok shots. Can't wait for some better weather!

​Some days you'll just sit down and BANG! – stuff gets done.

Took this while walking between island on the coast of Helsinki. You can see the open water at the background.​

Two weeks ago the weather in Helsinki was absolutely perfect! During the weekend, the weather gods decided to bless us with one of those rare ​winter/spring days when it's still freezing but there's no wind, no clouds, and the sun is shining.

We decided to take full advantage of this rarity and headed out on the ice with Fire. The coast of Helsinki is just perfect for these kind of day trips. ​

The low night temperatures had kept the ocean between the small islands frozen, but the warmer weather had opened up the open waters. This allows you to walk on ice almost up to the waters edge.

Fire was fully enjoying the day out. He loves exploring new places and never gets tired of walking out on the ice. He got his shepherding mojo out and ran loops around everyone he could find on the ice.

​As you can see, we weren't the only ones out on the ice. There were guys playing hockey on the ice, skating, skiing and just wandering around.

The funny thing is that five days later, the area in the photo above was just open water.  

Spring!​

​It has been pretty quiet here recently as I've been moving my site from a self-hosted ExpressionEngine setup to Squarespace 6.

I'm currently in the last stages of moving everything over, finalising things and making sure all the links and such work.

As I was moving everything, I also made some minor updates to the UI and the visual look of the site. I've also added some nifty new functions – thanks to Squarespace.

If everything goes well, I'm looking to launch the new site during the easter break.

I love this part:

If I should die it doesn't matter, I did something that I love.

That's a good life lesson!