One of the highlights without a doubt for us was the trip we made with our guide Matti to “hell and back”… and yeah it sounds pretty bad but in reality it wasn’t that bad, although I will not say it was an easy stroll in the park, but the place we visited actually was called this way.

 

Normally we don’t really care about a 2KM walk, in fact on average we like to walk for anywhere between 10-15km during travels, so 4KM was not that far we thought (2×2), well we didn’t take into the account the terrain to say the least. Imagine walking over a balance bar (but slightly wider) and when you place your feet beside the bar you sink down 40cm into the snow, now add some steep hills and some very long stairs where you can see the steps because they are all covered in snow or are frozen and you can imagine the fun we had….. yeah indeed we love this kind of stuff, I’m not the kind of guy that likes amusement parks or tourist routes. But wait there is more….

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One of the things most people ask me is “how do you find something interesting to shoot while traveling?”
Well in all honestly I always ask the people who know… sounds quite logical right? and it is.

 

When we travel I always ask our client if he/she knows anyone that wants to show us around to places that are not “touristy” and in most cases there is always someone who is willing to do this, this is actually the best way to do it, posting on social media also helps of course.

 

But what if you don’t have any contacts?
Well with internet that’s almost impossible of course but let’s say indeed you don’t (although I wonder how you read this post if you don’t have internet), the best way to find interesting spots/people to shoot are for me always train stations (or metro) and local markets. These places are filled with people and often they are in a hurry so you can shoot without being noticed, on the markets it’s always wise to ask people if you can shoot of course, especially if they are holding big knives 😀

 

Vilhelm Sjöström took us to the local market in Helsinki to shoot some images, and today you can find these images in the blog.

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