A Square Year

For the love of photography. This site started as a 365 photo project back in 2009 and is now my online home for photography.

Made by this guy.

Bike Ride

May 30, 2025

Bike Ride

My country fixie in its natural habitat.

  • #Ricoh GX200

Coffee Break

May 28, 2025

Coffee Break

Lunch with good coffee.

  • #black & white
  • #Ricoh GX200

Lovely Bike Ride

May 25, 2025

Lovely Bike Ride

Did my longest ride on my new bike today. Feels like summer is finally coming.

  • #iPhone

Oodi

May 20, 2025

Oodi

This is Oodi, the main library in Helsinki. This is straight from the camera JPEG shot in a very bright sunlight. I had a really hard time framing the picture, as you can probably tell. Optical viewfinder would be great in these situations, and I guess newer LCD screens are much brighter. This camera is, after all, over 15 years old.

  • #black & white
  • #ricoh gx200

Pixelart

May 15, 2025

Pixelart

I'm kind of an old school nerd and I've been using computers since 1986. Pixelart has a certain kind of nostalgia to me, and I've been intrigued by pixelart photos ever since I saw this Kickstarter campaign to create a pixelart camera.

I like the approach. We've been trying to mimic the film look on digital cameras for a long time, but this is the first time that we're actually creating photos that are totally unique for digital cameras and cannot be imitated by a film camera. Interesting, indeed.

This is a photo I created using an online pixel art generator.

Here's the original version of this photo.

  • #pixel art

Summery Clouds

June 10, 2022

Summery Clouds

Summer clouds in Lappeenranta. Shot on iPhone and edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Getting Dark

December 11, 2022

Getting Dark

3pm in the afternoon and it's already getting dark. The sky didn't look quite this dramatic and maybe I edited the picture a bit too much. I used the red filter for b&w conversion to make the sky a bit darker. Red filter used to be one of my favourites back in the black and white film days.

Shot on the iPhone wide angle Len's and edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Winter Day

December 3, 2022

Winter Day

A nice winter day. Shot on iPhone using the wide angle lense, and edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Riding the Trails

November 20, 2022

Riding the Trails

Winter is coming and it's the end of the muddy season. Temperature has been below zero almost for a week and all the trails are slightly frozen. No more mud and cleaning the bike after every ride.

Shot on iPhone and edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Tampere by Night

November 18, 2022

Tampere by Night

Well, it's not even night. Just an early Friday evening. Shot on iPhone and edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Morning Coffee

November 15, 2022

Morning Coffee

I'm a wannabe home barista. This is the kind of coffee I make every morning, but this morning both of the cappuccinos looked unusually pretty. Shot on iPhone, edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Bright Moonlight

November 15, 2022

Bright Moonlight

This is actually from a few days ago, but forgot to post it. The moonlight was very bright and beautiful. Shot on iPhone and edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Lazy Saturday

November 6, 2022

Lazy Saturday

This one is actually from yesterday but I forgot to post it. Had a nice and lazy afternoon with some weekend treats. Edited in Snapseed, shot on the default camera.

  • #iPhone

Gray Fields on a Gray Day

November 1, 2022

Gray Fields on a Gray Day

Last light moments of a gray autumn adternoon. Shot in Adobe Lightroom and edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Foggy Morning

October 31, 2022

Foggy Morning

It was a foggy and frozen morning today. Shoton iPhone 12 mini using the wideangle lense, edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Starry Sky

October 30, 2022

Starry Sky

Shooting stars with the iPhone on a nice, cold autumn evening. Shot on the default camera and edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Wool Socks and Netflix

October 28, 2022

Wool Socks and Netflix

It's the put on your wool socks and watch Netflix season.

  • #iPhone

Lonely Light

October 27, 2022

Lonely Light

A lonely light in early autumn evening. Shot on iPhone, edited in Snapseed.

  • #iPhone

Barn

October 26, 2022

Barn

A red barn. Shot on iPhone default camera and edited in Snapseed. I used a red filter for this shot.

  • #iPhone

Lights in the Dark

October 25, 2022

Lights in the Dark

Trying the low light capabilities of the iPhone. Nice autumn evening after a rainy day.

  • #iPhone