This summer, I got called to make promotional images for a local health-care center for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Oulun Sydänkeskus needed images to be used on their website and the aim was to create photographs which depicted their day-to-day operation. They also needed some headshots for the personnel.

Another day, another immersive piece combining contemporary dance and circus, sound design, light design, photography, installations, apocalyptic visions and all-around bad-assery. It can only be another Flow Productions, er, production!

So there I was last summer, hanging around at a local record store and checking out a mini-concert by the astonishingly talented--and wonderfully animated--guitar player Petteri Sariola. He was in town to promote his new album, Resolution, and as I was watching him rock out in the confined space of the store, I had a thought: This guy would make for a great portrait.

The promotion of a stage performance begins at an early stage and usually at a time when there is very little in terms of a finished product, be it visuals, sound, lighting or choreography. Sometimes things are still finding their place right up to the premiere. Not so with [mute]!

When I asked Pirjo Yli-Maunula to sit for me, I picked up a couple of rolls of different kinds of plastic, and some tarp, and some rope, and I was ready to start serial killing--I mean, making a cool portrait with her!

Man of the arts Jukka Takalo accepted my invitation to sit for a portrait most graciously. Jukka is a staple of the Oulu art/culture/music/cool things scene and is well-known (inter)nationally for many things.

I have photographed aerial acrobat Sanna Vellava many times while performing and rehearsing, but this time I wanted to make a strong portrait with her and planned a few lighting scenarios for her.

Tuure Kaukua is a talented young dancer who relocated from Oulu to Helsinki last year. Our loss, but he was up for another photo shoot in my studio this June when he was visiting home.

Pessi ja Illusia is having another run, which is great for anyone who missed it the first time around, but also for me, because there's a timely opportunity to take a look back at the portraiture I did for the production. Check it out!

Last fall I visited Japan for the very first time. I went to report on a few stories there. One of those stories was about an organic farming community called Konohana Family.