Turku cathedral

Here's one for your Christmas postcards: Turku Cathedral with lighted tree.
Hm, what? Oh all right, here's one that's in focus:

I'm a painter, so I'm used to people asking "But can you draw for real?" Don't know yet if photographers get that, too: "Can you actually do not ugly ones, too?" Sigh. If I put it on this here blog, I think it's real pretty, mkay? Unless it has my face in it. Those I add just for shits and giggles, like this one taken off a spout at the Wiklund toilet today. It has this cheery message for me: I could actually be even uglier! That is one fat, squished head there! Wow!

Nine battery day

Walking into the city, pointing the camera at street lights without stopping. First the four AA rechargeables in the camera gave out. I bought four el cheapo Rainbow brand AAs to keep me going. They lasted just forty shots, but since my mp3-player's battery had also shut down, I was on the bus home by then. Lesson learned: NimH rechargeables may look expensive compared to normal, but they are worth it. Get a battery charger. And thanks, Leo, for the mild nagging about it. More pictures once I have waded through the 113 pictures I took. They all look fantastic at first glance, which is worrying: perhaps my standards are slipping. Expect reams of coloured drool from now on...

More views of Turku

A kiosk on Hämeenkatu.

Self-portrait on river.

The Aurajoki river insists on being nauseatingly pretty again.

I love reflections. But perhaps these multiple levels are easier to work out if you have been there yourself. A hint: The yellow Nikon sign is behind the camera, across the street, reflected both by the window and the mirror at the back of the hairstylist's.

Looks like recession: Even the hair models look grumpy and barely out of bed.

Smears

These three were painted by the bus driver braking and accelerating as I pointed the camera out of the window.

These are gaining a recognizable (shaky) brush stroke, as I waved the camera while pointing it at landscape and street lights. The final step towards painting with the camera. No, I do not think I'm the first to do it, nor am I sure it will prove fruitful in the long run. We'll see.

Daylight is so annoying

The colours are so drab and the lighting too uniform. Happily, the sun sets at 4 pm here...