I'm Martti, and I live in Finland. I have been photographing for 7-8 years now, mostly with film cameras.
In the last few years the hobby has started to deepen and now I have started my first photoprojects with explicit themes. First of them is photographing old log houses. I wrote my master's thesis on sensory experiences and log houses, and now I'm writing a web based exhibition on that theme with photographs. Generally I'm very much interested in connections between people and places.
After many years of 35mm cameras I bought a Mamiya RB67 a few years ago. I like that camera very much, but it was just first step to bigger formats. I like all kinds of old stuff, and medium format started to feel like - well, too medium, and last winter I bought a Zeiss Ikon Ideal (9x12cm). Now I have been thinking about getting a 24x30cm camera... I think that larger format cameras and different thinking process involved in working with them have been important in deepening of my photographing.
Of course using a 90-year old large format camera hasn't been all without troubles. I have had problems with focus, scrathing of films because of my erroneous way of handling the film and holders, dust, developing, lack of right kind of film holders etc. But one by one these problems have been fading away. Let's see what even bigger format brings...
In the last few years the hobby has started to deepen and now I have started my first photoprojects with explicit themes. First of them is photographing old log houses. I wrote my master's thesis on sensory experiences and log houses, and now I'm writing a web based exhibition on that theme with photographs. Generally I'm very much interested in connections between people and places.
After many years of 35mm cameras I bought a Mamiya RB67 a few years ago. I like that camera very much, but it was just first step to bigger formats. I like all kinds of old stuff, and medium format started to feel like - well, too medium, and last winter I bought a Zeiss Ikon Ideal (9x12cm). Now I have been thinking about getting a 24x30cm camera... I think that larger format cameras and different thinking process involved in working with them have been important in deepening of my photographing.
Of course using a 90-year old large format camera hasn't been all without troubles. I have had problems with focus, scrathing of films because of my erroneous way of handling the film and holders, dust, developing, lack of right kind of film holders etc. But one by one these problems have been fading away. Let's see what even bigger format brings...
