it’s mostly melting now, and the ground is muddy and gross… so let’s look up, shall we? :)

i’ve never been to japan, but sometimes when i look at these snowy photos, i imagine what it would be like to stand in the middle of a field of cherry blossom trees. it would be really neat – and probably not so cold… my camera doesn’t like the cold so much, though my fingers and body seem to be adapting to winter rather well – i’m the strange girl who doesn’t need gloves when it’s minus 10 degrees outside… :/

a little h2o and a slight breeze on a cold night, and voilá, the city turns into neverland on a winter day :)

Soft rime is a white ice deposition that forms when the water droplets in light freezing fog or mist freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, with calm or light wind. The fog freezes usually to the windward side of tree branches, wires, or any other solid objects.

we’re learning about types of ice we had never seen outside of finnish postcards. soft rime is unbelievably beautiful and eerie, and makes simple walks in the park truly magical experiences. it only happens once in a while when the conditions are perfect, so every time one of those days comes along, we run out of the house, cameras in hand :)

lots of snow means lots of photowalks in the snow. i like the noise it makes under my feet when it is fresh :)

i’m in a bit of a photography phase, i think. the scanner helps, but the city is definitely working its charm on us. i changed the layout a bit so that the photos are larger – things might be a bit wonky here and there :)

i’m becoming a tree top collector, but i can’t help it. everywhere i go, there are trees waiting to be discovered :)



more proof:

i think it’s only going to get worse when spring comes. can’t wait! :)

my most precious christmas present this year was a scanner, the mighty canon 8800f. since leaving china, i have been searching for a way to get negatives scanned, quickly, cheaply and with quality, but the results (and the options) were often demotivating. so i ended up dragging film along, shooting less and less of it in the past few months.

i know a lot of people that are able to work magic with a digital camera, but i’m not one of them. to me, digital is efficient and cheap – but it doesn’t quite translate the feeling i get from analogue… and so, i’m quite happy to now be able to shoot and scan again, to my heart’s content.



the only problem i’ve found so far has been dust. it’s everywhere and i can’t seem to keep it out of my negatives, no matter how much i clean them… tips?