September | 2014 | Petri Damstén

“I gave you the key to my heart and you stabbed it right through it”. This idea have been circling in my head for a really long time. I thought I would use heart of a pig, but those sold for food had veins chopped too short and looked too much well like food. I...

Key to My Heart

It’s snowing outside but I guess it’s still autumn. I found some really red leaves and thought that I make one picture with autumn theme. It took a surreal turn in some point and eye appeared in the picture. Eye was edited in three steps. Eye surroundings were added with multiply layer mode. White of...

UPI HM for Separated from International Circuit “8 Marzo Fotografia” – 2° Trofeo Francesco Mochi di Montevarchi.

International Circuit “8 Marzo Fotografia”

When I was looking noose from the closet a gun fell to my feet. And not just any gun but antique replica with wooden handle that hurts quite a bit. Does not sound like a morning of a photographer but that’s how that monday morning started. I had this idea when sitting on my favourite...

The eyes are the mirror of the soul

Opened my copy of Popular Photography and noticed a familiar picture in Al-Thani full-page ad.

Men in Al-Thani Ad

Test setup for the new studio gear. I wanted white on white so that the front side barely separates from the background and backside is in strong shadow.

Joker in Self Portrait Contest Winners at Phlearn.com

Joker in Phlearn Contest Winners

Since my home studio is in our living room I needed folding screens to cover all the mess that is there. I thought that maybe those folding screens could also act as v-flats. I used21x45mm wood to make the frames and stapled some cheap tablecloth vinyl to it. Backside is from 10mm thick black foamed plastic. It’s...

I’m releasing new theme for the blog. There are some quirks here and there but it’s usable so I decided to put it to the real use.

New Theme for the Blog