I don’t really like blue color, but the december evenings in Oulu are so blue they just ask to be photographed. I’ve been walking around quite a lot with a camera while living here, and now that I’m moving south again, I thought it would be nice to take some evening shots just less than one kilometer away from my home. Like a diary in the case I never come back again.
Couple of months ago I got the most exciting opportunity to hop on a trawling ship as an assignment for Suomen Luonto -magazine (thanks Samuli and Tatu for passing this assignment on). It was maybe the single most interesting assignment I’ve been on as a freelancer (and maybe ever). Most of the freelance-jobs I get are portraits. Nothing wrong with them, really, but this time around I actually felt I was part of some bigger cause, actually putting an effort towards greater goal.
You see, lake Puula is a bright-watered lake with a great vendace fish stock. However, the peat production at the bogs surrounding the area has over the years ruined the nearby lakes and now threats to blur Puula as well. It would be the end of vendace fish, since clean bright water is essential for it to survive.
