Colourful sunsets and People strolling on the piers

The humans are having a destination and the day is shining bright The evening is soft with purple and yellow colours. We are all enjoying the the most precious moments of our lives

Noctilucent clouds

After two weeks of persistent rainy periods and thundery days. Thunder clouds gather in the front and the sun reflects the light in between the cloud formations

Casa Marina festivities

70 years is a milestone in everyones life. Celebrations are held with your own family and relatives. This time there were four cousins that had the party together in our seaside house Casa Marina. 4 x 70 years festivities. All the relatives gathered from different places around the word. This is completely different from the […]

Scenery Wide Open

YEAR 2023 Here, lean back and enjoy my lens wide open photo’s First a set of Airisto sceneries. Three photos just before the sunset, sunset and just after the sunset Soft focus foto of the sun setting behind the tree tops in Rymättylä, the archipelago of Turku. Lens flare makes a nice add to the […]

Great memories and farewell to my dear boat S/y Naneux

I´m still going to continue Atlantic Navigator stories and photo´s with a new boat. Area for our navigation is going to be the same, North Atlantic Ocean. With the new boat I have better possibilities to have more crew and space. I´m getting older and I need some strong arms and bigger winches for the […]

Winter is back in the archipelago

Frozen water and wind on a glass wall

Beach sauna by the sea side with attractive scenery summer 2021

beautiful sunsets

Lock down 2020 work out possibilities with XPequod sailing boat

Some activities done with an old project to get my Express sailing boat refurbished. Designed by Peter Norlin. The job had been started in earlier years with the hull repairs and new keel stocks etc. This year was excellent timing for the rest of the job. I could not travel to the Canaries where I […]

Atlantic Navigator – summer 2019 – Gourmet cruise – walking in Gomera – Tenerife

This time a very different cruise. Our gourmet cruise started already from the aiport of Stockholm. We had some time to spend when waiting for the connecting flight. We took the opportunity and took one glass of champagne. That is a good starter for a holiday, after that we tasted various kind of beers and […]

First set of landscape photos with my Leica T

Finally now I can attach my fathers 50 mm, Ernst Leitz 1:2 Summar lens to Leica T. I have a long time wanted to do that. But finally it is there. It even looks nice. I know the hand made lens more than 50 years old, represents values of craftmanship from Ernst Leitz Wezlar. I´m […]

Choosing a new street camera. The reason why I look through my best Travel photos!

100 photo´s of various places! Here I have nearly a hundred photos, / 50 of them are with Nikon and Nikkor lenses, /40 are with Fuji X Pro1 and Fuji 35mm / 1:1,4 lens. / 7 fotos are with cellphone LG G4. Cellphone photos can not be enlarged a lot but they still are within […]

Year 2018 – almost a whole year – The only camera I HAD was my LG, G 4 phone camera

Winter 2018 was mild. Ice period only lasted two months or so. This year was busy with a lot of building work in our premises in Turku in Kipinä yritystalo. I had several trips to the archipelago of Turku to vitsit Eva. February at last we saw the sunshine in the Canaries. A short maintenance […]

Wide angle photo´s – Beaches and harbors cavalcade

Some of the photographs are taken with the Fuji X Pro wide angle program, some faults occur. Other photographs are with my Nikon 700 and the new Sigma 15mm fisheye lens. These photos are from my recent trips in Europe please look the photo cavalcade and enjoy Thank you for looking my wide angle atmosphere […]

Year 2016 – icy winter period was very short in archipelago of Turku

The sea was very warm in the autumn and the ice came middle of January. Before the beginning of February it was all over and done with. Now the first week of February it has been some nice spring feelings already. The ice melted as fast as it came, the last weeks winter storm blew […]

Atlantic Navigator journeys to the Macaronesian Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

Macaronesian islands in the Atlantic ocean are volcanic and high in altitude. The peaks reach easily to 2000 meters and over. The island’s West of Gibraltar as Greeks called them. All islands have almost the same vegetation, only seen here in the Macaronesia. The Portuguese islands (Azores and Madeira) are cooler and more humid, but […]

Atlantic Navigator – The third part of the journey

Now we start the third leg of our sailing trip. From Nazaré in Portugal to Tenerife in Canaries. Nazaré is located near Berlenga island and is one day´s sailing distance from Lissabon. We set the sails early this spring after the month of March. It is the month when the wind is blowing from all the […]

Atlantic Navigator – The Journey goes on

Now we are in October, year 2014. The first third of the JOURNEY is done. Nearly 3000 nautical miles and two and a half months of time is spent in a tight relationship in a small boat with my daughter and our trusted friend plus some extra crew members. Lot of discussions and feelings have […]

Atlantic Navigator – The Journey

Sailing Atlantic Navigator from Turku archipelago to the Canaries We set the sails from the archipelago of Turku 22.07.2014. Sailing from Airisto which have been our home port for the beginning of S/y Naneux sailing era. The crew has varied during our sailing trips, the skipper and the first mate have always been the same, […]

M / y Silkkiuikku Euroopan vanhoilla vesiteillä, Part 4

( This old photo journey is only written in finnish ) Nyt matkaamme Ranskan Toulista Namurin vanhaan linnoituskaupunkiin ja edelleen Liegen teollisuuskaupunkiin joka sijaitsee Belgian puolella. Canal De l’Est – Ardennien kanava – Meuse joki 28.4-96 Toul – Comercy Canal De l’Est Merkillepantavaa on kanavan helakan turkoosi väri, kaunista ihan kuin Maltalla olisi, siellä muistan […]

My other love – Portugal

Recent trips to Southern Portugal and Lisbon. Algarve has been a great inspirer to me. Light is perfect in springtime, vegetation is blooming and the water is clear. The reflections of turquoise sea and the ochre coloured limestone cliffs is ideal for photo shooting. The landscapes are stunning, weather one of the best, the food […]