Finalnd | Part One | Sorry Rudolf.

Traveling Europe through winter generally means that one will experience cold weather. Therefore, the hunt for the coldest weather becomes an exciting challenge. I like challenges and after the last few months freezing my extremities off (slowly you learn to wear woolen layers), I now like cold weather. Wikipedia says the following about Finland:

The country tops continuously the international comparisons of national performance. Finland ranks the best country in the world in the 2010 Newsweek survey based on health, economic dynamism, education, political environment and quality of life.

The Finns eat Bear; they also eat Reindeer, why would one not want to go there! As a person that is trying to be a photographer, Finland is like a playground, everywhere you look there is something to take a picture of. The only problem is when it gets to between -20 and -30, taking a picture becomes a much harder task. You eventually get used to the pain in your eyes, temple, hands and trigger finger - these can be put aside whilst thinking about framing - unfortunately though, my camera does not have the ability to do this (it does not even have a name!) At these temperatures I lost the connection between the lens and the body, there was no ability to white balance, servo focusing did not respond, live view locked up, play back took ages and eventually it just shut down. One could imagine that if this nameless camera could talk it would say something like: "Seriously nick, do you not think of my feelings?" Followed by: "Fuck off."

Here though are some shots from the minutes before several camera freeze ups!


























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