Yesterday I shot a set of pictures for the home page of Hannu Pahajoki who is a candidate in a municipal election. Here’s a portraittaken of Hannu by the party, which I assume is used in their own advertisements. That particular picture had me tearing off my hair and reminds of all the stereotypes of a stuffed old politician (which my father is not . So we needed something a little more youthful and refreshing.

The Lutakko area and surroundings of the hightech Innova building in Jyväskylä, with the autumn colours and a traditional red brick industrial buildings, served as an excellent surroundings to present my father, who teaches building branch (construction) in a vocational school, in a more youthful setting. I attached the Sigma 24-60/2.8, ordered very cheap from the US, to my trusty Pentax K10D. The Sigma has not seen a lot of action yet, but this time the lens presented it’s best qualities in the great autumn light. I’m very satisfied with the pictures.
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