Outdoor and nature work 2024–2025

A selection of outdoor and nature related photography assignments mostly for Helsingin Sanomat newspaper and some assorted magazines.

Roope Avela enjoying waist-deep turns in Northern Norway during "Japan-week", when three intense polar low-pressure systems entered the coast during one week. For personal project.

Reindeer herder Aino Kiuru, 94, looks after her reindeer in -40c weather. For Helsingin Sanomat 2024.

Joonas Kortelainen, one of the few avalanche observers in Finland, doing his rounds around the fjells in Ylläs region in some heavy winds. For Lapin Kansa 2024.

Antti Siltala is cropping some unwanted vegetation from lake Pyhäjärvi to restore the lake to it's former glory. For Koti-Lappi 2024.

In Sami mythology "Saivo" means a lake with a two-part bottom. Taija enjoying a midnight swim in one of these lakes.

Professional fishermen in Kemijärvi region are afraid that new plans for massive hydroenergy infrastructure could damage the fish in the watershed. For Helsingin Sanomat 2024.

At the site of the proposed hydroenergy project lies a lake on top of a fjell. The lake would be turned into a reservoir. For Helsingin Sanomat 2024.

Eevi Värriö has been feeding the family reindeer for a few years. Family Värriö lives in the village of Värriö in rural eastern Lapland. For Helsingin Sanomat 2025.

Ex-lawyer Sonja Lassila went through two burnouts, moved to Lapland and started a wilderness guide business. For Helsingin Sanomat 2025.

The most remote village

Village of Raittijärvi in extreme north of Finland is the most remote village in the country with no road connecting it to the society. Mostly accessible by a two hour snowmobile ride or by air, it is inhabited by a handful of elderly reindeer herders but their numbers are dwindling due to ageing and the decline of the livelyhood. For Apu-magazine 2025.

Outdoor work 24-25