The durability of equipment

Windows, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Steps, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

I had the first equipment failure with my new camera, the LX3. And it was not the camera itself, but the Kingston 8 GB memory card which I bought in January. I thought these cards are almost indestructible, but the plastic cover is breaking into pieces, and the sliding write protect switch fell off. First such failure for me.

Here are two images from today, taken at noon in the center of Helsinki on the way to a meeting, after parking the car. It was sunny and the sky was completely blue which generated interesting patterns and combinations of dark/light.

Enjoyable Finnish summer

Evening sunshine, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

I'll make two postings here today. First, here is a photograph which I feel depicts well the warm summer we are having here in Finland. I took the photograph two days ago, late evening. I was going to write "just before sunset" but that is not quite accurate, as the day is 19 hours long and it is not dark even at midnight.

Seaside at east Helsinki

Vuosaarenselkä, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Sea, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Here are two photographs from yesterday, from the Uutela sea shore area near Vuosaari. It was a warm and sunny day, and it is getting even warmer.

You find an excellent essay by Paul Butzi on photographic expectations here. Too often you search instead of letting discoveries reveal themselves.