kuukkeli_photography

sunnuntai 5. elokuuta 2018

Label me

Hello !

It`s been a long time since i last made a blog post over here.

Subject in my photography project is moderate depression (own experience).

Project includes 5 photographs and shows different emotions what you go through while depressed.

I let photographs once again speak itself, project`s name is "Label me".

My goal with this photography project is to #StopTheStigma around mental health issues & encourage peoples to get help as soon as possible!

Have hope & be brave!

tags: #own_project, #depression, #mentalillness, #StopTheStigma

- kuukkeli

keskiviikko 28. maaliskuuta 2018

Hi!
once again it`s been awhile when i have made new blog post but now i`m going to tell what have been going on this month. I do my best to focus on things which includes photography and i`m sorry if i start to ramble something else. I hope you enjoy this update kinda post.

Pre- theather play photography

Couple weeks ago our class was asked to go to photograph theather class`s rehearsal. We photographed two long days it was tiring but very rewarding at the same time. Play`s name is "Uni huomisesta".

Own project ( update)

It have been frozen for awhile. Last week i get to that point that i`m 100% sure how i`m gonna get it done by may. I had clear idea about photos & the way how i present those. Now i have started to re-consider the format i have earlier decided to keep up on Instax mini 8 polaroids but i don`t know anymore & i have found photos i want to use in this project. Two months to go & just need to hope the best.

Clothing/fashion photoshoot ( april )

I have been feeling so great mentally lately that i volunteer to get to be part of one really wonderful project. One of my classmate & me are going to have an opportunity to do a clothing photoshoot. Subject is Mental health problems & neglect of the mental health patients. It`s quite close to my own project`s subject & i think it`s amazing to get to be part of this. I`m going to tell more later when we have done the whole thing or something.

This is what i have been doing this month & i don`t have any photos to add at the moment but i promise to add photographs later when i have right kind of r to add. This is all for now, sunny Easter to anyone who celebrates & everyone else just sunny days!

- kuukkeli_photography

maanantai 12. helmikuuta 2018

Update 2018 + photographs

Hi !
It`s been awhile since i have written a blog post over here. Own project have kept me quite busy and most of my time i have focused on that. I think now it`s good time to make some update over here and tell a little bit of what is going on? We had 4 weeks = 1 month to build own project idea and "concept " to the project. Just a reminder that i`m going to make blog post about my project where i tell everything or at least much more than now about it. I`m making photography project about mental illnesses (depression) and my goal with this project is to encourage everyone who is struggling alone in silence to get help as soon as possible and #StopTheStigma, what peoples still has about mental illnesses. Through my photos i try my best also to show depression as realistic it is and i`m going to include story to corroborate this exhibition. Only my own perspective and experiences with it. Cameras i use to this project: Instax mini 8 polaroid color films & monochrome films + Canon 600D EOS digital camera with polaroid(ish) settings. This is all for now and if you got intrested you can follow me on
instagram: @kuukkeli_photography & tumblr: @kuukkeliphotography . Over there you can keep track on my project and other things what i do. Before this blog post ends i add couple of photographs what i have took today, enjoy!

Sunflower in winter
photo by. @kuukkeli_photography

Sunflower field in winter 2018
photo by: @kuukkeli_photography

Winter time
photo by: @kuukkeli_photography

Alone & cold
photo by: @kuukkeli_photography

photo by: @kuukkeli_photography

" Talventörröttäjät "
photo by: @kuukkeli_photography

Winter landscape
photo by: @kuukkeli_photography

water
photo by: @kuukkeli_photography

I hope you enjoyed this blog post & i wish everyone better year 2018 !
- kuukkeli_photography

lauantai 23. joulukuuta 2017

Christmas & mental illness

Hi!
It`s been awhile again but i felt like i need to talk somewhere about this and i decided to do a blog post but then i started to think that i`m trying to do posts abut photography and i can`t just randomly make one blog post without any photos. I try my best to combine photos to text..

( i write only in my own perspective and experiences)

This christmas is my first christmas after i got help to my depression & anxiety. Two past years including christmases have been difficult to me especially mentally, because at first all my powers have gone to me being super anxious about christmas time and still i feel super quilty and stressed about getting any christmas presents, i think like "i dont deserve any of these and no one should waste their money on me". Thing i stressed the most "did i make it clear that i liked that present". It was more nervewrecking than anything good to me. I miss that christmas joy/spirit what i had when i was a child. This christmas is gonna be different but i don`t have that joy anymore, i might be more present than earlier. I noticed couple weeks ago one thing, that when i didn`t had any help/support to my mental illnesses i think that just trying to surive with my thoughts took all my powers so i didn`t noticed how peoples around me really feels. This time i noticed that i try to see how peoples are feeling and i feel like others happiness is way more important than my own. Which kinda feels like that took all the powers and i just feel like i need to make sure others are good.

Now i do my best to explane with photos how my mental illnesses might make see christmas and i also try to make comparison to two years ago and how i feel now. Photos are gonna be christmas(y).

"no joy, no light"
photography: @kuukkeli_photography

"things seems more clear and you have found light"
photography: @kuukkeli_photography

I hope this makes any sense and helps someone. This is all for now, I wish everyone peaceful and happy christmas time to everyone who celebrates it, the rest i wish good day and happiness!
Next post might happend next year so happy new year too! :)

- kuukkeli_photography

lauantai 9. joulukuuta 2017

Photography is (like) therapy & film photography

Hi !
It`s been awhile and I have some things to write here. I have been thinking a lot about couple of photography progresses and I can`t wait to start making those. That`s all what i`m gonna tell more about those progresses for now but i`m going to try my best and make blog posts about those progresses. I already had couple things in my mind to share here earlier but "better late or never".

It have happened a lot in this month. But one thing have been in my mind so far. Quote; "photography is (like) therapy" and i started to think that time when i was suffering worst kind of anxiety. Only cure at the time was focusing taking photographs of my surroundings with my phone. That quote come up to mind while i was scrolling through Pinterest. It sounds like nothing but irl phone have been own kind of savior to me. I know that you might not see all the stuff through your phone but it helped me to get outside of my house easier and it made me less anxious. It`s easy way to get distracted about your surroundings and also feel lot better and less anxious while going for a walk etc? Be careful and make sure you don`t get too distracted to your phone.

Next thing I would like to write about is Film photography. So we got a chance to test film cameras and took two films full of photos. It`s was way more exiting experience and it felt way more easier that normal digital camera. Especially i liked that part where photos get developed to the film. At first I was super anxious about going to the dark room to open the film, i didn`t done it with first film but I decided to go and try it with my other film. I spent one hour in dark room opening that film but i get it done after all and i didn`t get anxious. It got quite frustrated when i tried to scroll the film but i did it! There is couple of my film photos.

Window to winter
photography: @kuukkeli_photography

Trees
photography: @kuukkeli_photography

This is all for now, i hope everyone a good christmas and winter time !
- kuukkeli_photography

lauantai 4. marraskuuta 2017

Vacation

Hi !

It`s been awhile and now might be little bit too late to tell about autumn vacation. I`m gonna write about it anyway. It was a week and first days I kept missing school and the way how school gives some kind of time schedule. I feel like that I live for time schedule`s and that I have reason to get out of my bed and do something. I thought that vacation might be a good thing but I felt how being at home feed my depression. I had time to mess my sleeping schedule too. After all that bad I took some photos and now i`m going to share few of those + some extra photos what I have been taking after/before vacation. Hope you enjoy.

Decoration & positive
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

Plants & ghost effect
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

First snow
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

Moon
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

All of the photos are different but I liked to experience something new and I was amazed about that Moon photo. It was a moment when I felt that I have learned something new and I like it a lot. This is all for now. Thank you if you read this and have a good weekend!
- kuukkeli_photography

lauantai 14. lokakuuta 2017

City and Landscapes

Hello,
it`s been awhile once again, this week I got inspiration to write something over here.
Last Wednesday we went to Helsinki and i took some pictures. We went to Kaapelitehdas and it was my first time over there, I really liked that place. There was super comfy coffee shop and intresting photography exhibition. In Helsinki we went to visit Finnish Museum of Photography, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte and Gallery Luova. I took some pictures around Helsinki and mostly buildings/architecture.

Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

Part of space art in Kaapelitehdas
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

Jukka Male photography exhibition
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

Gallery Hippolyte`s inner ward
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

Aesthetically pleasing painted building
Photo by: kuukkeli_photography

On Thursday we took photos around the different kind of landscapes. Our destinations were Kiikunlähde & Jokimaa`s bird-watching tower. Nature and landscape photography is my thing more than any other kind of photography.