Portrait Session With Lyyti Linjama

I always consider it an honor when someone allows me to make them a portrait. It feels like they let me to see a glimpse of their inner self which sometimes is only visible to those who are truly close to them.

Many times it feels more like a psychoanalysis session than a photoshoot as you try to figure out more about the person you have in front of you, by looking at his movements, eyes, choice of clothes and of course think about what you know so far about them. Combine all that with having to think about composition, lighting and timing and you have one of the most challenging situations in photography.

There are times though that all of these elements effortlessly come together and you get that beautiful hidden glimpse of someone’s personality.

That was the case with the photoshoot we had a few days ago with Lyyti. The rough landscape around us was the perfect stage. An endless sheet of grey clouds above us, dark waters beneath us, pines and birch trees on the horizon, the wind howling around us playfully messing up her hair.

Finns seem to be extremely connected to nature so it felt right to give nature an equally important role in this photoshoot, letting her take the stage on some of the frames.

I couldn’t be happier with the result, as what I had in mind for this shoot - combining nature, portraiture and a slight pinch of fashion - came naturally from both of us, spending an hour of basically playing around in the amazing location we found.

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