Ilkka RytkönenPhotography
Rajalla shopping centre and the Victoriantori pool during the blue hour
The Blue Moment (Approved)

By Ilkka Rytkönen

On Location Photography

On Location Photography - Examination Portfolio in Photography: Photo reportage, location, portrait on location and landscape.

On Location Photography - Examination Portfolio in Photography (Approved)

Task 6: Photo Reportage, which contains 5-8 pictures (Approved)

The jury seemed to like this much. The main person appears only in three photos but it’s very fine.

Graduation Party

  • An old wooden building behind a traditional Finnish roundpole fence under a cloudy sky
    Start photo (Approved) Start photo shows the place where the event will be held.
  • A graduate in a green dress receives gifts from guests on the porch of a wooden building
    Congratulations (Approved) You can see immediately what is happening, in this case graduation party.
  • Two women stand in a kitchen beside a coffee maker and pies baking in the oven
    Kitchen (Approved) Everything is ready in the kitchen.
  • Guests help themselves from a full buffet table at a graduation party
    Rhythm (Approved) People move in a rhythm and there is lots to eat.
  • A plate of party food and a cup of coffee on a white tablecloth
    Coffee (Rejected) Unnecessary and static image.
  • A woman drinks coffee while a man eats at a table in a log house
    Better coffee (Approved) This completely replaces the previous image. Reflection on the window could be removed.
  • A graduate and a bearded man smile and make peace signs at the party
    Graduated (Approved) This is how to feel to graduate.
  • A graduate in a green dress holds a tortoiseshell cat outdoors
    Graduation portrait (Approved) Jury liked this.

Task 7: Location. 3-5 images of the same location. (Approved)

Location can be indoor or outdoor location. In general, the interior is good to locate with outdoor image. Also details are part of the location.

Auschwitz-Birkenau

  • The entrance to Auschwitz I with the Arbeit macht frei sign and visitors
    Arbeit Macht Frei (Approved)
  • The electrified barbed-wire fence at Auschwitz I backlit against a cloudy sky
    Wires (Approved) Electric Barbed Wires backlit.
  • A Halt Stój sign beside a barbed-wire fence and guard tower at Auschwitz I
    Sign (Rejected) Not as good as the next one.
  • A high-voltage warning sign beside barracks and a barbed-wire fence at Auschwitz I
    Better Sign (Approved) Represents the previous image content better.
  • Red and white memorial flowers behind iron bars casting shadows at Auschwitz
    The End (Approved)

Task 8: On Location Portrait, 3-5 pictures of the same person. (Approved)

One of the most common assignments for photographer is to take photos about a person of his/her everyday life, at home or at work.

Father

  • Close-up portrait of a smiling grey-bearded man
    Too tight crop (Rejected)
  • A grey-bearded man points upwards beside an electrical cable
    Fingers (Rejected) The fingers and electric cable overlap.
  • A man sits milking among cows in a cowshed
    Cows (Approved) Person and his job.
  • A man works in the cab of a red tractor at the edge of a field
    Tractor (Approved) The person doing something all the time.
  • A man stands in a field beside a yellow combine harvester as another man climbs aboard
    Threshing Machine (Approved) The person in his own environment.

Task 9: Landscape. The same scene in different light conditions, 3-5 images. (Approved)

Laitakari in Ii, Finland

  • A wind turbine on a rocky breakwater at sunset as waves splash against the stones
    Sunset (Rejected)
  • Wind turbines on the sea horizon beneath a vivid orange sunset
    Sunset (Rejected) There are too many sunset photos in the world.
  • A wind turbine at the end of a rocky shoreline embankment in clear weather
    Composition works (Approved)
  • A wind turbine at the end of a rocky breakwater in grey mist
    Composition works (Approved)
  • A wind turbine and rocky shoreline path as the sun sets behind clouds
    Sunset (Approved) Sunset but it's not the main target.

Examination Day Task 10: On Location Photography (Approved)

Get 3-5 images about the Victoria Square for a newspaper. Deliver photos within 24 hours to jury.

Victoria Square

  • Rajalla shopping centre and the Victoriantori pool during the blue hour
    The Blue Moment (Approved)
  • An illuminated stepped waterfall and Rajalla shopping centre during the blue hour
    Sculpture (Approved) Ugly sculpture but in the background (Approved)
  • Victoriantori's colourful arch sculpture, flower planter and bridge during the blue hour
    Square (Rejected) Composition is not working.
  • Victoriantori pool, flower planters and arch sculpture during the blue hour
    No People (Approved) Location with no people but this works.