Project: New Finnishness Day, 2014

I discuss about this in our meeting and have also posted the idea in our Facebook group sometimes ago. We would like to invite you all to take part in this new kind of multidisciplinary art project that JMPC is organizing with JOMONI on the occassion of New Finnishness day at Joensuu, in May this year. This is an interesting project we are doing this year and are looking for artist of all different form to take part in this project. Read in the end how you as photographers can take part in this.

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Tule luomaan uutta suomalaisuutta kanssamme!

Joensuun seudun monikulttuurisuusyhdistys (JoMoni) ry on järjestämässä kuudetta kertaa Uuden suomalaisuuden juhlaa Snellmanin ja Suomalaisuuden päivänä maanantaina 12.5.2014. Sitä edeltää taiteellinen prosessi, jonka tulokset esitellään Uuden suomalaisuuden juhlassa. Prosessiin liittyen JoMonin Kansainvälinen valokuvakerho JMPC tuottaa hyvissä ajoin ennen juhlaa joukon valokuvia, joita yhteistyökumppanimme, eri alojen taiteilijat tulkitsevat: tuottavat omia kuvia, musiikkia, tanssia, tekstiä jne. Työskentelyyn varataan riittävästi aikaa. Näistä yhteisistä tuotoksista, joissa tulkitaan samoja teemoja - alun perin kansainvälisen valokuvakerhon jäsenten tekemiä valokuvia - koostuukin juhlan anti. Juhlassa on esillä tanssia, musiikkia, tekstejä, maalauksia - tämä itse asiassa riippuu teistä, yhteistyökumppaneistamme.
Tule mukaan tähän kiehtovaan projektiin, joka avaa mahdollisuuden aitoon keskusteluun ja uuden kulttuurin tekemiseen yhdessä!

JoMonin puheenjohtaja Olga Davydova-Minguet sekä juhlatoimikunta
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Let´s create new Finnishness together!

Joensuu Multicultural Association (JoMoni) is celebrating the New Finnishness Day on Monday May 12th, 2014, for the sixth time. This year, the party is preceded by a creative process, the results of which will be displayed at the party. For this purpose, the Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club(JMPC) will produce in good time before the party a set of photos that are open for creative interpretation by you, artists of different fields. The interpretations can be in the form of pictures, music, dance, texts etc. The products of this artistic process, based on photos by members of the Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (JMPC), will form the core of the New Finnishness Party. There will dance, music, recitals of texts, paintings and other artistic work. Whatever it will be − it is up to you, our counterparts!
Join us for this exciting project that provides a way to new discussions and new artistic work!
Olga Davydova-Minguet, the Chair of JoMoni, and the New Finnishness Day working group
Contacts:
tel. 0458491556 Hanna-Leena Partinen
e-mail: hannaleena.partinen@gmail.com

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As a photographer, you are needed to produce good photos which in YOUR POINT OF VIEW picturize the New Finnishness in your view through photographs. Think about the different themes, color/BW, horizontal/vertical orientation and ways you want to represent that idea, be creative and there is no limit for imagination. If you find the project interesting and are interested to take part in this project, send us your theme and photo(s) to our email by next weekend (ie by 28.2). We need to provide to the artists with the photos as soon as possible. It does not matter if you make new photos or one of your old photo(s) unless it fits into your theme. For this version that you are going to send, your photos do not need to be all ready for printing or fully edited, but we need photos that represents the idea of your view on theme. Just make sure that each photo is less than 2MB in size, we will ask for better quality photo later for printing. Please feel free to share and spread the word around.

 

 

Exhibition in Iso-Myy

We have our 10th exhibition "Unseen Joensuu" in Iso-Myy shopping center.

Karjalan Heili (a local newspaper) made a short story about our 10th exhibition that is happening in Iso-Myy shopping centre in Joensuu.

Special sesssion with JMPC : Tuukka Pakarinen and his thoughts about photography as a business

Tuukka Pakarinen is a photographer and videographer from Joensuu, Finland. Tuukka took his first pictures when he found his mom´s camera at the age of five. Picture was a great piece of art. A portrait including about half of his babysitter backside before she find out what Tuukka was doing. It was the beginning.

Many years after Tuukka took some more pictures and eventually people started ask him to take some pictures of their weddings, bands, movie projects etc. Tuukka also decided to take some lessons for it in Karelia university of applied sciences, where he did his bachelor studies of media.

Pictures were okay because Tuukka got some more photo jobs or client did not knew each other. Anyway Tuukka decided to turn his hobby to a business and in spring 2013 he launched his own website www.tuukkapakarinen.com and started his company. That was another beginning of something new and that is what he wants to talk about.

In this session with JMPC, Tuukka is going to discuss about photography as an business, how to start, when to start? Some views to difference fields of photography from weddings to music and child portraits. Thoughts about photographers own projects - just for fun or important part of your own marketing? Your personality as a tool when dealing with your customers and what else you need to get your pictures done.

Tuukka would also like to invite you and have the possibility to network and have a chat about photography, camera gear etc. He will bring some of his own gear and if people are interested can tell about what he needs when working in locations etc.

You can like Tuukka in Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TmiTuukkaPakarinen

And check his website:
www.tuukkapakarinen.com

Welcome!

Date/time: (Monday) 27.01.2013, 16:00 - 19:00

Address : "Silta - Maahanmuuttajatyön keskus"
Koulukatu 24 B, 80100 Joensuu.

Map: http://goo.gl/maps/sPe1I
Entrance is from the building which is in front of Kela office. If you dont find the place or coming later, call Barun at 0466668714



 Join in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/611945958862497

Convey this message around and bring your friends if they are interested. This is FREE session for everyone who is interested in Photography or just curious how it is actually done in practice. Come along, come with your friends. We will have small snacks during the session.

Welcome!

- the JMPC group
( http://joenphoto.blogspot.fi/p/about-jmpc.html )

posters and pamphlets for JMPC

Joensuu will first time take part in Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk.

Joensuu will for the first time take part in Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk ( #WWPW ) on October 5, 2013. Come and take part in the global photography walk. Seats are limited to 50 people.

Here is information about the photo walk from previous walks we made:

Usually, there is no theme in photo walk. Everyone comes their camera, phones, etc and shoot whatever comes during the walk, everyone walking same path takes different types of photo based on their interest. Being with other photographers helps one to see things in ways others hadn’t noticed before.

Here is the link and more information about the walk in Joensuu:

http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/joensuu-finland/

Date: Saturday, October 5, 2013
Time: 03:00pm - 06:00pm
Location Details: next to the Joensuu wolf statue in Kauppakatu
After the walk, meet at: behind Joensuu city theatre. We can goto Coffee house.

Photo Walk Description

We will meet next to the statue of the wolf which is in Kauppakatu. Walking through the Keskuskuja, we walk next to the Art museum and walk through the beautiful walking path of Siltakatu. There we walk between the beautiful falling yellow leaves until Länsikatu. Then we turn to the Friendship park located at the corner of Siltakatu, Länsikatu and Koskikatu. We spend some time there. After that we continue along Koskikatu, next to the Joensuu city library, forward to the school, Carelicum. We go through the yard of Arts and Crafts centre next to Carlson. We come out from the Rantakatu, cross the street, go next to the river. Then we walk under the Suvantosilta bridge and end our walk behind the Joensuu City theatre.

Things to consider:
- Camera(s), batteries fully charged. It is advised that you don’t bother taking all your camera gears but think beforehand what kind of photos you take and thus take only one lens with you, lighters the better.
- A good walking shoes, preferably warm and can stand wet situation. You should be able to manage with your sports shoes or rubber boots.
- Comparatively warm clothes.
- Food / snacks after the walk or during the walk.
- Just in case it rains, take umbrella or raincoat.

Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk is the world’s largest global social photography event in the history of photography itself. It takes place on the same day around the world where photographers of all walks of life and skill levels gather together, usually in downtown areas to socialize, learn new tips from each other, and explore their corner of the world through photography.

JMPC excursion to Kolvananuuro Nature Reserve / JMPC:n retki Kolvananuuron luonnonpuistoon!

BOOM !! So here comes the information for the ultimate Kolvananuuro Nature Reserve trip for the beautiful Autumn. For Finnish read along ...

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When? Saturday (21.9) 21st of September, 2013
Where to meet? We gather in front of our meeting place which is located in front of Kela office (Koulukatu 24B).
Time? We meet at 9:30. Please be there in time so that we can stick to our plan and people can spend more time in Kolvananuuro Nature Reserve than waiting for you in a parking lot.
How long? the schedule for the trip is planned to be from 10-16, but we might also be late or earlier than that.
How much does it cost? We don't have to pay for any activity, but we will collect the fuel which might be around 5 euros for both ways altogether. It's good if you could take coins with you so that it is easy to pay small amount of money right away.

Plan: It takes about 30 minutes drive to Kolvananuuro Nature Reserve from Joensuu. In Kolvananuuro, we start walking from the parking lot along the marked trail which is about 5 km. We take our food and everything you need with you, and use the fireplace after we have a good hiking.
The beautiful nature of Kolvananuuro is about 35 km north from Joensuu and has interesting geological formation between rocks. The area is little bit different than normal Finnish landscape and has quite diverse vegetation. We will make a trip there and take a walk in the gorge between the rocks, and in the end make fire and eat something. The idea is not to be competitive or fast but to enjoy the beautiful nature together and watch at the forest and sky and birds, smell the place. If somebody wishes to take break or want to see some place longer, it is also possible. There is a good fireplace, trash place that we can use, so take food and maybe sausages. It is also possible to swim in one of the beautiful beach.

What you need:
- Camera(s), batteries fully charged.
- A good hiking shoes, preferably water resistance. No sleepers, flipflops etc. If you don't have hiking boots, you should be able to manage with your sports shoes or rubber boots.
- Comparatively warm clothes
- food / snacks after the walk or during the walk. There is a fireplace to make food so take some sausage, bread, salad, or something you want to eat. Please buy those food before you come so that we can stick to our plan. Somebody can take mustard, firesticks for sausages, matches, paper
- Just in case it rains, take umbrella or raincoat, some dry clothes to change
- Charge the batteries for both mobile phones and camera.
( Note: You don't need warm clothes during the walk as we will probably be somehow walking uphill, so also take light clothes for the walk, but during stops you might need some warm clothes.)

These suggested routes are probably not friendly for baby-carrier-cars. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, please reply to this message, or call Barun (0466668714, barunkhanal@gmail.com).

IMPORTANT: we need to know how many cars we need, so when you get this message, please reply immediately if you are coming or not, even replying "I am (not)coming" is enough. Since the time is very soon, we are only able to count the people who replies that they are coming. Since we dont have contact information of all the people, please forward this message to your friends who are interested.

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JMPC:n retki Kolvananuuron luonnonpuistoon!
HURAA; KOLVANANUURO! SYYSRETKI!

Englanninkielinen teksti kertoo enemmän. Tässä lyhyesti:
Lauantaina 21.9.
Kokoontuminen klo 9.30 Kelan edessä, rakennus, missä JMPC kokoontuu. Koulukatu 24B.
Retki on suunniteltu aikavälille 10-16, mutta saatamme palata myöhemmin tai aiemmin.
Tämä huvi ei maksa mitään muuta kuin bensakulut, ota mukaan noin 5 euroa käteisellä ja ehkä kolikkoina mahdollisesti, niin voidaan jakaa kulut heti.
Matkaan menee noin puoli tuntia. Kolvananuurolla teemme n. 5 km retken. Otamme eväät mukaan ja kävelyn jälkeen syödään nuotiolla. Kolvananuuro on noin 35 km Joensuusta ja se on geologisesti mielenkiintoinen, kallioiden välissä. Maisema poikkeaa normaalista suomalaisesta maisemasta ja siellä on melko monimuotoista kasvillisuutta. Kävelemme kallioiden välissä ja lopuksi syömme nuotiolla eväitä. Emme yritä kilpailla tai olla nopeita vaan nautimme luonnosta, katselemme kasveja, eläimiä, ympäristöä.Matkalla voidaan pysähtyä. Voit myös uida jos haluat.

Ota mukaan
-kamera(t), täydet akut
-hyvät kävely- tai vaelluskengät, tai lenkkarit, tai kumisaappaat
- suhteellisen lämpimiä vaatteita (kävellessä voi tulla kuuma, mutta tauoilla kylmä)
- ruokaa tai pientä purtavaa kävelyn jälkeen tai sen aikana. Esim. makkaraa, leipää, salaattia tai mitä ikinä haluakin. Hanki ruoka ennen matkalle lähtöä. Jotkut voisivat ottaa sinappia, makkaratikkuja, paperia, tulitikut.
- säävarauksena sadetakki tai -varjo, ehkä kuivaa vaatetta
-lataa sekä kännykkäsi että kamerasi

Jos sinulla on kysyttävää, ehdotuksia, kommentteja, vastaa tähän viestiin englanniksi, tai soita Barunille (0466668714, barunkhanal@gmail.com) tai suomeksi Tuulikille (0452379668).

TÄRKEÄÄ: Emme tiedä, paljonko tarvitsemme autoja, joten kun saat tämän viestin, vastaa tuletko vai etkö, niin osaamme varautua paremmin. Viestiä voi laittaa eteenpäin. Jos et tule, voit vastata "en tule", sekin auttaa.


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JMPC in Joen Yö !

On Friday, 30.8, JMPC will be presenting its activity and inviting people to join during Joen Yö. We will also try to answer to visitors queries and talk with you and your feedback. The idea is to make JMPC visible to other people and invite them to join if they are interested. Jarno Artika will also be promoting his new photobook "Joensuu virtaa uusin ilmein -kaupunkikirja" during the event.

We would like to exhibit photos from our past exhibition in this one event. So we request all photographers who have had their photo exhibit in our exhibition in past to bring them to yourself to our next meeting. If you cannot come, you can also hand it with someone or ask me to make arrangement to get the photos from you. We will then setup those photo in our stall in Joen Yö. It would be nice to have photos from each exhibition that we had in past.

Location: Surakanpiha talo, the old yellow wooden house in Taitokorttelin pihapiiri, Suvantokatu 2/Rantakatu 11-13
Date and time: Friday 30.8,  16 - 21
Joen Yö: http://www.joenyo.fi/tapahtumat.html#.Ug4CGmT08Vk
Come and say hi to us if you are there. See you there !

UPDATE: Joen yö was busiest exhibition for JMPC so far. There were estimated visitors around 600 people. The historical atmosphere of the Surakan talo suit perfectly for the exhibition; Joensuu town was established in 1848 and the house was built after 2 years Joensuu was established.

"Joensuu Photo Walk 2013" : World Photography Day

August 19th is a World Photography Day. We are going to do a photo walk together to celebrate the day for a reason we all in this group are connected to, i.e. Photography.

Usually, there is no theme in photo walk. Everyone comes their camera, phones, etc and shoot whatever comes during the walk, everyone walking same path takes different types of photo based on their interest. Being with other photographers helps one to see things in ways others hadn’t noticed before. At the end of the walk, we will gather at the Coffee house and share our photographing experience.

Come and meet others to see how they see the same street with different eyes. And the idea is not to be lazy and kick ourself to walk in the evening with our camera and have some chat with fellow photographers. If you don't know or haven't done photo-walk before, check the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photowalking

Starting location : Silta - Maahanmuuttajatyön keskus. Koulukatu 24B, in front of Kela office.
When : Monday, 19.8
Time : 17:00 - 19:00, lasts 90-120 minutes
Ending location: Coffee house

WARNING: It is a fun and social event for photographers but might look dangerous and scary for many pedestrians when a group of photographers are walking in street directly towards them with open gears and assaults shooting here and there!

It is a free public event anyone can join, come to FB event if you are coming:

https://www.facebook.com/events/223828897769392/223828904436058/

share the event with others, see you there !

UPDATE: Here are the photos that were submitted for the walk:

https://picasaweb.google.com/117111564646533836628/JoensuuPhotoWalk2013WorldPhotographyDay

Sunday evening Photo walk

On Sunday (11.8 )we gathered at Koulukatu 24 (in front of Kela office) and did a photo walk for about 45minutes, starting at 18:30. The idea was to meet others to see how they see the same street with different eyes. And the idea is not to be lazy and kick ourself to walk in the evening with our camera and have some chat with fellow photographers.

Joensuu virtaa uusin ilmein -book preview in the last meeting of spring season 2013.
Phtotographer Jarno Artika shows the pages of the Joensuu photo book and tells background information of the photos.

Welcome for interesting journey in Joensuu and surrounding areas, year around 2009 - 2013.

Also Planning for summer activities, photosessions.