Age Dupikov

Hi, I`m Age Dupikov and here is a little bit  photography in my life. I found photography about 7 years ago. At first I got to know photo editing program Adobe Photoshop in elementary school and some years later I got my first digital camera. Mostly I love taking photos of families and children's and weddings. My main goal is capture  strong emotions ! I just love that beauty in people smiles, in anger and in tears. I also have done a little bit nature and motor car pictures.

I really enjoyed staying in Finland and assignments what we did together. And  also I got to know many new interesting people form Finland and Lithuanian. Thank you for that experience! Here is some pictures from this project and some of my own works.

 My project works:

My personal works:

All photos by Age Dupikov ©

Tallin says more than a thousand pictures

"It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet."

I've always been interested in many art forms and photography is the first one I've studied. After only a few weeks I fell in love. I've realized that through photography you can create a link to the past so it is accessible at any moment. It has also inspired me in other forms of art, especially music. It is a specific way of expressing the same source of ideas which fuels other art forms. A tool that keeps the cogs of the machine turning in synchronicity. A piece of my puzzle.

"From one thing, know ten thousand things."

My project works:

"A fool is not the same tree that a wise man sees" a traffic light once told me.
Be and you will find.

Butterfly

Lonely bench

Accident

Fragile                                                     Up

"You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain
" and " do nothing that is of no use."

Step train

Step jesus

Step fall

"Be like water" and you will seem like fire and stone.

Flames

Smooth fall

River tree

"You can only fight the way you practise."

Welcome

Utedass

Reflect building

Gay art

Paasta mind

Lene

Photos by:

Tomas Jakobsson

Shared visions 3

Purpose
The purpose of 'Shared Visions 3' is to enrich learning environment and teaching methods, improve professional skills of photography, dance and vocal music fields with international study trips, student and teacher exchange and to find new partners in order to create a Nordic-Baltic creativity and partnership network in the field.

Our curricula emphasize the importance of international readiness as a part of professional development. Our intention is to find ways and contacts between creative study programmes and professional artists. Also, our intention is to strengthen cooperation between our current partners, integrate project actions to every partners’ every-day work both for students and teachers as a natural part of it and to further develop reciprocal actions.

Partners
Keski-Pohjanmaan kulttuuriopisto as co-ordinating organisation together with Vilnius Vocational Training Centre for Service Business Specialists in Lithuania, Follo Folkhøgskole in Norway, Kokkolan Talvitanssit – Vinterdans i Karleby in Finland and Tallinna Polütehnikum in Estonia.

Funding and budget
Shared visions is funded by Nordplus Adult. Nordplus is the Nordic Council of Ministers' most important programme in the area of lifelong learning. Total budget of the project is 30 050 €. Project period is 1.8.2011 – 31.7.2012.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Autumn 2012

Photography contact students and teachers from each partner school to Estonia
- Photo Walk, nature/milieu photography
- Visit to local professional photographer/photo studio
- Ideas and schedule for coming activities

Lithuanian photography students and teacher, Estonian contact students and teacher to Finland

- Photo Walk, nature/milieu photography, preparing Photo Book.

- Lithuanian and Estonian students have an exhibition.

- Visit to local professional photographer/photo studio

- Ideas and schedule for common exhibition in Vilnius

 

Finnish dance and vocal music students and teachers to Norway

- Finnish students take part in lessons/Finnish teachers give lessons.

- Finnish students have a performance.

- Visit to local professional dance/music artist

- Ideas and schedule for performance for Kokkolan Talvitanssit - Vinterdans i Karleby –event.

Spring 2012

Finnish and Estonian photography students and teachers to Lithuania

- Photo Walk, nature/milieu photography.

- Visit to local professional photographer/photo studio

- Finnish, Lithuanian and Estonian students have a common exhibition.

 

Norwegian dance and vocal music students and teachers to Finland

- Norwegian students take part in lessons

- Norwegian teachers give lessons.

- Visit to local professional dance/music artist

- Common performance at Kokkolan Talvitanssit - Vinterdans i Karleby –event 

For more information:

Keski-Pohjanmaan kulttuuriopisto/Central Ostrobothnia Culture Institute

Minna Poutanen

Adult Education Administrator

Project Co-ordinator

Opistontie 1, 68300 Kälviä

puh. +358 44 7250 701

minna.poutanen(a)kpedu.fi

http://sharedvisions.blogspot.com

Elina Malleus

Trip to Finland opened a new point of view

My deeper interest towards photography started about 4 years ago when I got my first camera. I really enjoyed taking nature and close-up shots but when I tried to photograph portraits my little camera and beginner skills stopped me to get desired output. After making my first shot with digital slr camera I was naled to it. Few months later I started my photography studies. At the right moment I try to polish my skills in taking pictures that have besides technics also some feeling in it .

My trip to Finland gave me an opportunity to develop myself through different assigments and the result are seen here.

 

Photos by Elina Malleus 

Heidi Laaksonen - Don't worry, there will only be prostitutes and drug dealers outside your hotel

The first alley cat I saw in Trakai but sadly not the only one

Castle of Trakai from my point of view

My feelings after the first day (not sad but tired)

On Wednesday we were divided into three groups and each group went to a different location. Our group’s task was to show the contrast between traditional village and big city. I preferred taking photos of the village.

Thursday night and we were still taking photos instead of any other entertainment

Noora ate a XXL lollipop on our way back. Highlight of her trip?

Photos by

Heidi Laaksonen

Sari Hollanti - To the moon and back.

And then some, is how much I like to photograph. When I was a little girl I used to loved taking snapshots of people, mainly my family and friends. Then at some point I just forgot about it. About two years ago I found my passion for photography again. And this time it’s more serious. I never seem to get enough. I’m always trying to figure out ways to get better shots.

Two years ago I also got my Canon Eos 500D and that’s one of the reasons that I got so intrested in photography. Now I’m taking pictures daily and driving my family insane doing so. Oh well, they’ll cope.

Studio photos are the closest to my heart but I also love taking portraits in natural light as well. So far I’ve just scratched the surface and can’t wait the new things I’m going to learn as time passes. Very challenging, very interesting and very much fun! 

Some girls wander by mistake, I don't

My (short) reportage about

Road trip to Vilnius

ALL IN ALL:

•          Spent about 38 hrs in buss
•         Slept almost ¾ of it
•     Got a ticket
•         Took pictures
•        Ate
•        Had first photography exhibition
•        Met cool people
•        Had the greatest pizza ever
•        Went to a beautiful graveyard
•        Had second photography exhibition
•        Did some shopping
•        Got almost lost
•        Wandered around Vilnius
•        And realized how beautiful Vilnius was
•        Had good Chai Latte

And I’m quite sure there was another graveyard on our hotel’s backyard.

Breakfast buffet was awesome! :D

Gettin' sleepy on a buss aisle...

Old graveyard. Not the one on our backyard, though! :D

Beautiful.

Killing time on cruise ship, heading towards Estonia.

Vilnius was a beautiful and interesting city, although one week was not long enough! The whole week was intense, and all that traveling wore us all out. But it was worth every moment.

Lecture about Lithuania's photography was interesting, and making those photography exhibitions worth all blood, sweat and tears ;)

Thank You all dearly,

Mira