Jukka Vuokko's photostream  

Although I take almost all kind of photographs, I prefer to call myself as a landscape photographer.

This is because my main interest in photography is black & white fine art photography, especially landscapes.

My landscapes contains mainly natural scenes, but it is not uncommon that there are more or less man made elements within - old buildings, ruins, etc.

And yes, I use zone system as a tool to help me previsualize final image at the time I take photograph.

I prefer to use large format (4"x5") and medium format cameras (6x6) cameras. Both allows easy use of different films for different range of subject contrasts. Large format has it's edge on zone system, allowing individual developing on each negative. However I have found that medium format camera with couple of film backs is flexible enough.

Sometimes I carry 35mm camera with tele zoom and couple other lenses. 35mm camera is mostly loaded with color film for quick nature shots.
Almost always I have a small range finder camera in my pocket for quick street snapshots. The Olympus XA and 35RC are really good ones. Althought the automatic µ-ii does the job quite well too.

My photography is constantly changing bit. The more I learn, the more I realize how less I know.

Lately I have been interested of ortochromatic and orthopanchromatic films. The obsession for dark, perhaps black skies has changed to more subtle tones, even plain white skies..

Besides the landscapes, I like to photograph pets and other domesticed animals working like more as portrait photographer.
I have also found that the childrens are pleasing subjects for photography (however nowadays kids expect that the result is viewable immediately at the lcd screen of the camera - and my camaras does not have any.. Sometimes I can give a polaroid...)