* Born 11th February 1965 * Director of Finnature Ltd - incoming tour agency specialized in wildlife watching and photography holidays * Professional Wildlife photographer since 1998 * Chairman of Professional Wildlife photographers of Finland association (NF) since 2007
Awards * Festival de´loiseau et de la nature (France) - Second prize in birds category 2008 * Glanzlichter 2008 (Germany) - Highly Commended in Mammals category 2008 * International Federation of Wildlife Photography - Third prize in IFWP in birds category 2007 & 2008 * BBC´s Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY)- Highly Commendeds in Animal Behaviour category 2003 and in Animal Portait category in 2005 * Nature´s Best Magazine - Highly commended in 2005 * Finnish Wildlife Photographer of the year - Three Highly Commended images * IWP (UK) - International Wildbird Photographer of the Year 2004 * IWP (UK) - Category winner in Portfolio and Composition & form categories in 2005
Publications * Hundreds of published wildlife photographs in Finnish and international books, calendars and magazines Portfolios in Birdwatching and Birds Illustrated Magazines in UK * Member of the Wild Wonders of Europe team of photographers