• 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

• Glanzlichter 2009 (Germany) - Highly Commended in ”Humorous Views of Nature” cat
• 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
• International Federation of Wildlife Photography - Third prize in IFWP in birds category 2008
• BBC´s Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY)- Highly Commended in Animal Behaviour category 2003
• BBC´s Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY)- Highly Commended in Animal Portait category in 2005
• Nature´s Best Magazine - Highly commended in 2005
• Finnish Wildlife Photographer of the year 2007 - Highly Commended in birds cat
• Finnish Wildlife Photographer of the year 2006 - Highly Commended in birds cat
• Finnish Wildlife Photographer of the year 2005 - Highly Commended in birds cat
• 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 BBC Wildlife Magazine, Birdwatching and Birds Illustrated Magazines in UK
• Member of the Wild Wonders of Europe team of photographers