{"id":249,"date":"2023-05-01T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liisakarling.com\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2025-06-02T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:18:50","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.liisakarling.com\/fi\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Tietoa minusta"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\tLiisa<\/span> Karling\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t

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I was originally inspired by photography during my exchange year in America. It was love at first sight.
As a photographer, I’ve seen it all. I started as a professional photographer 30 years ago when people were still shooting on 6x7cm negatives and producing black and white images in the darkroom. In the early 2000’s there was a panic when digital cameras came along and even that was overcome…
I have studied photography alongside my work for 7 years. One of the highlights of my career has been to be awarded the Finnish Professional Photographers Association’s Master of Photography title, which is awarded for a series of 20 photographs. A total of 44 have been awarded since 1979.
I gave up my studio in Tampere, Finland in 2022 and currently live part of the year in Finland and part in Torrevieja, Spain. I enjoy the variety of not being tied to a place and being able to take photographs exactly where I am. Now that my two children are living on their own.
I have been teaching photography to private students since 2020. It’s amazing to see how they are developing in photography.
For the last 5 years I’ve also been making videos, it’s really fun. Coming from a photographer background, it was great to see how much more information you can add to a video compared to a photo. Learning new things is the best!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\tPhotographer Liisa Karling Valokuvausapu Oy, Entrepreneur\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\tStudio Karling Oy , Entrepreneur, Photographer\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\tPhoto-artisan , Photographer's Professional Qualification and Basic Diploma in Communication\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\tPhotographic Studio Raimo J Niemi, Photographer\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\tPhotographer Liisa Karling\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\tPhotography Laboratory Technician\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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I have been taking part in national and international competitions since 1999.
<\/span>In the last few years I have been \"giving younger people a chance\".\u00a0
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