Daniel Taipale
Daniel Taipale is a Finnish travel and landscape photographer who shares outdoor adventures, from snowy Lapland to summer road trips.
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Known for
Arctic Lakeland
Travel diaryOverview
- From
- Finland
- Work
- Travel, lifestyle, adventure and landscape photography
- Online
- @dansmoe on Instagram
- Started
- Tried a friend’s DSLR in 2003; began taking photography seriously as a business in 2010
- Early recognition
- Included in Fathom’s 24 Best Travelers on Instagram in 2017
Mini bio
How it started.
A friend’s digital SLR sparked Daniel’s interest in 2003. He and his brother saved for their own camera and bought one the following year. He learned by taking photographs, without formal classes.
Taking the camera along.
In 2007 he moved to New Zealand to snowboard and surf. Travels through Asia included time in China and teaching children to snowboard in the Japanese Alps. After returning to Finland in 2010, he began building photography into a business.
Finding his audience.
Daniel told Rajala that he started a blog around his travel photographs and attracted readers before Instagram made sharing his work easier. Fathom included him in its 2017 selection of 24 Best Travelers on Instagram, highlighting the quiet side of his nature and landscape pictures.
Stories from outdoors.
His travel diaries combine photographs with places to hike, paddle, ski and stay. Published collaborations include Finnair in Finnish Lapland, Visit Oulu on the Pohjola Route and Arctic Lakeland Kainuu. In 2021 he also joined House of Lapland’s experiment in photographing a virtual wilderness.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2022Winter trip to VuokattiPhotographer and writer; paid Vuokatti collaboration
- 2022Winter Escape: Arctic Lakeland KainuuPhotographer and writer; paid collaboration
- 2021Virtual LaplandInvited photographer
- 2021The New Pohjola RoutePhotographer and writer; Visit Oulu collaboration
- 2020Autumn in the Finnish LaplandPhotographer and writer; Finnair partnership
- 2019Project VaeylaeTravel creator and campaign participant
- 2016Moving Sam’s WayFeatured alongside Samuel Taipale in Europcar’s travel video series
Quotes
It was really great to jump right into the forest from my office chair.Daniel Taipale, House of Lapland
Speaking about trying virtual photography for the Virtual Lapland project in November 2021.
Trivia
- He learned photography without taking classes.
- He taught snowboarding to children in the Japanese Alps.
- His father’s travel photo albums helped inspire his interest in photography.
- He told Rajala that he aims for the soft colours and feel of film photographs when editing.
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