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Heikki is a sports photographer from Finland. He came to rhythmic gymnastics sideways. He was shooting portraits when a client asked him to try a competition, and the pictures worked before he understood why.

So he learned the sport. He studied the Code of Points until he could read a routine the way a judge reads it: the split at the top of a leap, the half second where the shape is right and the half second after it is gone. That half second is the photo. It is also where the reel cuts, always at full speed. Slow motion stretches an element out just far enough to show where it was weak.

He works carpet-side, mostly in Estonia. He also mixes competition music, for gymnasts who want a routine that sounds like it was built for them.