Ilkka Niskanen, PPSA, Finland.  Ilkka joined PSA in May 2001 and earned his PPSA status in September 2004.  He has 4 stars in Color Slides, 5 stars in Nature, 2 stars in Photojournalism and 1 star in Photo Travel.  Nature and people are his favorite subjects. Nature, he says, "is where my soul is resting".  Birds are favored and when photographing models, he tries to be outside in a natural environment.  He also tries to find  subjects where nature is artistic.