BJØRN CHRISTIANSEN | Photographer

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Hobbit Premiere at Nova Kino

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Hobbit Premiere at Nova Kino

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Hobbit Premiere at Nova Kino

At 12 minutes past 12, the 12th of December, 2012 the world premiere on the Hobbit was showing on Nova Kino in Trondheim. A lot of fans had dressed up in amazing costumes and I was there documenting for Trondheim Kino.

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Two weeks ago I had a fashion shoot with Carina Velvet, Trend Models, in a small grove of Leangen in Trondheim, where I photographed and filmed a bit. Here is the result of the film I made and the last two pictures from the shoot. The soundtrack on the clip is composed by Akira Yamaoka and is from Silent Hill 2, the Playstation game. Make-up and hair was done by Annette Rian Skjølberg.

The pictures was shot with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and the film clip was shot with a Canon EOS 5D MkII, 50mm f/1.8 and a 24-105mm f/4L. The zoom-lens in combination with the MkIII weren’t as sharp as I’d expected in these conditions. Quite soft all over. From the EXIF-data I read that I had a shutter around 1/125s, an aparture of f/5.6 and the ISO was 800. All frames are natural lit with only a reflector to light brighten up a bit.

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Carina Velva, make-up and hair: Annette Rian Skjølberg

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Carina Velva, make-up and hair: Annette Rian Skjølberg

In an hour I have my final shoot with Marion Dyrvik Homlong for her portfolio for Miss Earth, down town Trondheim. Looking forward to it. Have a nice weekend!

Last assignment

This is my last assignment at Norsk Fotofagskole. The assignment was shooting a fashion catalogue, 10 outfits, all colour, 24 pages including front and back. We were also supposed to make a little art piece using video presenting the clothes.

Today I delivered my final PDF to CopyCat in Trondheim, printing two copies of my magazine. Last night I was finished clipping and editing my little art piece and it came out quite okay.

Behind the Scenes

Storyboards, moodboards and a plan of attack were worked and evaluated in groups with our teacher Geir Terje Nergaard. Some time before Easter I made contact with Maria Nordstrøm Solberg from Modelbureauet Modelbooking, a model booking agency in Århus. She helped me find some models that needed some photos for their portfolio and could do the shoots for free. Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen, a singer in Leaving a Small Town and Stephanie Bäckström fit the catalogue profile I had planned.

Friday before Easter I left Trondheim heading towards Århus, Saturday Mimoza Rrusta, my stylist at the shoot, and I went out looking for clothes and shoes that matched the profile. Mainly looking at stores at Bruuns Galleri in Århus having a tight budget we stuck to Vero Moda, H&M, Bestseller, MbyM and BikBok. As usual Bianco Footwear (Århus) were as kind as to lend me two pair of shoes. Sunday we, Mimoza and I, took the bus to Moesgård Beach scouting the location planning where to shoot and film. Monday we went for a walk to Århus Botaniske Have, not far from where I stayed. The location were not as I had thought it would be, so after the shoot Tuesday, we visited Århus University which worked perfectly as a backdrop for my second shoot.
Tuesday Stinne showed up at around 9 o’clock in the morning ready for make-up and hair. We started shooting at the beach around one and were done around four. The second day we started hair and make-up around noon and were done shooting at the university around six pm. Friday I meet my second model Stephanie in the town centre of Århus, taking the bus to Bellevue Beach around two pm. Mimoza tagged along fixing hair and make-up. This day we concentrated mainly of shooting film for the art piece. That evening I had around 700 images to pick down to 30 for post processing.
Sunday afternoon I arrived back home in Trondheim starting post processing my photos, final touch and stitched together in a PDF were done last night before starting editing the art piece.

Nikon Norge – Nikon D7000

Before I left for Denmark I sent Nikon Norge an email asking them if I could borrow a DSLR with filming capability for testing and for my little art piece. They were as kind as to lend me a Nikon D7000 and a Nikon Nikkor 17-55 f/f2.8 through Camera & Videoteknikk AS. Since I have a Nikon D700 as a main camera and have shot with Nikon the last three years D7000 was fairly easy to operate. Just a little flick of a switch and start the live-view-mode and press the record button. Without a Hoodman Loupe I had some problems focusing, but mounting the camera to a tripod using it as a shoulder-rig I got a bit more stability event though it’s not perfect. I had also some problems with skin-tone in my film-clips, but I figured it was just my novice-experience that was the reason.

Tomorrow at 9 am. we are having the last evaluation before final exam. Four weeks, maybe 80 – 100 photos, 8 – 10 different styles, including fashion, architecture, commercial and portrait.

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stephanie Bäckström (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stephanie Bäckström (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stephanie Bäckström (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stephanie Bäckström (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stephanie Bäckström (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stephanie Bäckström (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stephanie Bäckström (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, model: Stinne Tornøe Frederiksen (Model Booking), hair and make-up: Mimoza Rrusta

Onsdag 26. Mai skal vi levere en Photoshop-oppgave hvor alle bildene skal være produsert av hver enkelt. Ikke noe klipp og lim fra andre bilder. Bildet skal være basert på en av plakatene under.

Modeller: Bjørn Tore Økland og Jens Westbye

Her er enda en liten video tatt med Nikon D700. Videoen er satt sammen av ca 715 JPEG-bilder med 7 bilder i sekundet. I stedenfor å sette inn bilde for bilde i en video kan man bruke en JPEG to AVI-konverter som gjør akkurat det samme som helt automagisk.

Her er noen lenker til noen slike programmer:
PhotoLapse freeware. Det er denne jeg har brukt på de to siste filmene.
JPG to AVI er også et freewareprogram som også gjør sin nytte.

Foto: Bjørn Christiansen, Til venstre: Minolta DiMage Z1 (2003). Til høyre: Hasselblad 501 (2009)

Bildet til høyre er et av mine første bilder med et digitalkamera. En kanskje litt modifisert sannhet da jeg allerede i 2002 hadde kjøpt meg et Muztek-kamera for dagpengene jeg mottok under førstegangstjenesten. Bildene med Muztek-kameraet ble aldri noe veldig komponerte og gjennomtenkte. Dessuten har de aldri blitt publisert. Så da regner jeg kaktus og visnet blomst, eller som tittelen på bildet er “Sjalusi på hybelen” som et av de første digitale bildene mine.

Til høyre finner du den første eksponeringen min med 120mm analogt mellomformat tatt med en Hasselblad 501. Planleggingen og gjennomføringen av eksponeringen var ikke så veldig nøye gjennomtenkt, men da jeg satt på skolen i dag og scannet negativene jeg fremkalte på tirsdag, kom jeg på bildeserien min for seks år siden.

Ikke nok med det lille miraklet jeg faktisk fikk fremkalt en helt greit eksponert sort/hvitt film på første forsøket, det er også et lite mirakel i seg selv at jeg faktisk har greid å holde tre kaktuser i live i rundt regnet seks år.

Foto: Bjørn Christiansen, sted: Solsiden, Trondheim

En mosaikkvegg på Solsiden jeg liker teksturen og mønstret i. Ikke så veldig spennende bildet ved førsteinntrykk kanskje, men om man ser lenge nok så ser man at det er andre ting i bildet enn bare ruter. Om jeg ikke husker helt feil er dette eksponert med 120mm ISO 400 sort/hvitt-film, blender f/4.0 og lukker på 1/60 sekund.

Foto: Bjørn Christiansen, sted: Solsiden, Trondheim

Heller ikke et veldig godt komponert bilde, men heller mer en liten eksperementering med film og mellomformat. Jeg hadde satt opp kameraet til å eksponere et arkitekturbilde, men plutselig kom denne gjengen vandrende fra det store intet. Litt turist som jeg er pekte jeg heller kameraet mot den snåle ansamlingen mennesker og trykket av uten å egentlig tenke så mye på fokuspunkt, brennvidde, blender, fokusplan og lukkerhastighet.

Å fotografere sort/hvitt på mellomformat ga mersmak. Å fremkalle filmen i etterkant var heller ikke så vanskelig som jeg først hadde trodd. Dette betyr kort og godt at Mamyiaene og Hasselbladene på skolen kommer til å bli hyppig lånt ut til meg.