BJØRN CHRISTIANSEN | Photographer

Screenshot from a promotional video I did for www.ourstyle.org

A few weeks ago Mr. Trondheim was to be decided at Clariton Hotel & Congress in Trondheim. As one of the members of the jury, Bjørg Helene Braaten, the rest of the co-workers at Agape Brud was invited to this event to show of wedding dresses in one of the breaks at the show. Ann Karin Williams Aastø from Ourstyle.org did the make-up and hair. Since this was a female only event, I didn’t get to shoot some pictures after the girls was done, but I shot a little promotional video for Ourstyle.org. The video is shot with Nikon D800, Nikon Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G VRII and Nikon Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G. Enjoy!

Ourstyle.org – Promotional from Bjørn Christiansen on Vimeo.

Soundtrack: Rihanna – Diamonds

Nikon Nikkor AF 35mm f-2.0 AF-D - Snailmail from Posten.no

Nikon Nikkor AF 35mm f-2.0 AF-D - Package contents

Nikon Nikkor AF 35mm f-2.0 AF-D - Testshot of my old 35mm filmcamera - Minolta Dynax 7

Today my long awaited Nikon Nikkor AF 35mm f/2.0 AF-D-lens arrived at the local post office after traveling for quite a while. The 35mm I was recommended by my teacher Geir Terje Nergård at Fotofagskolen during our documentary course. The lens seem to be out of stock both on-line and in stores. Also used lenses that are advertised on Finn.no the used-market at Foto.no are quickly sold out. Popular glass. Along with the lens Stian Knudsen, the guy who sold me the glass, had packed a Nikon HN-3 Lenshood. I believe I’ve made a good bargain.

It is a wide angle lens with a wide aperture (f/2.0). Ken Rockwell recommends shooting at least at around f/4 to avoid vignetting. It is not a large lens as the more expensive Nikon 35mm f/1.4G and is quite light. Easy to carry around as the Nikon Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.4 AF-D I’ve been carrying around as a portrait / snapshot-lens until today.

I did some test-shots in the living room of my old Minolta Dynax 7 (Old 135mm film-camera) and was quite pleased to discover that the focus area started at 0,25 meters and extended to laying #8 ;) The bookeh was quite nice as well. This weekend I will test it when I am photographing for Hipster.no at Kos Bar&Lounge.