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Charite Viken – Elevating

Bjørn Christiansen — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:48:38 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Charite Viken

I thought the last post was the last for a while, but then I got a little time before my flight to Denmark too off and then I could post some more pictures from the photo shoot I had with the Charite Viken (DP Models). Here we are in a fairly narrow elevator. Nikon 24mm f/2.8, SB-900 and Orbis Ring Flash is the extra equipment I used in addition to my trusty Nikon D700. Make-up and hair was done by Ann Karin Williams Aastø from OurStyle.

Well, now I’m leaving on a jet plane, leaving the snow, rain, ice and cold. 2 degrees Celsius and sun is a fairly good upgrade.

Charite Viken – Raw

Bjørn Christiansen — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:07:14 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Charite Viken

Second part from the series I did for Charite Viken, artist represented by DP-Models. As the first part, this is shot with natural illumination in a dim staircase in a parking garage in Trondheim. The reason for all the noise in this picture is that I had cranked up the ISO-speed to 2500 to get a decent exposure at f/2.8 with my 24mm lens. Even tough it’s not done perfect technical wise, I felt that the rawness in both the style and posture of Charite expressed and the noise all over the image says something about what I am trying to express. First I wanted the photo to be in black and white, but the dirty green light the fluorescent bulb was casting set the mood perfectly. Make-up and hair was done by Ann Karin Williams Aastø from OurStyle. Thank you for helping out and doing such a great job at this photo shoot.

The recent days I have been assisting Lars Erik Berg from Centerteam doing a commercial job for Mascot Høie A/S. Høie is a manufacturer based in Fosen making bedsheets and pillows. It was fun and experiencing two days at the studios of Centerteam.

Sunday I am leaving for Denmark again hoping to get to do some model testing for Modelbureauet Modelbooking again and I will be back in Norway around Christmas. Which in short means that my blog will not be updated that frequently as the past few weeks. Hope you will take a look in my picture gallery and enjoy all the photos I have published the past recent years. Leave me some feedback and comments if you’d like and I’ll try to answer as soon as possible.

Jennifer Hansen – Model Testing – Part V

Bjørn Christiansen — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:23:47 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Jennifer Hansen

This is the fifth and last part from the series I shot with Jennifer Hansen, Modelbureauet Modelbooking in Århus. These shots are photographed in the corner of the daylight studio I rented at Christina Lykke’s Skyderiet.dk. and is lit with one flash aimed towards the roof. To get some contrast in the photo I had a big, black blanket which I have span between two light stands and positioned right behind me. Stylist on this shoot was Malene Micha Juhl. Working with both these fantastic people was fun and exciting.

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Jennifer Hansen – Model Testing – Part IV

Bjørn Christiansen — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:21:05 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Jennifer Hansen

Here are two portraits of Jennifer Hansen from Modelbureauet Modelbooking in Århus. Styling is done by Malene Micha Juhl and the portraits are shot at Skyderiet.dk run by photographer Christina Lykke.

Here are some more photos I have shot of Jennifer Hanse:

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Jennifer Hansen – Model Testing – Part III

Bjørn Christiansen — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:58:15 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Jennifer Hansen

This is part three of model test I had with Jennifer Hansen, Modelbureauet ModelBooking. Stylist of the photo shoot was Malene Micha Juhl, who did a fabulous job of preparing Jennifer for the different pictures. This part of the photo shoot is inspired by fashion photographer Richard Avedon and his airy jump-images, which is perhaps inspired by Henri Cartier Bresson’s picture in which a man jumping over a puddle. A good illustration of the theory behind “the decisive moment”. My thought behind this was that I had my shots of Jennifer posing static and now I wanted some movement. Her skirt was kind of wavy and letting her hair down enhanced the movement.
The technique I did to get these images the most sharp, in spite of a great movement was to lower the ambient light in the studio. Since this was a daglysstudio was a little difficult to cover the windows, but all the lights were turned off and setting the light of the flash was turned off. The camera was set to continuous focus, or AI Servo on Canon, an aperture of f/14 and a shutter speed of 1/200 second at ISO200. The reason that the aperture is set so low is to eliminate most of the ambient light and only let the flash freeze the picture. All three images are captured with just a flash.

Dualit – Toaster

Bjørn Christiansen — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:23:02 +0000

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This spring I was given the task of photographing a toaster branded Dualit as a part of my final exam at Norsk Fotofagskole, here are some pictures I took to this assignment. Not the most exciting subject to photograph, but very challenging. Shiny steel, round, shiny sides reflect the entire studio and all its surroundings, which meant we had to take some small steps to conceal the reflections and make the toaster so shiny and clean as possible.
A neat trick is to use a white, large bed sheet, span it between two light stands to conceal the surrounding environment. Also make sure you have an assistant who can help you out setting up the rig, cleaning the props that you are photographing, brings you coffee and keeping the spirit up after four or five hours of shooting. Thank you Ane Aspén!

Jennifer Hansen – Model Testing – Part II

Bjørn Christiansen — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:10:39 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Jennifer Hansen

This is my part two from the fashion photo shoot I had with Jennifer Hansen, Modelbureauet Modelbooking in Århus. Styling, hair and make-up was done by Malene Micha Juhl. For these particular photos we wanted a cheeky, careless feel, a bit Kate Moss, heroin chic.

Orbis Ring Flash

Today I received my Orbis Ring Flash-gadget converting any speed lights into a ring flash. I haven’t had time to test it out yet, but I am planning two photo shoots this weekend. The difference between the Orbis Ring Flash and the more known Ray-Flash is that the ring it self is lit from beneath instead of forcing the light through a maze of mirrors before lighting the actual ray. Fredrik Kihle is a photographer who introduced me to the Orbis Ring Flash. Head over to his website and check out his projects with ring flash photo.

Jennifer Hansen – Model Testing – Part I

Bjørn Christiansen — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:39:31 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Jennifer Hansen

Jennifer Hansen has worked as a fashion model for Modelbureauet ModelBooking for about three years and made several big jobs as a model. In addition to being represented by ModelBooking, Jennifer is studying medicine at the University of Århus.
Last week I was shooting model tests for Modelbureauet Modelbooking, in Århus and Jennifer. The plan was to have two models in one pictures doing some sister-like theme, but unfortunately one of the models hadn’t time to do the photo shoot. To help me put together outfits, do hair and make-up for photo shoot, Maria Solberg from the bureau, set me in contact with, Malene Juhl Micha. Malene does a lot of hair and make-up jobs. Her homepage, www.malenemicha.com, is worth a stopping by for inspiration or just eye-candy.
The photos in this post are lit with just one flash shot through a soft box, nothing fancy edge lights, or catch-light eyes. The studio we shot at were Skyderiet.dk who is run by Christina Lykke in Århus, Denmark.

This is Part I, so you should look forward to even more pictures of Jennifer Hansen in Part II, III and maybe IV. Both Jennifer and Malene was fantastic people to work with.

Malene Micha Juhl – Hair & Make-up Artist

Bjørn Christiansen — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:57:06 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Malene Micha Juhl

Malene Micha Juhl is mainly a Hair and Make-up Artist, but desided to have some portraits taken of her while we were shooting for model tests of Jennifer Hansen for Modelbureauet Modelbooking at Skyderiet.dk, for portfolio use. She has done a lot of fabulous work for different photographers. Check out her website www.malenemicha.com.

Anne Sofie – Model Testing

Bjørn Christiansen — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:10:08 +0000

photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Anne Sofie

Anne Sofie was a model I did a little test for Modelbureauet ModelBooking last week. Here are some pictures from the studio Skyderiet.dk run by Christina Lykke in Aarhus.