Stephanie and I have been planning this shoot for a while, but this weekend we finally got to this shoot, though it was a bit impulsive. Saturday evening I asked Stephanie if she was keen to do the gipsy / bohem-inspired fashion shoot in near future and she answered that Natalia, her older sister was doing a stylist assignment at school (Norsk Fotofagskole) with just the theme we had been planning for. Though the shoot had to be on Sunday because the assignment was due this week. Natalia was glad to hear that I could do the shoot for her.
The first location Natalia had planned was around the rural area of Moholt, but I didn’t feel that it add the right atmosphere for the shots I had in mind. Instead thought back to the first years when I first moved to town. I lived at Voll Studentby a student village, not far from the model and regularly went for walks in the area. and remebered one of the trails in the area with some vacancy, but was still open enough for the right mood I had pictured. They both agreed that we should try my location. After 45 minutes of shooting, the clouds drifting in and changed the light we worked with and we were kind of done with four costumes.
Below are some of my shots with a Minolta Dynax 7 (analogue camera) from 2004. At that time I mostly shot film and the cheapest way to get the shot digitalized was with a DIY contraption consisting of a black tube with home made film dias. The first photo is of Kjetil Høiby scanned with his film scanner, and the two following was shot with my DIY contraption.
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Kjetil Høiby at Voll Studentby
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Voll Studentby
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, My Dog, a Cocker Spaniel
foto: Bjørn Christiansen, modell: Trine Eide, stylist: Tina Larsen
Starting at Fotofagskolen I was pretty fresh shooting fashion photography. I didn’t have that much experience or “the right” inspirations to build my own shoots. After learning some techniques and leafing through various fashion magazines I got an understanding of what you should do in an editorial series. In spring of my first year, Tina Larsen from fstyle.blogg.no/a> asked me to help her out on her final exam at H2 shooting an avant garde, baroque-inspired fashion series. She showed me some inspirational photos and we discussed what location we should use. Having shot a lot of photos at NTNU Gløshaugen and Hovedbygget, the choice was quite easy. For my inspiration I used Cinderella and the Czech movie Three Wishes for Cinderella (Tri orísky pro Popelku) which in Norwegian tradition is always showing on Christmas eve. Our model was Trine Eide. I called NTNU and asked to use their building for location and got a yes.
Having helping me out as an assistant on this shoot was my friend Sascha Njaa. Before the photo shoot we went to the location places and angles fit for a backdrop. The photos were to be put in Tina’s final portfolio and viewed at a catwalk show the students at H2-Akademiet had put together later that month.
Having found quite a few spots to shoot at the location I was able to shoot a huge variation for the series. This particular photo was shot in a large window facing south, at the opposite side I had my huge bed sheet reflector which gave me enough light to get a decent exposure in the front of the model. Having a stylist doing clothing, hair and make-up doing the styling of your photo shoots helps you a great deal getting the photos you want to shoot. Have common understanding on what your theme and photo style should be. Tina passed her exam and is now working as a hairdresser at Heads Up Hårsalong på Byåsen and a freelance stylist.
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
This is the second part of the runway show to Oi Hår og Velvære at the Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel in Trondheim, at the end of November. The theme of the show was Lady Gaga-style, where around 35 models were makeup, styled and styled Lady Gaga spirit.
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
Since I shot about hundred pictures during this show I needed to split the set into two posts. Hope you don’t mind. The main theme of this runway hair- / fashion-show OI Hår og Velvære had put togheter was, as you might have guessed, Lady Gaga-style.
Here are all the portraits I shot of the models after they had been styled by hairdressers from OI Hår og Velvære before their show at Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel in November.
Orbis Ring Flash
On this particular part of the job I did for OI I used a flash modifier called a ring flash from OrbisFlash.com. It is suppose to make a soft light with a soft shadow behind the subject. It did work on some of the photos I shot, but not everything. I had the flash set to TTL 0 – -0,3 and sometimes -0,7. As with regular auto-flash-settings you will get some difference in exposures depending on what people wear and the ambient lighting. The camera was set to a shutter of 1/125 sec, the aparture at f/3.5 and the ISO at 400. I am going to experiment a bit more with this flash upgrade to find out how much power is needed to get a decent exposure on a 35mm lens. If somebody knows some manual sweet-spot-setting, please let me know.
Here are some images I photographed the backstage of “OI Hår og Velvære” last Saturday. The series, I hope, describes the mood and what happened the hours before show start. Some of the models and stylists had been at work since eight in the morning, but based on what I did not observe anything beyond the mood of some of those. All guaranteed so excited about what would happen that they did not have time to be tired.
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow - Maria Holmberg
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
These photos are from the first part of the fashion / hair-trend show at Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel in Trondheim. The first show was held by hair dressers and stylists from Heads Up Hårstudio in Trondheim. Models are both represented by Trend Models and DP Models. Also on the runway was some of the band members from Irresistible who is competing in the Norwegian Grand Prix this spring. Tina Larsen had put together a great show for us.
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow - Stian Marius Sivertsen
Saturday OI Hår og Velvære and Heads Up Hårstudio arranged a fashion show showing off hair trends and styles. These pictures are from “Julecupen” a competition where the contestants style a model from top to toe, hair, make-up and clothes. Lotte Aalberg Kalvø (OI Hår og Velvære), with her model Stian Marius Sivertsen, won the category Male Fashion. Congratulations!
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, OI goes GAGA & HeadsUp Hårshow
Here is a small collection of images from “OI hair & wellnessa” and “Heads Up | hair salons” her fashion show where they showed off hair trends. Catwalk was placed at the Radisson Blue Royal Garden Hotel in Trondheim, where models from both Trend Models and DP Models were represented, and some volunteers second hårmodeller. OI’s style focused primarily on different Lady Gaga, haircuts and styling by Matt Heitmann at the forefront. Tina Larsen and Heads Up had booked including Shadi from Idol go had a more Fam Irvoll-inspired, classic fashion show.
I god stil fortsetter jeg mine egne prosjekter i ved siden av prosjektene vi har på skolen. Dette er det andre opptaket med modellen Karina Kruksve. Denne gangen var det beautyportrett som stod på tapeten. Det er en sjanger jeg er veldig lite bevandret i, men jeg har fått med meg såpass at det er mye fokus på styling, hår og sminke. Tidligere på dagen i går gikk turen innom Panduro i Fjordgata for å se om de hadde noe jeg kunne pynte Karina med. Etter litt leting fant jeg to meter med sort dekorvev som kunne fungere. Dekorveven er sammenlimte fibre som lagde en luftig, men fin tekstur. Deretter gikk turen innom Make Up Store i Dronningensgate hvor jeg fikk tak i noen løsvipper og løsvippelim.
På skolen fikk jeg hjelp av Sascha Njaa til å rigge opp beautydishen min i et butterfly-lysoppsett. Dette oppsettet skal i teorien tegne en fin skygge under nesen og lyse opp ansiktet ganske greit. I tillegg til å kjøre litt standard oppsett satte jeg to sorte vegger inn mot modellen for å få litt mer kontrast i bildet. I tillegg til å skyte bare stillbilder har jeg også fått lånt Canon 5D Mark II av Jarand Boge for å skyte en liten bak-kulissene-vide for opptaket bare for å gi dere et lite inntrykk av hvordan jeg jobber.
foto: Bjørn Christiansen, modell: Maren Elise Aasen, makeup og hår: Tina Larsen. Her gjør Tina en liten touch-up på leppene til Maren Elise før vi fortsetter opptaket
Onsdag denne uken hadde jeg mitt første opptak på lenge med Maren Elise Aasen fra Trend Models. Bildene er i forbindelse med at jeg ønsker å prøve meg litt mer på fashion-fotografering og til modellkortet Maren Elise har hos Trend Models. Maren Elise har stått modell for meg en gang før under et lyssettingskurs arrangert at Fotopia for drøyt ett år siden. Siden kurset har hun ikke stått noe særlig modell, mye grunnet ett lengre studieopphold på Bali.
Styling og Sminke
Klesstylingen er lånt hos Zara og er en del av en ny militærinspirert kolleksjon. Skoene er lånt hos Bianco Footwear i Nordre Gate i Trondheim. Hår og sminke ble gjort av Tina Larsen fra H2 Akademiet som også ved tidligere anledninger har hjulpet meg med sminke og hår på tidligere opptak:
I serien jobbet jeg med to forskjellige lyssettinger. Det første oppsettet er med to lamper, en som fungerer som hovedlys for å gi bildet en maleristisk og myk lyskvalitet. Dette lyset er pekt opp i taket og spretter ned igjen på modellen. For å bruke denne type lyssetting bør man være sikker på at taket er helt hvitt. Det andre lyset i oppsettet fungerer som fyllys og lyser opp mørke områder i bildet slik at man får tegning i skyggene.
Det andre lysoppsettet kan du lese mer om på blogg-posten om Zeleste Vejle – Grafisk Uttrykk. I korte trekk skal hovedlyset gi en lyskvalitet tilnærmet dagslys/direkte sollys. Til å assistere meg på opptaket var Sascha Njaa så vennlig å stille opp for meg.
Bilder fra opptaket
Bildene fra opptaket kommer i løpet av uka når jeg forhåpentligvis er ferdig å redigere bildene jeg tok under Oslo Fashion Week 2010. I skrivende stund er det bare fredag, Kristar Design, Epilogue, Leila Hafzi og Moods of Norway som mangler filtrering og fargekorreksjon.
Hi and welcome to my blog / portfolio. My name is Bjørn Christiansen I am a 29 year old and live in Trondheim where I currently I work as a freelance photographer shooting fashion, commercial, documentary and portraits. Enjoy my site!
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Kjetil Høiby at Voll Studentby
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, Voll Studentby
photo: Bjørn Christiansen, My Dog, a Cocker Spaniel
