Band photo: Astrid & Ingunn
Musicians Astrid & Ingunn from Biri (Norway) needed new photos for promotional use, and I was glad to help. These pictures were shot at Eiktunet in Gjøvik a summer afternoon filled with all kinds of weather.
The equpment used was my Canon 60D camera, Sigma 17-70 and 70-300 lenses plus the Nissin flash with an extender cable. They wanted a dreamy look and pictures they could use for different occations. And of course something that reflected their beautiful, simple songs. Have a look in the gallery below and be sure to check out their music at Facebook and at the blog.
These as well as a few older pictures are now up on my Flickr profile. Connect!
Østenfor sol – Sound design
Yet another book trailer produced by Bjørneby Productions for Cappelen Damm. Magnus Bjørneby is the director. Audio post production and sound design by Endal Media.
New camera
I’ve finally bought a new camera: Canon EOS 60D. The flip screen, weight and price made it my choice over the 7D. With my 60D I also got a Sigma DC 17-70mm F2.8-4 lens. The lanscape pic and the two rusty pics are shot with this setup, but I have used my Sigma APO 70-300mm F4-5.6 lens for the glass and the egg.
Podcast imaging – Sound design
Here are a few cut outs from my sound design for the Innotune podcast and the AN21 + friends podcast. It’s all from 2010. There’s more at Soundcloud.
Podcast Imaging 2010 – Innotune and AN21 + friends by osendal
Annas skjebne – Sound design
This is the first 16mm project I’ve been working on. It is a book trailer by Bjørneby Productions done for Cappelen Damm. Sound recording on location, sound post production and sound design by me.
Radio host portraits
Every once in a while I get to do some photography at work. Here are three of my shots done for web and print. One of them we even put on our car. Captured with my Canon EOS 400D and the 18-55 kit lens + my new Canon EF50mm f/1,8 II lens.
Stormvinder – Sound design
Here’s another one of the book trailers from Bjørneby Productions on which I’ve done the sound. Both on location, post production and sound design this time.
It’s called “Stormvinder” and works as an online commercial for the book series from Cappelen Damm with the same name. Directed by Magnus Bjørneby, grip/lights by Mads Hoel and photo by Torgeir Haugaard (on RED One).
Portrait experiments
Here are three experimental portraits.
The flash used is a Nissin DI466. A cheap deal. It works quite nice, but eats batteries. My dad bought one, and when I found out it syncs wirelessly to other DI466′s, I had to get one as well. The syncronization isn’t too stable, though.
The first and the last photos are done with long exposure and me running around with the flash. In the one with the two girls I even chose to show some of the blinks as an effect. The middle picture is the only one with two Nissin flashes used.
All three pictures are taken with my Canon EOS 400D and the 18-55 kit lens.
Livets Lenker – Sound design
Bjørneby Productions has made another book trailer for Cappelen Damm. I did not have time for the field recording, but have done audio post production and sound design.
The short film called “Livets Lenker” is directed by Magnus Bjørneby and shot on RED One by Torgeir Haugaard. Watch the film at the Norske Serier site.
I had a few big challenges with too low recorded sound with following noise, but the result should not be too bad. Have a look.
The details of a studio
It’s fun to explore macro photography and depth of field, I enjoy playing with form and details. Since I spend a lot of time in my studio, which is a great place to be creative, I don’t need to go anywhere else to find motives. So here are the results of a photo session with a selection of my gear. This may not be considered art for anyone but audiophiles like me. Let’s call it sound gear porn.
The pictures are shot with my Canon EOS 400D camera and Sigma APO 70-300mm F4-5.6 lens. They are only slightly edited in Photoshop.
Introducing: Innotune.net
Innotune.net is finally launched, a project I’ve been working on for the last six months. It’s an electronic music podcast and blog.
It’s been a while since I retired as a house dj and a host in the radio show about electronic music called Feedback. This winter I felt the urge to work with electronic music again, and I wanted it to be through a podcast.