osendal.com – Øyvind Strand Endal

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Every now and then I pull up my Canon EOS 400D to play around. The following pictures are captured with either my Sigma APO 70-300mm F4-5.6 lens, my Canon 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 kit lens or a Canon 50mm F1.4 borrowed by Øyvind Bye Skille.

Photography isn’t my first priority, so even though I dream of a better camera and a few more lenses, I don’t think it will happen for a while.

Have a look!