The Mountain Top Project


















Photo documentary: Mountain top # 3 - Gaustatoppen

I love being in the outdoors and taking pictures of all the fascinating places and nature I encounter. So recently, me and my boyfriend came up with an idea for a fun and challenging new project : to climb the highest mountain in each county here in Norway. Norway is divided in 19 counties, so this might take us some time :)
These photos are from the third mountain we've been to. We decided to drive there and spend the night in a tent at the bottom of the mountain, before conquering the great hights.
Unfortunately it started raining the moment we got in the car and it continued to rain for the rest of the weekend. That's the reason for the many grey and misty photos. Once we got the tent was up, I crawled into it, while K went looking for wood to make a fire. I have to mention that I have never been camping before, so this was a whole new experience for me. Surprisingly I've never slept as good as I did that night, although I'm positive I heard something moving in the grass outside the tent, before falling asleep! But it was so cozy to snuggle next to my favorite person, listen to the rain pattering on the tent and knowing that you were out in the middle of nature (and nowhere). The next day I woke up super early to an amazing view, it was still slightly raining and huge foggy clouds hovered over the mountain and lakes below us. While cooking our breakfast over the open fire, the fog came back and we were swept in a cloak of mist in just a matter of minutes. And this thick mist would stay with us for the rest of our trip.
Then it was time to start our climb. It was a tough climb, but a great workout and a good way to experience the challenges of climbing a mountain under rough weather conditions. It took about two hours to get to the top. The only thing that I missed was the wonderful view you're supposed to get when climbing up these hills. This mountain top in particular is known for its spectacular view, but beacause of the fog and bad weather we didn't get to see any of it. But we're planning to go back, only next time we'll make sure to pick a day the sun is shining.

Awake And Dreaming










Photos from the shoot with the Blonde Snapshots girl :)
I've also uploaded the photos individually on flickr. So if you wish to see each photo seperately just click here.

Spinning Away









These perfect weekends.
Spending time exploring nature.

Blonde Snapshots




model Malin

Yesterday I met up with Malin to take a coffee and plan a photoshoot, since I've been wanting to take pictures of her for a while. Here are a few quick testshots I did at the coffee house. Hopefully we'll be taking more photos in a week. I'm so looking forward to having a real shoot with her. At the moment I'm very inspired by some old pictures of a very young Kate Moss. I'm thinking about maybe using them as inspiration and recreating a similar mood and energy in our pictures.

photos taken by gene lemuel in 1988 (via huffingtonpost.com)

A Little More Personal








I mentioned in my previous post that I wanted to share with you some of my favorite shots from the wedding. Here are the ones I've saved for last and that I feel represent my style the most as well as being my own personal favorites.

The Wedding








-21.05.2011-
I had the honor to photograph my sisters wedding in Copenhagen recently.
Here's a small selection of the photos I took.
Those of you who know me, know that I have always been reluctant to photographing weddings, since I find most of the wedding photos out there extremely cliché and cheesy. Of course I did take some of the typical wedding photos, you can't get away without taking a few family portraits and photos of the happy couple kissing. But I tried to create my own personal touch using natural lighting and some of my other special little techniques.
I think it's important to always stay true to your style of photography regardless of the job your doing. Luckily my sister is also an artist at heart and pretty much let me do my own thing on their big day. Which I was very happy and thankful for.
In my next post, I will share with you, my own personal favorite photos from the wedding.