Commercial job :: Settem Transport, Trondheim

Here is a new job that I did for Settem Transport in Trondheim. Settem Transport is the sister company of Elvrum Transport, which is the job I uploaded to the blog previous of this one. They wanted similar, but different images for the two companies, so I decided to link them together with a surreal theme.

While Elvrum Transport is hauling goods into Trondheim, Settem Transport is in the crane business within Trondheim, hence the expression of the image.

This has been a fun assingment which I enjoyed. Hopefully you will too.

Commercial job :: Elvrum Transport (Trondheim)

It's been weeks since I updated the blog, and that is because there has been a lot of work, both with the new gallery but also shooting different commercial jobs - most of them rather big.

But finally I get to show of some new work! This job was shot in the last days of August and in the first days of September. In total this was about 200-300 hours of work. I took about four days just to shoot because I needed to wait for the light that I wanted, and because the locations were far away. One of the locations was 1000 km away, the truck was shot 700 km away from the office.

The backdrop is "Dovrefjell" between Oslo and Trondheim, and the city in the horizont is Trondheim. Elvrum Transport is a lifeline for Trondheim, constant supplying the city with their 30+ trucks.  "Dovrefjell" mountain is what separates Trondheim from the capital of Oslo and in the winter it has very harsh driving conditions, but you can always depend on Elvrum Transport.

Before photoshop:

Raw files:

Behind the scenes - Photoshop video

Behind the scenes: Waiting for the correct light, hating the moskitos (had to run back and forward to the camera for every shot to avvoid a "black cloud" in front of the lens)

Behind the scenes: Shooting from the back of a truck to get the correct perspective

Behind the scenes: When you need to get the light 5 meters up in the air, you need to think creative

Behind the scenes: Shooting Trondheim from the hills outside the city

Grand opening - Photogallery and studio

First of all: thank you everyone who showed up at the opening last night, it was such a good feeling to show everybody what we have been struggling with for the past 18 days. We could not announce the opening untill two days before, because some of the pictures for the exhibition was delayed in transport. And with that in mind, around 40-50 people showing up felt very good!

All this has just been a crazy journey. After my studio partner recently passed away, I needed to find a new studio space, and I was offered this place three weeks ago. But it was too big for my needs, and coming directly out of all the gallerys and exhibitions in London it was obvious what to do with the extra space.

So a studio/gallery place was born, and both are sorely needed in Bodø. There are no other commercial photographers in the area, in fact the nearest is something around 600 km away. And the gallery! Photographic awareness is something we got to have to be able to truly enjoy photography, and in a commercial aspect it's about getting the region competitive and be seen!

It's been three weeks since the idea was born. It's been 14 hours a day of intense working. It's been family and friends showing up and working hard to help. It's been 57 liters of paint. It's been arguments, happyness and exhaustion. 

But look at it now.

18 days ago .....