Hi!
Just wanted to let you guys know that I’ve entered in a photography competition and would LOVE if you would vote for my picture.
The prize is money for travelling and I would love to be able to travel and do some sort of portrait-series!
So please, If you also would like to see that happen – press HERE and take the little time to vote for my cute photo!
Thanks everyone 
By the way - yesterday the webpage had its 15.000 visitor!
That’s HUGE!! = D
Hello everyone : )
Tiny tiny update!
I’m home from vacation and just landed at home with a bunch of memorycards ready to be opened.
I’ve used the day for getting the Linnea Myhre shoot done and ready. Really happy with the outcome, hope you are too.
You can see the results in the “Known Faces” category and “Fashion & Beauty“.
The picture on the front page is from my shoot with the lovely Rebekka!
More coming tomorrow, hope you like the little sneak peak.
Hopefully I get to write down what I’ve been up to the last couple of weeks tomorrow.
Have a nice night everybody!
Hi everyone!
Just wanted to check in and tell you about something that means a lot to me !
I got the wonderful opportunity to cover a interview for Femelle with the lovely Caroline.
Caroline interviewed the people behind the new and quickly popular fashionblog called “Dagens Outfit” (Todays Outfit) and I took the photos for the article.
Dennis and Marie were great fun and the pictures turned out good. Even though they didn’t seem to love the way I edited the pictures ; “OMG, WE LOOK PALE”.
But hey ; )
Anyways, It’s my first official interview-cover so I’m excited. And I’m also so excited to be a part of Femelle, I can’t wait for all the things I’m hopefully going to get to do!
You can check out the interview here! (It’s in norwegian)
Today I had my last day of work at Meny for the summer.
It’s been a great day, the hours just flew by and I’ve never smiled and laughed so much at work before.
Mostly because I knew it was vacation-time when I was done and I have an awesome boyfriend. But Hey.
This week I have a couple of shoots and some other stuff to do before friday when Anders is coming.
We’re just going to relax and find out what we want to do when we arrive in London on wednesday
Well anyways..
I’m tired.
Talk to you later : )
London here I come!
My boyfriend and I just booked our trip to London in August.
I can’t wait! The trip is mostly a holiday trip for us but I’m going to get some work in there too.
For now I’m going to do a street-fashion article for Femelle!
I’m super excited, just think about all the great fashion and people over there.
Hopefully it’s going to be great!
I’ll post the pictures here when I’m back. (leaving in three weeks)
Now I’m doing some research for a photo-release and stuff like that. I have to get me some food and relax too though.
I’m working tomorrow and the day after, and then I’m going out to look for more fashionable Oslo-people!
Watch out Oslo!
YAY!
I have a pretty huge and happy announcement!
I’ve just become a part of the Femelle-team!
Femelle is a new norwegian web-based magazine and they wanted me to be their photographer!
The editor and I had talked about me doing something for them earlier but then they announced they wanted a new photographer.
There was one email and I was hired!
I’m super-excited – I’m going to do a lot of fashion photography for them, street fashion and things like that.
I’ve actually just now sent my first series in and the editor was thrilled!
Which makes me thrilled!
Just wanted to give a shout out to the lovely four people I got the chance to photograph today!
Camilla, Alette, Siri and Peder!
Thanks for beeing awesome!
I’m going to post the best photos I do in the new category which is of course called Street Fashion!
I also did a shoot for a band called Sassybeat today.
It went great, the guys looked really good in front of the camera.
Think I got a lot of cool photos from that shoot so I’m looking forward to posting it and hearing what you think!
Now I just did the last part of work-related stuff for today (my boyfriend’s lying in bed playing PSP so I’m guessing he’s a bit bored)
so I’m off to snuggle and watch a movie : )
Picture by me : )
Hi everyone!
Just posted some new pictures from yesterdays shoot.
Hope you like them! (Check portraits and fashion, this girl has model-potential for sure!)
I’ve had another shoot today which went pretty good. I’ll probably start editing them tonight.
The rest of the day today I spent cleaning, doing the dishes with loud music on and dancing around in a sweatshirt and socks.
I’m pretty sure I’m home alone here in my “dorm” so it’s great. I can listen to loud music and prance around in just a sweatshirt.
I also did my bed and cleaned my desk, bought new lovely pinkshade roses and cleaned the bathroom.
I’m going to have a girl-night tonight. Homespa and watch sex and the city or something.
My boyfriend’s coming tomorrow, cant wait. It’s just been a couple of days since I’ve seen him but it seems longer.
Oh, love – always the jokester.
By the way, am I the only one who can’t wait for more lightening and a bigger thunderstorm?
Hello hello hello everyone!
Hope you’re all having an awesome summer and making memories worth saving.
I would say that’s what summer is all about. Having an amazing time and meeting new people and experience something different and great.
I would say I’ve already done all of the above. I’m having an amazing time, I’ve met some new cool people and I have experienced something I haven’t exactly experienced in this way before.
The thing is, I’ve gotten myself a boyfriend.
Oh yes. Tina is no longer a single girl in the city (that sounds soooo lame, when it’s not spoken by Carrie Bradshaw)
I’ve actually managed to trick this amazing guy into actually beeing in love with me. How cool is that?
I must admit it’s pretty great. I rule!
This blokes name is Anders and he is probably the coolest person I have ever met. And he is now mine.
I find that quite appealing. Wouldn’t you?
He’s the funniest person I have ever met and I haven’t laughed like this with anyone.
He’s the kinda guy who always says the right thing and gives me the good sheets and makes me stay in bed while he does the dishes and then gives me my favorite ice-cream.
I’ve always looked at myself as a really independent person who would rater be single – but I must admit that this boyfriend/girlfriend thing is pretty fucking awesome.
I like being someones girl. Well, that’s not entirely true, I like beeing His girl.
My dad seemed to approve too, only saying this to my mum : “He had a nice firm handshake“…..
Oh boys will be boys..
So to sum up – I’m pretty much amazingly happy.
This summer is going to be great.
I’m shooting a lot the next couple of weeks and hopefully I’ll get to do some great fashion-shoots soon. I’m craving some great fashion-shoots!
Anders and I are hopefully going to London too! I’ve never been in London (Just Scotland and other places in England) so I can’t wait.
I’m going to take my camera and try to take as much great photos as I can.
And of course, seeing every typical tourist thing I can. You have to see certain things – Am I right?
If you have any good advice for visiting London please leave a comment! Will be greatly appreciated : )
After coming home from Anders’ yesterday, I edited for ten thousand hours (Ok, not quite) so I were done with the two weddings I’ve done recently.
I’m mucho happy about the results, and I feel I don’t have to be so nervous about weddings anymore.
It’s really an honour to be picked as a couples wedding photographer so it makes me very happy to be able to give them good results.
You can see the pictures here!
So if you like what you see and would like to talk to me about beeing your wedding photographer, don’t hesitate to send me an email!
I’m also booking other shoots for the rest of the summer, so please get in touch if you want to hear more about my summer-prices : )
I’m thinking I’m going to watch Marie Antoinette now. I want some big fashion inspiration.
Thanks for supporting me by checking in!
My website is still going strong (12.000 visitors!) and I couldn’t be happier!
Lots of love – Tina : )
HEY : D
Well, I’m superexcited!
That literally means ten thousand unique souls has taken the time to look at what I do.
I can’t seem to wrap my head around the amount of people. It’s really ridiculous.
But I’m soooo happy, I’m bursting at the seams here.
I’m soo happy I’m actually listening to Taylor Swift.
Just to really underline my feelings right now.
That girl is one cute singer.
In other news, I’ve gotten emails from soo many people who want to work with me the last couple of days.
That makes me happy. I’m booking a lot and I can’t wait to be creative again!
So just so you all know – if you want a photoshoot with me, just go to the contact-page and send me an email!
I’m working with reasonable prices all through summer!
This week I’m working at Meny and going off to the chiropractor for some body-crushing madness.
Other than that I’m working on a wedding I did a couple of weeks ago.
I finished one today and I were really happy with the results.
You can see the pictures from Neri and Lenes wedding - in the Culture & Special Events category in my portfolio.
I’ll post pictures from the other wedding as soon as they’re ready : )
Well, maybe I’ll start with the wedding photos….just….right now.
Hm.
MAYBE I WILL : D
Have a great night everyone and thanks again for your massive support!
Hello again!
I’m finally back!
And back for good I hope.
As I’ve said a thousand times, there’s been all work and no play the last couple of months, but now I’ve a lot og free time to do every shoot I’ve wanted to do for so long.
I really can’t wait.
Hope you’re as excited as me, I have a lot of great things coming your way!
I’ve just had a shoot with the great Cole from Edinburgh, he’s awesome. We always laugh and have a good time, and he’s really talented.
The photos will come up in the next couple of days I hope.
Yesterday I also had a shoot with the very well known norwegian blogger named Elise Gabrielsen, or Living Doll and she’s sooo funny. I really enjoy photographing her.
We had a great time and the photographs turned out pretty great, I’ll post them in a little while =)
Let me know what you think!
Today, I woke up at five o’clock all weird and tired and started to clean my room.
I’m not normal.
So the rest of the day today I’ve spent doing the dishes and laundry, and I just took a twenty-hour long shower.
Okey, maybe not twenty hours. Whatever, it felt long.
It was great. The weather here in Oslo is ridiculous, it’s sooo hot.
When I was done shopping today and doing the laundry I almost passed out.
Well anyways. I’m having a cutiepie over this weekend so I’ll post again later with more information about what I’ve been up to and a lot new photographs.
Talk to you soon !
-Tina : )
Hello again everyone : )
I have to be better at posting things here, I always get a lot of positive feedback but the last couple of……months really – have been a lot of work and no play.
I’m now a doll boy.
My camera has litterally grown into my computertable, if not just become a new paper-weight. NOT cool, Tina. Not cool.
I had to DUST it today. That’s just ridiculous.
So! I’ve now finally been able to send out a couple of emails with the work I really want to see happening soon, I’ve found a stylist/makeupartist/hairdresser so I’m super happy about that.
It’s always easier when the rest of the team can be ONE person.
Tip for me too, maybe I should look into styling and makeup later. Hmm.
Anyways, I haven’t been doing ANYTHING interesting. I’ve been working and sleeping and everything boring – but last week I went to visit my friends in Hamar.
I had a desperate need for some friend-time. So I put on my heels and took the train and I ended up staying….well, forever.
I had the best time, I’m pretty happy with that gang. Lise also came and we went to a concert with her brothers band – which was great.
I got a 30 seconds to mars and Jimmy Eat World feeling from them. So my kinda music!
We also went to see the new Robin Hood movie. And damnit, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
I’m really disappointed.
What the hell, Ridley Scott?
Theeeen…there was movie night with every single person in their whole building. We watched 2012 and Demolition Man. Ooooh, funtiemz.
17th of may (Norways happy-day), I spent…well, not sleeping. And eating ice cream and McDonalds. Yeah, I know, I’m pretty embarrassed about that but I had not slept for more than like…an hour, and it was also the first 17th of may – I actually haven’t had any plans. We later went out and ate at an italian restaurant before I had to take the train home.
I was pretty worn out when I came back to Oslo but it was worth it : )
Next week I’m working three days and then going home to Lillehammer for a job. I’m going to take pictures at the wedding for an old friend of mine. That’s pretty crazy. That friends of mine are already getting married and having kids. I still feel like a five-year old som times.
I’ll get the chance to see my house again though. My dad and mum are selling the property so I’m left houseless!!!!
Kidding. But it’s kinda sad of course. But as I’ve been saying – it’s just a house.
Today I slept in and started the day talking to a cutiepie on the telephone. Then I found out that I were going to clean and do the dishes.
God damnit, I really hate doing the dishes.
But I did it, then paid ten THOUSAND bills and took a long and relaxing shower.
I have now forgotten to eat again, so I’ve to see if I’ll find something to eat before I die.
Love, Tina : )
Hello again cuties!
I am the bearer of good news!
(Said with a God-like voice)
I got into the school I applied for!
Mid-interview last week my interviewer randomly put it out there, that I was going to get a spot in their second-year class.
My mini-sized brain didn’t catch that and I ended up almost Shrieking WHAT? Or HÆ? in norwegian.
Classy.
Well, he said that it wasn’t really a point in waiting and that I was going to get the official acceptence letter the next week or so.
And damn it, he didn’t lie!
After work on friday I checked my email and there it was!
“Dear Tina Rekdal.
We are glad to inform you that you have been accepted to our artducation in
photography – second year, here at Nordisk Institutt for Scene and Studio” (sorry, no great way to translate that)
So yeah!!!!
Take THAT universe!!!
I RULE! (American beauty anyone? : D)
And, yeah, my humility is out the window it seems.
It’ll be back in a little while, don’t worry.
In other news, I’m working, working, sleeping, formatting my computer…working and sleeping a lot.
My computer got this complete ASSHOLE virus. (I am going to find every single person who has ever made a virus and kick them in the butt…HARD)
It was two days of crying, yelling, cursing, actually LIFTING my computer to feel if it was that much of a pain to just…ship in out the window and actually doing something.
Btw, the crying in there was because this of COURSE happened while I was doing backups. That’s just..great.
But after to nights of thinking about bying a MAC (ha haa, of course that will NEVER happen’ now……..or will it? ) …I grew a pair and handled my computer like a man.
By formatting the shit out of it!
Take that viruses!! And…other…stuff.
So yeah, I innstalled the new windows and I love it. Everything is shiny.
I have some pretty good things coming your way though, soon I hope.
I’m having a shoot with the pretty effin’ funny Linnéa Myhre as soon as possible!
I already have some good ideas to the shoot and I think she’s going to be awesome in front of the camera.
I’m also doing a couple of shoots with different models. One of the models is the always lovely Martine, she’s the bomb! She’s one of the models who always delivers and makes my photos top notch!
I’m trying out this futuristic thing and hopefully it’ll be supercool. And I’m also having a shoot with some reptils and a redhead and I’m making a girls hair a nest. It’s going to be awesome!
I’m also booking again!
In the next couple of weeks I’m taking on jobs, so if you’d like a photoshoot with a friend, a family member, your boyfriend, girlfriend, boytoy, grandma, dog, bird or computermouse – let me know!
Whaat?
Anyways, I’m serious, let me know.
I’m working with reasonable prices and the more people you are in one shoot, the better the prices get.
Don’t hesitate with sending me an email or using the contact-sheet on the contact-page here on the website.
I’m going to watch a couple of episodes with How I met Your Mother : )
Have a great weekend everyone!
Woah.
First breather in a looong while it seems.
I’ve been working non stop for a couple of weeks – at least that what it feels like.
My body feels tired and old, I feel sick to my stomach of food and I can’t sleep.
And when I do sleep I dream about beeing raped and being informed that everyone I know have been lying to be about diet pepsi being “healthy” and that I now have been drinking tons of sugar straigt from the bottle. And then I dream about someone making me buy white bread and eating it. “Noooo, not the loff”… which is the norwegian word for white bread. Jeez.
I have also been dreaming about lemons and shrimp and PLU-codes from the store. And customers who’s not happy.
Then I seem to relocate my head to somewhere with goodlooking friends who smell good and I find myself asking a female customer if “she would like the perfume?” and not the receipt. And she actually said yes.
And this actually happened, this was not a dream.
I’ve probably never been that embarrassed.
Blurting out a part of my “fantasies” as work is probably not my proudest moment in life.
Yeah, so the point here is that I’ve been going on a auto-pilot thing. I can’t seem to shake work-Tina and Normal-Tina.
I find myself asking a tram-driver if he would like a plastic bag, and asking the girl who manage my mail for her ID. Almost. I exaggerate.
And yes, the thing that happened is – my neck and back litterally backet out and said….you know what, Tina?
I’m not putting up with beeing dragged down for money. So I told my neck and shoulders to stop whining, everybody work like this. And then my shoulders made me cry and said that everybody doesn’t have neck and back issues. So I asked my boss if it was okey to only work the days I interviewed for. And guess what? It was okey. Which made me very happy. I don’t want to end up in that place I were last year, with a back that didn’t. actually.work.
So now I can get “back” to a creative place – where I’m coming up with ideas for photoshoots. I love that place. I haven’t been in that place in a while. At the same time I sooo want to travel and experience something else, something new and something…not to..me.
Anyone want to come?
I’m trying to read a bit of Eat Pray Love everyday and I can’t put the book down. I love it. I find myself laughing HARD in the middle of the night at some random humorous quote. And I actually cried when I saw the trailer. I love Julia Roberts, she’s ….just…ahhh…
One of my favourite photographs is of her actually. Taken by Herb Ritts in 1993.
Well. This day…or maybe weekend, is all about not doing one single productive thing. I bought some great food with a thousand calories, but you know, thats half the fun. And today I slept in and haven’t done anything but blog and talk with some friends. I’m thinking I’m going to see all the Harry Potter movies. Maybe.
I suddenly have a thing for Daniel Radcliffe.
And then It’s work on monday but then I have a couple of days off. I have my interview with the school I applied for tuesday so that’s going to be interesting. Hopefully I’ll have a good feeling when it ends.
Okey, I’m off.
One last thing, the only dog I ever really liked died to days ago and that really sucks.
But my ever so enjoyable aunt put it really nicely – She now has unlimited amounts of dried fish and she can pee where she’d like. And I added that she’ll probably find some hot little man she can have a good time with too, while her daughter Bonita is running around on earth as a happy camper.
Live long and prosper, Petite.
Wait, what?
Just wanted to check in and say OH MY GOD, MY NECK IS KILLING ME.
I seriously need a massage and a trip to my chiropractor.
I’ve been working at my new job for a couple of weeks, and all though is been great – my neck and shoulders are starting to bother me.
Of course, It’s something everyone need to adjust to, but for me with having neck and back problems already, it’s sorta different.
This week I’m starting what I’m calling a job-frenzy. I’m gonna work pretty much everyday for about five weeks or so.
It’s going to be tough but at least I’m earning some good money. Which hopefully are going to be put into a new camera, a vacation to Paris, London, Dublin and Edinburgh. I want to go to Paris with my mum, and to Ireland, Skottland and England with my to best friends.
Well, here’s hopin’!
If not, I might go alone.
I think I would enjoy that.
Because of work it’s going to be a photography free month, per se – but I’m hopefully going to be able to tell you guys about what I want to try out later this summer and everything else that’s going on : )
Today I saw a guy looking totally like Daniel Radcliffe. I was acting like a fourteen year old girl.
And yes, I think Daniel Radcliffe is pretty amazing.
Away you haters!!
By the way, I bought me some new SHOES!
Finally a pair of shoes that doesn’t break my legs.
Well, I’ve spent the entire night editing and eating strawberries.
Life IS good, but now I’m seriously tired.
So off I go to bed to read a while before going to sleep.
Talk to you guys later!
Hey Everyone!
Isn’t life great?
I actually can’t remember why on earth I didn’t want to move to Oslo.
Well, I can of course remember the cliff notes but the point is – I was wrong. I had no reason to be nervous and anxious at all.
It took me about a week and a half before I felt that this was my second home. I started to call Oslo home on the telephone with my mum and I remember she didn’t quite LIKE THAT! Kidding.
Anyways, the last couple of weeks has been pretty awesome. The weather here is amazing, sun till eight/nine o’clock and tshirt weather all around. I’ve been eating ice-cream and strawberries for breakfast just ’cause I can these days.
Which is kinda messing with my “diet” but whatever. Like Emilie de Ravin said in Remember Me yesterday “ I just don’t see the point in waiting. I mean, what if I die while eating my entree?”
And speaking of Remember Me! Everyone who knows me know that I’m a movie-buff and that I have a tendency to read everything there is about popular culture. And yes, I’m enjoying Twilight as much as the next person (well… alot more of course, but whatever) but I were really looking forward to this movie. Chris Cooper from American Beauty (my favourite movie) and Pierce Brosnan all whipped together with the pretty awesome Robert Pattinson. I hope that people will go see this movie “in spite of” Robert Pattinson, because it’s really a pretty amazing movie. He’s become a star from the twilight franchise, but he really is an impressive actor. So… when that’s said, the movie was great!
I’d read a spoiler about the movie – without actually wanting it (spoiler alerts people!!) so I knew how the movie ended. That’s always a downer, but in spite of me knowing what would happen’ - I cried my eyes out. Like usual. I’m such a crybaby.
Victoria, a friend of mine who was with me saw that I was crying before anything really happened and was pretty anxious to find out. And then it hit the whole audience it seemed. People actually gasped. And then every single person in the theatre was bawling. Ok, EVERYONE is an overstatement, but It was A LOT of crying and whimpering through the theatre.
The point here, ladies and gentlemen – go see the movie and and be amazed. Or something.
Wow, I sound like a bad movie-reviewer.
Anywaaaays….
Today I had a shoot with a supercute girl named Luna.
She contacted me a while ago and wanted me to take some cool photos for her blog and stuff, so we decided to meet up.
What I didn’t know was that she’d actually travelled from Stavern, which is a town a couple of hours away. That was a first. I’ve been flown to a wedding in Stavanger to shoot, but nobody has actually travelled that far just to shoot with me. So that was pretty flattering.
Well, the shoot went great, I’m going to work on the pictures in a little while. I have a couple of other shoots to finish and send out so I have a pretty busy evening in front of me. I was invited to a birthday party-thing but I actually don’t know if I can take the time. I’m wiped from working ten THOUSAND hours at work this week and theres actually no more free time this weekend either. Tomorrow I have another shoot with a couple of kids. I’m thinking the pictures from that shoot is going to be pretty great, kids are always fun.
And as you know, I’ve had my first couple of weeks at my new job. It’s been great actually. The days goes by fast as heeeell working at that pace. Which I actually love, that kinda stress at work just makes the day go by faster and everything a bit more fun.
I’ve been lucky with the customers too, most people are really nice and understanding. Not that there’s THAT much to understand, I feel that I’ve gotten the hang of it pretty fast. Learned my first PLU-code-thingy the first day too!
Bananas!
You know…..’cause the shit is bananas.
Wow, I’m such a geek.
After the shoot today I went to the store to buy some salad and stuff, and they had strawberries for like…a buck.
I bought ten thousand bascets. Kidding, just two.
I love strawberries. I eat them with fake-sugar and skimmed milk. Which is great. Yummy.
I then found out I had no clean dishes. So I cursed and wanted to die. I freakin’ hate washing the dishes.
Anyways, I manned up and did it. While I sobbed.
Kidding, I just cried some quiet tears.
When I was done with that I kinda took off and cleaned my room too. Went down to the flowerist and bought pink shade roses and purple little flowers in the cutest silver flower-pot. I love flowers more than life, seriously. I can’t wait till I have a bigger place in a couple of years, so I can decorate everything in white and purple and in a shabby chic style.
But till then I have to work with what I got, and I must admit it’s pretty cozy.
I actually took everything from my two suitcases and packed OUT of them too. I seriously hate unpacking, it’s actually up there with washing the dishes. The two suitcases has more or less been lying on my floor since easter sunday. I suck.
But now the clothes are back in their closet and my makeup in the bathroom.
So everything is nice and shiny.
You probably remember me telling you about me buying a book for my mum last vacation, which turns out she’d read.
Well, I started reading it and after like…half a chapter I felt ROBBED. Not because the book sucked or anything, but I really HATE translations. So I walked to the nearest bookstore and bought it in English. I always feel like I’m missing something when I’m reading translations. I get that people read translations when the book is in…..you know, Latin…or…whatever.
But you are just too lazy if you’re my age and would rather read your books in Norwegian than English.
Especially when Norwegian pretty much sucks.
I really hope I piss someone off today.
Kidding.
Life is great, yey for positive energy!
Speaking of positive energy. Yesterday when walking home from the movies I saw a man peeing on the local church. Seriously, how bad of a karma do you want?
Now I’m going to put on some “New York” music and start to edit and probably pay someone to massage my effin’ neck.
Where are crazy-eyes when I need him?!
Hi guys!
Had my first day of work yesterday!
It was great, nice people and nice surroundings, got my own uniform and everything.
Oh yesh, uniform.
Was asked to work full-time in a couple of weeks too, and I said yes.
Then I’ll learn the system properly at least : )
In other news, I just posted the pictures from the lingerieshoot I had at Thon Hotel Oslo Panorama.
I like it alot, I haven’t done anything quite like that before so… : )
Today I seriously had ice-cream for breakfast. I love my life.
I’ve recently entered a competition to win a great camera and I would really be grateful if you would like to help me out.
The only thing you’d need to do is follow this link ; Link
and vote five stars! You can do this up till five times! : )
It would really make me unbelievably happy!
I’ve entered with this picture which I took under water with the lovely model Tuva Heger!
(Who I saw on Star television yesterday, YEY Tuva!!)
WELL HELLO THERE!
Oh my god, I’m such a dork. Two posts in….what, five minutes?
Whatever, I’m awesome.
It’s always exciting and interesting for me to read about the favourite photographers, of other photographers.
At least, that’s what I think.
Well, I have a couple of photographers which I always like and enjoy looking at pictures from, but theres this girl who always seem to impress me.
I found this girl (who’s like six months younger than me) on a webpage called Deviantart. You’ve probably heard about it.
I started using it in high school and one day I came to find a lot of fantasy-themed fashionshots. If I can call it something like that.
In my opinion, the photos were straight from Vogue or Vanity Fair. Big and glamorous and always super-original.
I cheched out this girls gallery and I couldn’t believe my eyes. So much beautiful and extremely good pictures were just hangin’ out in her gallery, waiting to be seen. And I obvisouly wanted to kill myself when I found out she was actually “younger” than me. People aren’t suppose to be that damn talented that young. The universe hates me.
I’m kidding. The universe rocks. Well, for her at least. It would seem.
Anyways, I kept on watching everything she posted on Deviantart.com and later on, blog and website too.
It would seem that this girl couldn’t be stopped. She kept on posting incredible photos where she’d captured beauty and soul and everything else every photographer dream to be able to do. She went to university but dropped out because she had too much to do. Photography that is. She made her own business at seventeen and haven’t looked back. She’s worked with big clients and some celebrities, but the real essence of her work is in her evergrowing portfolio of fashion photography. The photos you couldn’t believe, with inspiration from movies and her own creative imagination. It would seem that this girl, beautyful as a model as well as photographer, is going to keep on impressing me and inspire me in many years to come.
Anyone else who loves this photographer as much as I do?
Finally right?!
You’ve all probably been in here EVERYDAY looking for more posts.
I know, you don’t have to tell me.
I haven’t written anything since my easter-holiday, it was a little bit crazy, trying to fit everything in and so on.
But it was a great little vacation. You know, vacation from doing nothing, but still.
Got to se my family and stuff so it was nice. Also got the desire to kill my brother too, so it all worked out great.
I got back this wednesday and the busride to Oslo was awful. I felt sick from the minute I stepped on the bus, and prison break couldn’t save me. I put on some chill music and tried to sleep but everyone knows that just won’t happen. My neck kinda fell off…and…I …almost vomited on my laptop.
Oh yesh, happy things to write about!
(I actually had to check my planner to find out what I’ve been doing the last days…Am I the only one who has short-term memory ?)
I got back wednesday and the day after Bjørnar and a lot of his friends got in to town to accompany me to the Dylan Moran Show!
Oh my god, that man is one brilliant and hilarious man.
I laughed so hard I cried. I’m such an easy laugh too, but he really is great.
Friday I spent hours and hours editing the shoots I’d done the week before, it turned out good I think. It’s always nice to make my customers happy! : )
Yesterday I took pictures for a cute bride to be and her bachelorette-party. Haha, that crowd was awesome. Bet they had a pretty crazy hangover today. Later that day I went on a ride to Ikea with my friend Ngan. It was suppose to be just a small carride but we ended up in Trondheim. And Kristiansand. Kidding, but we got kinda lost. (Not finding Ikea of course, but getting her tires before) We finally got there and I went nuts. Kidding again, not really. I bought tulips and white bowls, pink latte-cups and picture frames.
I so want to move to a bigger place, where everything’s white and purple and silver and …chandeliers and…oh yesh.
Whatever, Oslo’s had the greatest weather the last couple of days. It was sunny till 8 o’clock today, I was beginning to feel confused. WHAT TIME IS IT? I fell asleep in bed reading Vouge, I’m such a dork. Well, I just finished writing, fixing and printing my application for a new school. It was a lot of details that needed to be in place, but I got it. After a nice steak for dinner and a glass of pepsi. Oh yes.
Tomorrow I start my new job!
Im kinda nervous but not so much at the same time. Hopefully I get to sleep tonight, I always suck at sleeping when I know I have to get up and do something the next day. Nervous-head.
Well wish me luck !
I’ve also promised to write something about my favourite photographer and I’m doing that in the next post…..which…is out…about now.
Hey guys!
I obviously suck, I didn’t do as I said before, posting something about my favourite photographer. It’s coming though, It’s just a lot of things happening this easter. Been working and making some money, meeting up with all the friends I can and spending time with my family.
I’ve bough myself a new book called “Eat, love, live” ! Well, it was actually a present for my mum but she’d already read it. Right back to me then! It looks fun. I’ve also started on breaking dawn again. Gotta re-read everything when It’s just a couple of months till Eclipse’s out.
I also met a friend of mine what I’ve worked with at my old job, he’d brought me a present. I love him. I got the sixth season of Smallville. He knows me pretty well : )
Today’s going to be great, I’m eating a nice dinner with my family and then going out with my two best friends. It’s usually pretty fun going out in Lillehammer after moving away and stuff, you get the time to actually miss people. And vice versa.
Yesterday I met up with some old friends from Lillehammer. It was fun, talked about the good old days and stuff. And I ate pizza for the first time in ages. Oh my god, I almost died. I love pizza.
Anywaaaays, I’m gonna watch Up In the Air again for kicks (I love Anna Kendrick) and wait for the hunger to consuuuume meeeee.
I’ll probably write again tomorrow!
Happy easter everyone : )
It’s a wonderful day!
The greatest dad ever turns 64 today, everybody clap your hands!
Woho! Hooray for my cute dad : )
We just ate like the largest meal ever. Can’t remember the last time I were this full.
It was great though. And my brother and I had Seigmenn for dessert.
Lovely.
Today I woke up at nine as usual and were like “Yeah…right…THAT’s gonna happen’”
So I fell asleep again and woke up a couple of times, but I refused to actually get out of bed.
That’s because I had the most awesome dream ever. Not going to get into the spesifics but for some reason the Jonas Brothers were there. The Jonas Brothers were at the local swimming pool in Lillehammer. I laughed when I woke up, it really doesn’t make any sense, why am I dreaming about those guys?
Anyways, I woke up happy.
A couple of hours later my phone ringed and I checked the number.
A number from Oslo.
Oh really?
Well, it was from the place I had the lovely job-interview friday. And guess what?
I got the job!
Double-hooray!
I’m starting a couple of weeks from now, I can’t wait!
So today I’m a happy camper. For realz.
In a couple of months when I’ve earned some money I’m going to invest in a new camera. It’s between a Nikon D700 and a Canon 5D Mrk2. For some of you that’s probably a easy choice right, the Canon. But I have to think about it a while. It seems that everyone loves that camera more than life itself and it has a lot of plus-sides to it. The option to film movies for example. (I have that on my Nikon D90 now, but it’s not the same quality of course)
It also has double the mgpix. and stuff. The thing is that I’m a Nikon-user…so it’s a lot to take in, in that case. I have to learn everything from “scratch”. It’s probably a good thing to know both systems though. Meh. I’ll figure it out. Would love to have som input, so please let me now in the comment-section! : )
Anyways, I’m having a good time at home relaxing and meeting up with friends and family, but I can’t wait to get back to Oslo! I have a loooot of ideas I want to try out. And a bunch of lovely models that I can’t wait to work with. The way I see life right now is just….well, something near to perfect.
Later tonight a friend of mine are coming over I think. That’ll be nice. I’m trying to fit in alle the friendtime I can when I’m home. I have a shoot tomorrow in the day and then we’re going to a dinner at my aunts house. That’ll great, we always laugh and have a good time!
The day after that I’m having another shoot with the boss from my previous job. Or the job before the one I had before. Or something. STOP BOTHERING ME!
Anyways, I’ll probably go out to a movie or something with my mum and my brother.
Okey, this is getting boring…
I’m gonna watch a bit of Lord of the Rings now. Leave me alone : P
Later tonight or tomorrow or something I’m gonna post something about my favourite photographer. Tune in later ! : )
I love this photo.
Could crop it a bit more though.
I’m sitting here trying to convince my friend Runa to come with me to New York.
I didn’t think anyone would have to convince someone to go with them til the big apple, but guess I was wrong. Like…who wouldn’t want to go there ; )
Anyways, I’m thinking I’m going in the summer. I want it and I need it bad.
Im going to make my friend Lise go too. She can’t stop me, not a chance.
I feel like I need something new, fresh, something I can grow from. I need some culture and inspiration. I want to ride in a yellow taxi, drink coffe from starbucks again and be overwhelmed by all the people. Maybe be in a drive-by. Kidding, I could get by without the drive-by.
I want to be an annoying tourist who visits the stairs from Carries apartment, has picnics in central park and can be seen running up and down the walk of fame. Or was it walk of shame?
I want to meet new people, take pictures of hobos and busdrivers, actors and actresses – everything. Everyone!
I’ve wanted to travel to the states for a while, but I wanted to wait till I was 21. Probably makes a lot of things easier.
I have a friend over there who’s offered to keep me up the while I’m there too.
Wouldn’t that be just perfect? On the other hand I just watched Taken again so I’m probably taking chances staying there. I don’t want to end up in a trafficking conspiracy.
I kid, I kid.
Yesterday, before leaving for Lillehammer, I had a job-interview by the way.
I feel it went quite good, but I wasn’t totally myself, I kept fidgeting.
Don’t know why, I wasn’t really nervious or anything, but I kept doing it anyway.
I’ll get an answer about the job after easter, so I’m hoping the universe loves me and would want to make me one happy camper. I need the rent money and would really like to work there.
Like…come on, I even got myself a pair of new work-shoes yesterday.
My mum took one look at my sneakers and nearly shrieked.
“TINA, IS THAT DUCKTAPE?”.
It was.
We were out shopping for new shoes and birth-control. My grandma took me by surprise and said something like “Do you really do that stuff?”
I laughed and said something about cancer beeing great and then I ran away.
Awkward.
Later last night, a couple of hours after midnight, my brother came home from Trondheim.
It was great, we sat down in the kitchen and talked and laughed for a couple of hours.
Then i slept till almost two pm, while he’d already been out shopping.
I love sleeping. My dad said something about maybe not turning my sleeppattern around this easter. I said there was nothing to turn – THIS IS HOW I DO IT!
Anyways, I’m booked for almost the entire week.
I know my mum wants me and my brother to go with her to our cabin, but I don’t think I can afford it. I really need the cash. And I don’t want to leave dad to himself over the weekend, it’s kinda sad. So I’m prepearing for the “I’m really disappointed, Tina”.
No, I’m just kidding, my mum is great.
Tonight I actually wanted to go out and everything, but I have no friends.
I’m kidding, I have friends. It’s just that they all suck. And..have jobs. And… live other places.
Whatever, I don’t need them. I have a pack of oreos and two seasons of prison break I can attack.
And shut up, I can eat oreos, it’s saturday. AND easter. DOUBLE-REASON!
But now I’m hungry so I’m going to make me some food.
Talk to you guys later : )
Right now I want ice cream with pink sprinkles.
And summer. Even though I don’t usually wear skirts and dresses and stuff.
I still like summer.
I’ll probably wear dresses….
I’m thinking I’m going to personalize this blog a bit more.
Not like…super-personal, It’s still a blog used for photography purposes mostly,
but I think it could be nice to show who I am also. What do you guys think?
Let me know!
I’ll also probably post a lot of photographs that’s not mine here on the blog.
As in – inspiration and stuff I find at weheartit.com for example.
Hope I don’t offend anyone if one of your pictures end up here someday, I’ll try to remember who took it!
Yesterday I had a little shoot with a norwegian blogger named Kenneth Olsen.
He was great and I got some cool portraits in there.
You can check them out in the “Known Faces” category : )
I was suppose to photograph the famous Ulrikke Lund this week but it had to be postponed to a later date.
She is one busy lady! She’s up to a lot of good deeds this week though, check out her blog to see what it is!
Today I slept in – it was great.
I live like a spoiled brat sometimes when it comes to never having to get up in the morning.
But on the other hand I’m starting to have a little bit of money troubles so I’ve been applying for jobs a while. I’m thinking it would be nice to have an solid income for rent and other stuff, and take on as much other projects I want to – and focus on the projects I really want to do!
I also have to get into the whole making-my-own-business thing. It’s a lot to read up on but I’m going to do it : )
I’m lucky to have a couple of super-great parents who always help me out so I don’t have to worry so much.
Even though I always do.
Later tonight I’m going to a dance studio here in Oslo to take a couple of pictures for their website.
The owner is the boyfriend of a good friend so I get to meet him too hopefully.
You’ll probably see the photos up and going here later this week if the outcome is good.
The photos from the lingerieshoot I had on friday will be up on the website, but these things take a little time.
I’m sending out some emails and looking for potential takers – I would love to get them published in a magazine.
So guys, let’s everyone cross our fingers and toes and hope that a magazine will pick up the idea and publish them!
The shoot itself was great either way, we got there around 12 and started setting up clothes and makeup and I even got my own ladder.
Thanks sooooo soo super much to Thon Hotel Oslo Panorama who made us feel so welcome!
We stayed there for maany hours but we got the shots that we wanted. We also got to have lunch at a Hotel Penthouse Suite. Not everyone can say that!
And yeeees, I did lay down in the master bedroom-bed and watched a little bit of Oprah. Oh YEAH, I said it!! ; )
I also wanted to just ship the other guys out after the shoot and stay there for the night. Hop in the bathtub in on of the three bathrooms, watch a little tv from the bed or make dinner in the lovely kitchen and eat it on the roofterrace.
Buuuut…that would probably be a little awkward if the hotel guys had found me naked in the tub.
” Hiiiiii guuuuuuuys….. HEHHHH”
Anyways, thank again for a lovely time, Thon Hotel Oslo Panorama!
I recommend that hotel for everyone – and the service! Wow! Outstanding : )
There’s not many days till I’m packing my suitcase and going home for easter.
Can’t wait, I’m getting anxious. Well, not really, just so excited to see my brother : )
A quick litte thing here, those of you that has checked out my lovely CV on the bio-page has probably noticed how lovely it is!
Yeees. It’s the same guy who made my beautiful business cards ;
The guy is my bestfriend’s boyfriend – Alex!
Now I’m going to eat a little dinner and answer some emails!
Talk to you guys later : )
Hi Guys!
It’s a couple of weeks till easter and I can’t wait!
It’ll be very nice, both my brother and I are going home to dad’s house and we’ll spend the easter with the family and hanging out with friends.
I will also do a little work at home, a couple of portrait-shoots and a fashion-shoot.
Should be good.
Earn some money to live!
The website is up and running again -thankfully.
I just found out that the site has had its 5000 visitor!
Isn’t that great?!
I’m so happy, can’t believe five thousand different people actually took the time to look at my photographs.
It’s quite the good feeling, I must admit : )
This week I’m having a lingerie-shoot at Thon Hotel Oslo Panorama with model Sibel and her boyfriend, stylist Monika and Makeupartist Elin.
I’m going to the hotel tomorrow to find out which room I’d like to use, hopefully it’ll be a room with a view ; )
Later this weekend I’m having a photoshoot with another norwegian blogger named Kenneth Olsen.
I know, finally a dude!
No, I’m kidding.
But I think it’ll be great, just look at those cheekbones!
So hopefully that will go great.
Next week I’m also having a photoshoot with the lovely Ulrikke Lund!
That’s a shoot I’m guessing is worth it, just ’cause Ulrikke herself is one hell of a fashionista – if you ask me.
Then after easter, guess what?
You guessed right, another shoot with one of the funniest bloggers I know – Linnéa Myhre.
It’s really interesting meeting all of these people, they’re very often not the way they seem on the internet.
Which I guess is just…well of course, nobody are what they seem over the internet.
I’m learning a lot doing these kinds of shoots, and …yeah, well, what I’m trying to say is that..kudos to bloggers! : )
The outcome of these shoots will of course be up here on the website in a litte while!
Other than that – I want to push myself and try new things.
So I’m going to do something which has been done many times, but still is pretty awesome.
Not every photographer can, or wont do this – so I’m hoping that the idea comes to life and I’ll get the results that I want.
I’m not going to say anything more about that shoot, but it’s going to invole snakes!
Last, but not least – I wanna thank every single one of you whose taken the time to check out the website. I’m so grateful!
And if you’d like to support me and make me seriously happy – you can still vote for me in the competition that I’ve entered.
Just go to this page and vote five stars ! You can do it up till five times, I think.
So if you do – thank you!
And if you don’t – that’s okey : )
I’ll talk to you guys later!
Love, Tina
Hey Everyone!
I just entered a great competition to win a new camera!
It would make me super happy if you would support me by voting your fingers off!
(My Picture in the competition)
It also looks like there’s some kind of problem sometimes, with the link (It sometimes goes to a different picture by some reason)
but if that happens – please find it and vote for it manually.
My contribution is one of the photos from the under-water shoot I did.
Hello everyone : )
Just uploaded some of the work I’ve done lately, hope you like it!
Had an amazing experience shooting under water a couple of weeks ago, even though I was pretty nervous.
I haven’t done anything like that before and I sat up all night because I kinda gave up on trying to fall asleep.
It started very early in the morning but we all got there in one piece and we were very excited to get things started. It worked out great and I even got to shoot some film which I’m gonna look at later. Maybe I’ll make a little short movie out of it : ) ?
This week all my friends from High School is travelling in to the city for the lovely premiere of Alice In Wonderland.
I can’t wait, I’m craving some friend-time : )
Other than that, I’m looking for a part time job to help out with the rent, but I’m also planning a couple of great shoots to keep me occupied and to always push myself to do a lot of work.
I’m going to look at a school five feet from where I live tomorrow, they have like an open house-thingy. That will probably be nice to check out : )
I still don’t know what I’ll do this fall when it comes to school and jobs and everything, but I’m very glad and happy with the way things are right now.
So hopefully, someone will give me five billion dollars and a house at the hamptons. No, wait?