The Arsonist

Here are a highly manipulated photo. The fire are createde from various stockphotos. Black/White conversion for a different kind of fire photo.

The Arsonist
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3

24-70mm

Here are a few shots taken with the new Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM.

Welcome Down
Picture taken with Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3





















The Persuite
Picture taken with Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3

Enjoy:)

My photo equipment update II

Here is an update on my equipment list. I have just started working with extenal flash and it's fantastic:) I only have an old Canon Speedlight 420EX wich have very little adjustment options so I'm looking into getting the Canon flagship of flashes, the Canon Speedlight 550EX og the newer and more powerfull 580EX II. The 550EX can be used as wireless and can be master to slave my 420EX. Hopefully I can find a used one at a fair price.
I have just recived my Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM lens and it's awesome! Pictures will follow;)

Camera body
Canon EOS 40D

Lens'
Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM -NEW!
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM -NEW!
Canon EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 MACRO

Flash
Canon Speedlight 420EX

Software
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop 7
Adobe Illustrator CS2
Adobe Image Ready 7
Canon Digital Photo Professional
Canon EOS Utility
Photomatix 3 - NEW

Other equipment
Canon BG-E2N Battery Grip
Velbon Field Tripod (160cm)
Tashica Table Tripod (20cm)
SanDisk CF Memorycard (4GB)B+W UV-Filters
Polaroid Filters
Lens Hoods
Sto-fen omni bouncer - NEW
Cactus Wireless Flash Trigger - NEW

My wishlist atm.
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 FISHEYE
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM MACRO
Canon Speedlight 550EX or 580EX II - NEW

That's all for now!
I'll keep you all updated when new arrivals are in!

Collage: Damn! Love Hurts

Here I have tried with little serie of photos, with a somewhat story in it;-)

All pictures taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3

Trip to Stige

Here are the first of some of the photos taken on my trip with Trine and Sigurd to Stige just north of Odense. The photos are taken next to the Odense Canal.

Autumn Sun
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3





















The next picture is edited by Emil Bjørn and I

Evil Machine
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photomatix and Photoshop CS3

The Boys Part I

Here are some retouched photos of some of the boys from Escaping Autumn

All pictures taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3

Everybody, Be Cool - You Be Cool!





















I Yam What I Yam





















Simple Rage

George Micheal vs. Lars Ulrich

An Evening with Rasmus

Here are some photos from tonight.

More will follow as I get the time to do the nessesery post-production;)

Winter In The Eye
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photomatix and Photoshop CS3





















White Men Can't Jump
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM and Canon Speedlight 420EX.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3





















White Men Still Can't Jump
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM and Canon Speedlight 420EX.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3





















You Pose Like A Little Japanes Girl
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM and Canon Speedlight 420EX.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3

More photos from this evening will follow shortly!

Unmask The Joker

I couldn't help myself. After seeing the look in Sigurds eyes there was only one person (or two, but i didn't want to put him in a suite, Patrick) I could think of - Heath Ledger as the Joker!
So I re-retouched it! Here is the before and after shot hehe!

Psygurd
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM and Canon Speedlight 420EX.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3





















Same picture as above. The makeup is made with brushes in Photoshop. The result would probably have been better with real makeup - but hey this works aswell and we dont have to set up for another shot:)

Here is Sigurd as The Joker!





















EDIT: I have just added a cross between the two above photos. This has more Polanski to it - Still got the lipstick and black eyes but the white is gone and I've added some more intensity to the eyes;)

Roman Polanskified

Random Photos

Ups! I did it again!

First some more rain photos.

Feel The Rain
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM and Canon Speedlight 420EX.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3

Shopping In The Rain
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photomatix and Photoshop CS3










And a few HDR photos

The Block
Picture taken with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photomatix and Photoshop CS3











The Machine and The Sunset
Picture taken with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photomatix and Photoshop CS3

Blokhus, with or without Rain?

So I used some of my time laying sick (thank God we had borrowed a labtop!) to read about how to create naturalistic rain i Photoshop.

It's pretty simple but it take some time. This is how it can be done.
Create a new layer, fill with 50% grey.
Go to Filter -> Noise -> Add Noise. Set noise to 400% (max), click Gaussian and Monochromatic on.
Go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussain Blur. Set the value to 0.5.
Go to Image -> Adjustments -> Levels. Set the black value high so the noise looks like stars.
Go to Filter -> Blur -> Motion Blur. Set the Angle you want the rain to fall with and raise the pixels in Distance to set the length of the droptrail.
Right click on your rain layer and select Blending Options and set Blend Mode to Screen.
Now you got some rain! Repeat the process and set the various values different to create more layers of rain.

Here are an example, where I have used the method.

Here is a non rain version.

Escaping Autumn at Broken Promise Festival 08

Here are some photos from Broken Promise Festival 08 where Escaping Autumn performed.
All photos are taken by Rasmus Bjørn with my camera. I have cropped and retouched the photos.

All pictures are taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM
Post-production in Photoshop CS3

And some miscellaneous photos from the evening.

Old Photos with a Retouch

Just wanted to share to "old" photos wich I have given a quick retouch.

To Be Caught In The Headlight
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM and Canon Speedlight 420EX.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3





















At the Walls (2. version)
Picture taken with Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3

American Football Fun (The AFF)

Here are some quick colortoned snapshots from an active sunday afternoon.

Alle pictures taken with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM zoomlens.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3.

Various photos from our weekend in Nordjylland

I'm back!

After my computer has recovered from some severe hardware problems (the graphic device crashed), thanks to my dear Farter-in-Law, we are now up and running! The old graphis card is out and the ram has been doubled.

Here are some photos taken on our trip to Pandrup, Nordjylland, with my brothers, my cousin and her boyfriend and ofcause Karen-Line, where we visited our Grandmom!

The Bunch!
Picture taken with my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM zoomlens.Post-production in Photoshop Cs3














In The Doorway
Picture taken with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM zoomlens.
Post-production in Photoshop CS3












A Grey Morning On The Cemetery
Picture taken with my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM zoomlens.
Post-production in Photoshop Cs3





















EDIT: New photo added:

A Grey Morning On The Cemetery No#2
Picture taken with my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM zoomlens.
Post-production in Photoshop Cs3













And ofcause I couldn't help my self from doing some more radical retouch to some of the photos.
Here are some.

SOPH!
Picture taken with my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM zoomlens.
Post-production in Photoshop Cs3















The Newcomer (hehe)
Picture taken with my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM zoomlens.
Post-production in Photoshop Cs3

New Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM

Yeah so I finally got the chance to upgrade my Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM to the bigger (and heavier) f/2.8 version. Since I have bought this lens for lowlight and concert photos IS (Image Stabilization) is'nt an option. I got the f/2.8 at a very reasonably price due to some cosmetic scares.

Here is a quick photo to compare the f/4 with the f/2.8.