After using it last night at a Tapdance event I still wonder why I did not get this earlier. It is amazing, you have the camera ready all the time. Switching between cameras has never been easier. I just love the Sun-Sniper so far, and yes I Trust it that small little screw and carbine hook

My Sun-Sniper in use (with a small modification, the black tube on the carbine hook is there so the steel does not scratch the camera or lens)

Check it out and order one at Sun-Snipers website.

After getting up 4 in the morning to catch the flight it was nice to get settled in to the hotel and rest for a bit. Saturday Kristian and me went around the city and had a few beers and enjoyed some great food. As the devoted photographers that we are the cameras got some exercise also:

The next morning we got up around 7 and started our journey out to Bert Stephani`s house. Two trains and a cab ride later we arrived @ The Barn ready for our first International Workshop

Pictures from the workshop can be seen here : http://www.bernt-inge.net/foto/LIME%20Workshop/

A huge thanks to Mike Larson, Pieter Van Impe and Bert Stephani for a great workshop experience. Looking forward to see you guys again soon

Lonely Leaf, originally uploaded by Bernt-Inge.

Two more days or 1,5 exactly For the first time in years I`m having a real vacation Really looking forward to it this time My camera is ready for some real use.

Picture is from last October, the nicest colors of the year is during the fall time. Though I don`t look forward to it

I will try to get a small portfolio together here to show of some of my work, until then you can enjoy one of my old creations:

Photoslideshow from Bernt-Inge.com from Bernt-Inge Madsen on Vimeo.

Enjoy and have a great week

The theme for Foto Kaffe was “Mobbeboken” – http://mobbebloggen.wordpress.com/

Lots of good pictures and great fun, here is some behind the scene shoots:

Walter Duck from What The Duck is of course present

Results can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/fotokaffe and http://www.flickr.com/groups/mobbeboka

Foto Kaffe wishes all its members a great summer, please contact me if you have comments or inputs for a Foto Kaffe event on twitter @berntinge

Here are the results so far:

Duck Hunt, originally uploaded by Bernt-Inge.

Had a fun evening at Østensjøvannet testing out flash photography on birds Here is the evenings favorite

Even got to hold one of the snakes. Amazing creatures.

Bernt-Inge holding snake

Graduated ND filter used to get the clouds exposed right.

The Troll Wall (Norwegian: Trollveggen) is part of the mountain massif Trolltindene (Troll Peaks) in the Romsdal valley, near Åndalsnes and Molde, on the Norwegian west coast. Troll Wall is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe, 1100 meters from the base to the summit at its tallest. At its steepest, the summit overhangs the base by nearly fifty meters.

The rock is gneiss, and its large formations are shaping a broken face of huge corners, concave roofs, and crack systems, topped with a unique series of spires and pinnacles parading the summit rim. The rock is generally loose, and rock fall is the norm in this immense north facing big wall. A series of huge rock falls swiped the wall in autumn 1998, radically changing the character of several climbing routes.

The Troll Wall has been a prestigious goal for climbers and BASE jumpers alike. In 1984 Carl Boenish, the “father” of BASE jumping, was killed on the Troll Wall shortly after setting the world record for the highest BASE jump in history. BASE jumping from Troll Wall has been illegal since 1986.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_Wall

Day 1
First half of the day Bert went through the lighting basics and showed examples shots. After lunch he started taking photos of the model for the day Linnea. The results of his shoot can be seen here:

http://bertstephani.com/blog/?p=133

Day 2
We met up early at the Tiger in front of Østbanehallen, most of us still half asleep
The first location we went to was Gamlebyen Skatepark, here we started of by finding a good background with the tricks Bert taught us. Then we lighted the subject with one flash in front of the awesome background
Results of assignment one:

Second up we played around a little with “overpowering” the sunlight to catch the cool clouds on the sky.
results:

Bert then gave us another assignment, main-light is natural and background lit by flash.
results:

After hours of play at the skatepark we went for lunch at Sultan just down the street before we changed up the location to Middelalder parken. As usual the park was pretty packed with people barbecuing, but that did not stop the 25 photographers from crawling and climbing around with expensive gear and lots of light.

We started shooting the “find of an old viking crown”, we played around with the story and tested lots of lighting setups but ended up with one of our first shots as the favorite:

Then Bert suggested us to give a tribute to the national sport of Norway – barbecuing:

A great weekend for us all, weather was great and we had lots of fun. I think I speak for all of us when I say this is worth doing again. Thank you Bert for a great workshop, you are an inspiration to us all for your dedication of giving back.

Berts work and blog can be seen here: http://www.bertstephani.com/blog/

Contact him for information on how you can make a workshop in your area.