I shot these photos back in late January for Norwegian television station TV3 as PR handout photos for their new documentary/reality show featuring four successful Norwegian housewives around Los Angeles.
After a bit of early press in February, they finally aired the show in April. I ran across the web episodes last night, so I decided to post my favorites. View all of the photos here.
Beatrice Prochazka at Bizzy B’s, her lingerie store in Hollywood, California:
Siv Cotton with her husband at her home in Bell Canyon, California:
Kristine Dorow with her dog “Frenchie” in Santa Monica, California:
Antoinette Kristensen in a recording studio in North Hollywood, California:
Technical:
All of these photos were lit with up to four portable speedlights (Nikon SB-24, SB-600, & SB-800) and triggered with Pocketwizards. The key was fired through an umbrella and the rim lights, if not the sun, were snooted.
No photoshop other than minor toning and color correction.
I tend to shoot a lot of bus tours for the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.
This last one was started in Los Angeles just recently by Alfred Lomas. An ex-gang member himself, Lomas leads the bus tour past some of Los Angeles’ most notorious neighborhoods and famous gang-related landmarks.
The tour itself is well-designed and highly informative. A number of ex-gang members from some of the largest gangs in Los Angeles also ride the bus, giving tourists the unique opportunity to discuss and to learn about what gang life has been like for them.
Anyone interested can book a tour at the L.A. Gang Tours website.
View more photos of the L.A. Gang Tours here.
I haven’t had much of a chance to keep my website up-to-date until recently.
I’ve been working backwards, so still to come are my photos from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and China from the summer. However, here are a number of photos from the past few months. View the galleries for more.
Pasadena Tea Party:
Silverlake and Los Feliz:
Reality TV Boot Camp:
The Station fire is huge: 30,000+ acres at the time of writing. Yet, unlike many of the most recent wildfires in Southern California, access is extremely difficult, both for emergency personnel and media alike. Roads, when existent, are hardly big enough for a single car, let alone a fire engine and two-way traffic, making ground access to the fire line nearly impossible and a possible escape dangerous, at best.
I covered a southern line of the fire, moving through Tujunga Canyon towards a neighborhood near Sunland. Hot shots spent all morning clearing debris from the hillside, but luckily the winds were low and air support was strong enough to keep the fire from reaching the hilltop residences.
On a side note, I stumbled upon a visit by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger while I was at the command post looking for an up-to-date map.
View more photos of the Station fire here.
