Songs and music videos... Epic x 2

Earlier this week I had my first listen to Vampire Weekend's new album, Contra. An awesome CD, and towards the end of the album the song Giving Up The Gun starts playing. The song is absolutely epic, just bursting with life! That was epic 1.

Epic 2 just revealed itself through vimeo, with a new music video release from Jónsi. Jónsi, or Jon Þór Birgisson, is the lead singer and guitarist from Sigur Rós. And, on the 5th of april he will release his debut solo-album. The song Go Do is great. Well... Great doesn't seem to be a fair description, so let's just say that it's epicly great! In addition to that, it's music video is absolutely stunning. Great cinematography, awesome scenary and weird scenography! Stunnygraphic let's say... By far the most interesting and well edited piece I've seen in a long time!

Jónsi - Go Do from Jónsi on Vimeo.

I know you'll wanna watch it again. Do it...

You can read more about Jónsi at jonsi.com

Snart sommer eller?

Håper iallefall det.

Milano...

Went to Milano couple of weeks back, being an awesome ending to a great x-mas vacation.
All the sights and tourism apart, it's a town with great atmosphere and it boasts an excessive amount of places where you'll find the "best meal in your life". There'll be some photos up soon.
























San Siro, watching AC Milan beat Sienna. Rather epic, actually.

Can't wait

Can't wait to see Follow Me, which most certainly looks like it might become the best mtb-film of the decade. Anthill keeps publishing short "behind-the-scenes" vids, and the amount of work they seem to be putting down is tremendeous.

FOLLOW ME... Making of BC Bike Parks Teaser from Anthill Films on Vimeo.

Life Cycles Night Shoot At Whistler from NSMB.com on Vimeo.

The Third & The Seventh

Dette er en relativt episk video. Den har ligget på vimeo.com sin HD-forside en stund, og den er virkelig noe alle burde se. Rent estetisk overgår det det meste; med fantastiske bildekomposisjoner og bevegelser. Trykk play, blås det opp i fullskjerm, nyt.

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Det værste av alt. Det er animert.

Canon 1D MKIV - the beginning of the end?

It might look like that digital slr's, such as the 1D mkIV, the 5DmkII and the 7D could be the end of expensive semi-pro larger HD-cameras. At least I would say so. Take a look at "Nocturne"... A digital short, shot with the 1D mkIV, at 1080p, at 6400 and 3200 asa, with no outside light sources. The cinematography and the quality is just immense! You have to watch this in HD and in fullscreen!

Nocturne from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.

Random christmas pictures

Yeah,

Two weeks of holiday is just about to pass, and tomorrow it's back to Bergen.
Here's a few shots from the christmas of '09, a time where the camera was mostly left alone.
Luckily most of norway saw a pretty big snowfall just before christmas, which again gave some pretty good conditions at the local ski-areas.