Mr. Bentzen is a Sales Director of Viju, a company that deals in video conferencing. He is also an eager surfer, cyclist, rollerblader and tons of other things. I joined him surfing on a beach on the west coast of Norway.
Assignment for Finansavisen.
IPO (International Prüfungsordnung) is the largest dog sport in the world. The Norwegian Championships were held late June this year. Assignment for Stavanger Aftenblad. The dogs compete in tracing, obedience and protection.
The weight is thrown over the ridge, and the dog has to fetch.
The audience.
Åse Marie Lura and her dog Jabina Pisca waits to recieve the judge’s verdict.
Funeral of Marianne Sandvik, a 16-year old girl from Stavanger who was killed in the Utøya massacre. Her father laid a rose on her coffin after giving a memorial speech in Stavanger Cathedral.
Comedian Per Inge Torkelsen, at his home.
Norways Premier League, match between Viking and Tromsø. Ended 2-1 to Viking, this is Tromsø’s goal in the second half.
Sindre and Sondre, who I followed for a week of training in Eldoret, Kenya, each won a gold medal in the European Athletics U23 (junior) Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Sindre won the 5000 meter race, and Sondre won the 10,000 meter race. Sindre still has one more race to qualify for the World Championships in Korea.
Their hard work and commitment is paying off!
Check out the story about them in my portfolio.
Gold medalist Sindre Buraas
Jens Glad Balchen, who I photographed for DN about a month ago, is halfway through America and is currently in El Dorado, Kansas.
You can follow his progress on RAAMs website.
I hope he’s having a good time and that everything is going well for him. The 3000 mile (4800 km) race is truly a tremendous challenge.
This is probably one of the most ordinary assignments I get – to take a picture on the fly while someone important is getting interviewed. It can be a pain in the ass, because the lighting usually sucks. So, I’ve started bringing two speedlight flashes (with radio triggers) to all of these assignments, just in case.
I expose for the ambient, and typically put the flash a stop over the ambient in situations like this.
This is the former head coach for the Norwegian national soccer team, Åge Hareide. He is now the coach for Viking.
4800 km on a bike, average of 4 hours of sleep each night for 12 nights. I don’t envy the guy.
Rigged the camera to my car with suction cups, attached two flashes to the windows and triggered shutter by remote. Drove beside the cyclist up and down an old unused road. Turned out quite nice I think.
Here is the article about him on Dagens Næringsliv’s website.
Went to Røldal for VG to shoot people using the skiresort in Røldal. It’s the resort that has been open the longest this season. The slopes were almost empty, but I found some French snowboarders who ride for Volcom who’d been there for a week on a photoshoot. They were having a relaxed day after a hard week.
Olivier Gittler
Arthur Longo. Clearly a montage.
Mister Podsoll entertaining at the afterski party.
9 out of 10 world record holders for the marathon are Kenyan, and they’re all from Eldoret.
So why do white people even try? At their best they can never beat the runners from Kenya, they’re not even close.
Published in a 31-page spread in the newest addition to the Norwegian magazine flora – PLOT.
Some of these were in the article, some of them didn’t make the cut.
Also, they’re in no particular order.
21 kilometers uphill. At the 11 km mark
Sunrise in Eldoret, around 5 am
Sindre Buraas at the office
Kenyan runner training
Runners stretching after workout
Winner of New York marathon, Edna Kiplagat, at airport in Eldoret
Kipchoge (“Kip”) Keino at Eldoret country club
Kip Keinos childrens home
Runners are everywhere in Eldoret
View of Rift Valley
Stretching after workout
Sindre Buraas at the office
Relaxing after workout
Workout
Getting some sleep en route to uphill workout
Sindre Buraas after finishing 21 km uphill run
Carbohydrates are usually bad, but needed after heavy workouts
Horserace at Ngong racetrack, outside Nairobi.
– When are the races? I asked.
– Almost every sunday, they replied.
Results board
Betting
Cheering
One of six races
Peptalk
Some loose
Some win