Sneak preview: stylish stylist

Et annet vakkert hus jeg fotograferte på Island, var hjemmet til den finsk/svenske stylisten Katri Tauriainen. Det var kjærligheten som tok Katri fra Sverige til Island for 27 år siden, og siden den gang har hun rukket å bli en kjent stylist som ofte er å se i magasiner og på tv, hvor hun gir råd og tips om hvordan folk bør innrede hjemmene sine. Selv har hun en ren og gjennomført stil med hvitmalte vegger og gulv, og  møbler i nøytrale, gjerne litt mørke farger som brunt og sort, gjerne kjøpt i- eller inspirert av - Afrika, Østen og Stillehavet.

Saken kommer på trykk i magasinet Bo Bedre  (norsk utgave) i nr.1 2011

Another beautiful house I shot in Iceland  a few months ago was the home of the finish/swedish stylist, Katri Tauriainen. It was love that took Katri from Sweden to Iceland 27 years ago. Since then she has managed to become well known for her work and is often to be seen in magazines and on tv, giving people advice on how to decorate their homes. Her own style is clean and well thought of, with white painted walls and floors, and with furnitures in neutral colors such as brown and black, often bought from-or inspired by- Africa, the far East or Oceania.

The feature will be printed in the Norwegian edition of Bo Bedre and is out in issue nr. 1 2011

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Styling: Gerdur Hardardottir/Katri Tauriainen

Sneak preview: christmas cakes

Jeg elsker å fotografere mat, og til Maison Mat og Vins julenummer har jeg vært så heldig å få lage en kakesak sammen med stylist Tara Ballantyne. Saken har en fin en miks av oppskrifter, innpakningsidéer og shopping tips, og er å finne i hyllene fra 15.november.

 

I love taking pictures of food and for Maison Mat og Vin´s christmas issue I have been so fortunate to photograph a feature on cakes together with stylist Tara Ballantyne. The feature has a great mix of recipes, wrapping ideas and shopping tips, and is out from November 15th. 

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Food and propstyling: Tara Ballantyne 

Life is beautiful!

Yesterday I saw a sad documentary on VG TV about a young girl´s struggle with cancer. She died last Sunday, 28 years old. Later, when I turned on the tv, they showed the movie "the Bucket list" with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, a film about two older men who are terminally ill and has six more months to live. They decide to make the most out of it and starts to write a list of places to go and things to do before they "hit the bucket". 

 When I turned on my computer this morning there was an email saying a fellow photographer had passed away, 41 years of age. 

What is a little backache compared to this?

Life can take turns you never expect...

So live your life like there´s no tomorrow

Stop complaining about little things

Be positive

and be nice!

I definately will!

R.I.P Ida and Astrid 

Image by mimagirl on Flickr.

I have sinned!

Julen begynner tidlig for oss fotografer og i juli var magasinet KK klar for første fotografering til årets julebilag. Temaet var juleverksted med med alt fra spiselige gaver, innpakningsidéer og flotte styling tips. Var så heldig å få med meg denne spiselig versjonen hjem fra opptak, og må innrømme at de ikke rakk å bli så veldig gamle der de lå i den fine boksen sin.

Hvis du følger denne oppskriften så tror jeg du skjønner hvorfor...

Mere fra denne saken kan du se i KK´s julebilag som er i butikkene nå.

Christmas starts early for photographers like me, and in July the Norwegian magazine KK was all ready for their first shoot. The theme was a christmas get together with lots of styling tips, wonderful recipes, and great giftwrapping ideas.  Lucky me got this edible version home from the shoot, and I have to admit that it didn´t have time to go bad on me even when laying in that nice little box.

If you follow this recipe I think you´ll understand why...

Sexy chocolate balls:

You need:

200 grams good quality dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa)

100 grams orange flavored chocolate

2 dl cream

150 grams butter

cocoa powder

Also if you prefer:

Neatly chopped orange peel

A few drops of your favourite liquor

Crumbs from a favourite buscuit.

Nicely chopped almonds

You do:

Chop the chocolates

Put the cream in a pot and bring to a boil and pour over the chopped chocolates. Stir well. Stir the butter until soft and add the extra ingredients (Liqour, orange peel etc.)

Put the mix in the fridge until cold and stiff.

Use a spoon to dig out the mix and roll them quickly into little balls. When finished, roll all the balls in cocoa powder.

Photography: Trine Thorsen 

Styling: Birgitta Roald

Caravan

Da jeg lette på nettet etter et bilde av en Jieldé lampe, kom jeg over denne fantastisk søte butikken i London. Butikken ligger i Shoreditch og selger en deilig miks av nytt og gammelt, re-design, ny design, morsomt nips, lamper, klær og masse mer. En butikk jeg helt klart skal besøke neste gang jeg er i byen! Websiden er laget av kuule Frank Design og bildene tatt av talentfulle Debi Treloar. 

When I searched the net for an image of a Jieldé lamp, I came across this stunning shop in London. The shop is situated in Shoreditch and is selling av great mix of old and new, re- design and new design, great gadgets, lamps, clothes and a whole lot more. A shop I´ll definately visit next time I´m in town! Their website is designed by cool Frank Design and the images taken by talented Debi Treloar.

www.caravanstyle.com