Summary: Studio MadsMonsen
Where ideas are captured (Commercial and editorial photography studio based in Vietnam).
End of April and beginning of May have two public holidays here in
Vietnam. 30th April is the liberation day, or Victory Day as it is
also referred to, and 1st of May is the International Labour Day.
This year, those days fell on a Monday and Tuesday respectively. A
very long weekend indeed, and [...]

Date Published: May 10, 2012 - 2:55 am
Maissa contacted me some time ago. She hoped we could do a photo
shoot together. I contacted a photographer friend of mine. I hoped
we could do a shoot together. In the end, we managed to arrange
both time and place. A previous used location, the Saigon Zoo. The
challenge is to come up with [...]

Date Published: Mar 27, 2012 - 1:41 am
On March the 1st, Purple Asia and Landor Associates hosted an
Executive Brand Brunch at Strata, Level 50 at the Bitexco Financial
Tower in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City and not only did I get to
cover the event, I also got to enjoy the presentations as well.
Branding is an interest of mine [...]

Date Published: Mar 16, 2012 - 1:57 am
Parallel with the fashion shoot for JnG Couture, we did another
shoot that JnG Couture styled, enjoy:

Date Published: Mar 15, 2012 - 5:44 pm
Dance. A dancer. Fashion. The new Lacoll collection. All elements
to be combined in the studio. This is one of those assignments that
you are glad you paid extra to have a faster flash duration on your
studio flashes, as you will capture movement in the air. For the
light setup itself, I took the [...]

Date Published: Mar 14, 2012 - 8:23 pm
As before, we went on location, but instead of outdoor, it was
indoor. Only one piece to shoot, so a few samples of different
crops. Enjoy:)

Date Published: Mar 04, 2012 - 7:36 pm
March 2nd, 2012 I received a sms telling me that a relative of
mine, Ivar, just passed away. Ivar & Brita. Two names together,
now only one left behind, Brita. Last Xmas, December 2011, we could
not see them when Tian and I went back to Norway. They were too
exhausted to receive visitors so [...]

Date Published: Mar 04, 2012 - 8:05 am
On location deep inside the Mekong, we set up and photographed a
storage room in a small village. It was the main distribution
centre in the area. In between shots as my assistants moved lights,
I saw something next door. At first, I noticed the shafts of light
coming in to what I believed was [...]

Date Published: Feb 28, 2012 - 7:39 am
Love knows no borders. David and Mai met in Australia where they
live. David is Vietnamese, Mai is Japanese and they wanted to do
their wedding pictures in Vietnam together with their families. Mai
had happened to see our work and liked it enough to contact us for
the occasion. It is always great to [...]

Date Published: Feb 27, 2012 - 12:59 am
End of 2011 brought no snow and no white Xmas to Bergen, Norway.
Instead we faced strong wind, one of the worst storms ravaging the
coastline and rain as the year drew to an end. Not really an
incentive to leave the cozy home for shots that would end up as
mediocre. So a study [...]

Date Published: Feb 21, 2012 - 6:53 am