I have spent the last couple of days in the studio, a recording studio that is. As a musician for the last 20 odd years I have been to many recording studios, but this was the first time that I went to one exclusively with my camera equipment. Going into the studio setting as a musician is always quite special, for several reasons. As I have mentioned before on this blog, being a musician is very much about the fleeting moments of a particular performance: It’s there and then it’s gone, never to be repeated quite the same way again.

When you record something, there will naturally be a lasting product of whatever you’re recording that day, which is stressful and rewarding at the same time. This process involves of course elements of repetition, but it is just as much about artistic exploration (often done by the good old trail and error-approach). When I was approached about doing the album photos for an upcoming album release of instrumental children’s music, all these factors and my personal history of being in the studio environment came in to play in the planning and execution of documenting this event at Øra Studio here in Trondheim, Norway.

I hope that you will enjoy a few images from the recording-process, both the serious and the more lighthearted moments.

Ole