Last year I had the pleasure of creating some conceptual portraits of Lorne Craig. Lorne has been creating advertising, marketing and communications work for 20+ year. For the last 10 years with Unicycle Creative were he is the Creative Director and owner. He has a big focus on working with brands that share his vision on sustainability and balance.

… and yes, Lorne is pretty sharp on a unicycle as well!! Enjoy the images below.

Unicycle Creative – Lorne Craig – Conceptual – Photography by Jens Kristian Balle

Unicycle Creative – Lorne Craig – Portrait – Photography by Jens Kristian Balle

Unicycle Creative – Lorne Craig – Photography by Jens Kristian Balle

We got to photograph Laurent in his office at the Lululemon headquarters in Vancouver. We did a wide environmental portrait and used a 4ft seamless behind the subject to separate and frame him. This was a request from the photo editor as this has been a concept and theme they have used in multiple editions of the magazine for these kind of features. We had a quick scout before the shoot day to find the best spot and which seamless colour would work for the concept and location.  For lighting we used a 3ft octabank as key light and a shoot through umbrella as fill and flood light. I think it all turned out well.

LAURENT POTDEVIN
A former president of Burton Snowboards and Toms Shoes, Laurent Potdevin joined Lululemon Athletica
in January 2014 with a mission to put product quality and image stumbles behind the clothing retailer. Today, one can only conclude he has succeeded: Sales should surpass US$2 billion this year, aided by overseas expansion and
a healthy 4% growth in comparable store sales, and the stock is once again testing its all-time highs. Born in Switzerland, Potdevin holds both an MBA and a master’s degree in engineering.

– Canadian Business Magazine

Laurent Potdevin, CEO of Lululemon Athletica Inc. for Canadian Business Magazine. Photography by Jens Kristian Balle

Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House is a 2016 horror comedy fantasy film directed by Ron Oliver and the sequel to Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014). The film is based on the third book of the same name by R. L. Stine and the third installment of the Mostly Ghostly film series.

– Wikipidea

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House, Key Art, Universal Studios. Photography by Jens Kristian Balle

The motion picture features  Corey Fogelmanis as Max Doyle, Sophie Reynolds as Cammie Cahill, Blake Michael as Nicky Roland, Olivia Ryan Stern as Tara Roland, Jamie Kennedy as Simon and Danny Trejo as Mr. Morgo.

The cover was also nominated for best magazine cover at the Magazines Awards by the Canadian National Media Awards Foundation.

ROB Magazine – When Sobeys Met Safeway Cover Story. Photography by Jens Kristian Balle

ROB Magazine – When Sobeys Met Safeway Cover Story. Photography by Jens Kristian Balle

New Work: REMAINS

The series Remains portrays a handful of World War II bunkers located on the Danish West Coast in the Oksbøl Military Firing Range close to Blåvandshug. The firing range is the largest of its kind in Denmark. 
The bunkers were part of the Nazi regimes Atlantic Wall, stretching along the coast from Norway in the North, all the way to the Spanish border in the South. Close to 5000 kilometres of concrete fortifications and other defensive measures.
The bunkers exhibited in this series were all originally built in the sand dunes but are now, after decades of erosion and exposure to the elements, slowly being swallowed up by the Atlantic Ocean. 
It is unknown how long these relics will remain. For now they still stand as a strong reminder of the past.

by Jens Kristian Balle

Jens Kristian Balle – REMAINS – Fine Art Photography

Jens Kristian Balle – REMAINS – Fine Art Photography

Jens Kristian Balle – REMAINS – Fine Art Photography

Jens Kristian Balle – REMAINS – Fine Art Photography

Jens Kristian Balle – REMAINS – Fine Art Photography

I’ll start of with posting this guy, his name is Laurent Potdevin and he is the CEO of Lululemon, I photographed him earlier this year for The Wall Street Journal and the article was published over the summer. Since then I have actually been back at Lululemon twice, photographing him for both Forbes Magazine and Canadian Business. He is a popular man!

Editorial Photography – Wall Street Journal – Laurent Potdevin – Lululemon

Assigned to recover sensitive stolen data, a gruff FBI agent goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, but the school’s liberal, politically correct environment is more than he bargained for.

via imdb

Kindergarten Cop 2, Key Art, Dolph Lundgren, Bill Bellamy. Photography by Jens Kristian Balle

Its was a fun shoot with lots of kids(obviously) and included a bit of the good old Scandinavian rivalry between myself(being Danish) and the Swedish Mr. Lundgren.

In the past I have won with this piece HERE as well.

2016 Applied Arts Photography Awards Winner – Jens Kristian Balle

2016 Applied Arts Photography Awards Winner – Jens Kristian Balle

R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls is a 2015 American Comedy TV film directed by Peter DeLuise. The film stars Dove Cameron, Braeden Lemasters, Katherine McNamara, Casey Dubois and Tiffany Espensen, and is about a group of teenage friends that must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town. It also stars Ryan McCartan and Andrew Kavadas.

           –Wikipedia

Enjoy! (…and keep an eye out as I have a few more movie posters and key art pieces to share later this year)

Monsterville, Universal Pictures Movie Poster, Entertainment Photography by Jens Kristian Balle