Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal
Skårasalen epilogue
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On May 6 2006, I visited Skårasalen on skis. It was a nice trip to a fabulous viewpoint, but because of haze, the views were mediocre. I took my summit pictures, went back home, and that was that.
Skårasalen panorama
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But on Sep 16 2008, Arnljot Myrene from Tegneren Reklamestudio contacted me regarding this picture. He had been contracted to provide a panorama from Skårasalen for the Skårasalen conference room at Hotell Ivar Åsen in Ørsta. He had found my panorama on the internet, and asked for a high-resolution version of the picture.
I don't take high-resolution pictures suitable for post-production, but the studio applied an artistic Photoshop filter that allowed for my resolution to be used. My price for the picture was extremely fair. Little did I know that they had planned to fly a professional photographer to Skårasalen, but didn't get a landing permit for the helicopter.
But most of all, I find it quite fun that my panorama now decorates this conference room. Especially since I've never ever regarded myself as a photographer. Not even as an amateur photographer. Then there was some local press coverage of the decoration of the hotel rooms, which I discovered a bit later. On Dec 6 2008, I stopped by Hotell Ivar Åsen and asked for permission to take a picture of "my picture". It was fun to see, but foremost I felt like buying a professional camera...
1 of the 2 walls in the Skårasalen room
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