A selection of my work, put together for the Fenris Creations team.
Ásgeir Helgi Þrastarson
Photography · Video Production · Sound · Post-Production
I have over 10 years of experience in photography, professional experience in video production and diplomas in Studio and Live Sound Engineering from Alchemea College in London, England. The projects here are chosen to show how I work with ideas, shoots, sound, editing, post-production and delivery of content for digital channels.
This is only a fraction of the countless projects I’ve worked on. You’ll notice most of it is connected to music and that’s no accident. Live music taught me the discipline this kind of work runs on: unrepeatable moments, tight deadlines and no second takes. When a band hits the stage or a festival goes live, the content has to be captured and delivered on the spot. That’s a rhythm not unlike game updates, events and live streams.
Video production
I’ve worked on all kinds of video productions. The first two videos below were shot, edited and colour graded by me. The two YouTube embeds were shot by my and edited by others: Une Misère’s release show for Nuclear Blast Records and Sólstafir’s official video for Century Media Records. There are far more examples where these came from.
Shot, edited and colour graded by me.
Shot, edited and colour graded by me.
Photography - light, composition, people and moments.
Stage lights, studio sessions, backstage moments and the Icelandic landscape in between. Most of these were taken in environments where nothing waits for you and nothing repeats, which is how I like to work. I’ve also done product and studio portrait photography since 2017.
The nerd section
I’m hopelessly obsessed with gear: cameras, lenses, microphones, instruments and everything connected to them. I’ve worked with all kinds of camera systems, including ARRI, RED and Sony. My main setup is a Sony FX6 for video and a Sony A1 for stills (and video B-cam), backed up by a Lumix S5II, a Lumix S9 and a DJI Pocket 3. All of them earn their keep in production.
I also run my own YouTube channel, where I publish two long form videos every week. They’re always 10+ minutes, testing musical instruments and related gear. That’s a full production pipeline: shooting, editing, sound, graphics and publishing. This is running on a weekly schedule, by just one person and without missing a beat.
I’m told EVE players go this deep on ship fittings. I get it. It’s the same disease, just different equipment haha!
I could probably write a long essay about what I’ve done and what I can do, but I’d rather end on this: