37th frame

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This is a classic: I saw this dog crossing the street, and heading for this man who sold vegetables.
I started shooting, the dog sniffed on the mans feet, went round the table, jumped and played. I got five pictures. Then I had to change roll.
Now, he urinated on the poor mans vegetables, and ran away.

My best pictures is inside my head.

Pentax ME-Super
Agfa apx400

 

Off the tracks

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I was out at night to photograph a ugly Santa Claus that someone had put ontop a trailer. This was last Christmas, and I had seen it a few days earlier. I showed up with my Diana camera, but now something was different...Snow! A few days earlier everything was just grey, and the Santa looked so misplaced, but now it looked like a Christmas-card with all the white snow...I felt so dissapointed...This was just too nice for me. Then I remembered that I had heard about this train that had crashed into something just twenty minutes from where I live...All I had with me was the Diana, a Yashica Lynx 14e and loads of film...It was late and I really wanted to go inside and watch TV, and fall asleep in my fav chair, but I thought about the fact that if I wait too long and plan to do everything tomorrow....Then....Nothing. So I went, and talked myself through police and security, and went straight to the train and photographed all I wanted. It was a thrill!
I knew noone was hurt, so I didn`t feel like I had to be very careful.
I got home late at night, and started to develop film at once...And felt so happy!

Yashica Lynx 14e
Agfa Apx 400

 

Chair lady

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It was time for some color-stuff, and I culdn`t resist showing this one.

Pentax ME-Super
Agfa RSX100

 

Taxi

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What is HE doing here? Need to sort this out...Alfred.
While driving through Naples in 80 miles pr hour, I thought of Robert Capa`s famous last roll, and managed to press the shutter once before I had to hold on to the front seats again. I honestly thought I was about to die. We had told the taxidriver that we needed to get down to the harbor and catch the last ferry to Procida...We arrived only three minutes later.
One hour early.

Pentax ME-Super
Ilford Delta 3200

 

Great balls of fire

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He took a walk in the park and looked like he had seen his better days. There is something strange about dogs...Animals in general are interesting and fascinating, but that's it. With dogs, I often have to stop and figure out what`s going on...Like they try to say something. I have a load of dog-photos, and that`s unintentional, but there must be a reason why we connect, or at least why I feel I have to photograph them all the time.
Feel free to comment. It`s so much fun to read what you think too!

Pentax ME-Super
Agfa APX400

 

Jeanette

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Here is another shot from my outdated film. Needless to say I`m happy with the photograph and the subject....

Nikon EL
Kodak TP 2415

 

Teeth

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Here is the result from yesterdays test. All the pics were overdeveloped, but I liked the effect! Actually, I was amazed...This film is supposed to be used before 1984, and I have two more rolls of 35 mm film, and 15 (FIFTEEN) rolls of 120 film for my Hasselblad.
YUMMY!!!
I developed the film for nine minutes in "Tetenal Ultrafine", but will try seven minutes next time. I`m just so ready for some serious portraiture soon. Wish I had this film last Friday...
I could have needed it.
I think it is so much fun trying out new (old) stuff, but I never experiment with old films when I photograph for someone else. The chance for getting something extraordinary is often less than 10%.

Nikon EL
Kodak TP 2415 (Use before 1984)



 

Ghost town

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Took some portraits today using an old film I found...It`s called Kodak TP 2415 and is a discontinued b&w film with ultrafine grain. I rated it at ISO 50, and when I got home, I searched on the net for development-times...It`s not supposed to be developed in my developer, but in lots of other brands....I`ll never learn...I can`t wait, so I guess I`ll try it anyhow. Just to make sure. Can`t trust everything I read...
Todays post is underexposed...way off...I like it. Took it in bright daylight...

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa APX400

 

Otto

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Developed one roll of black/white 120 film from yesterdays job. The first shot is my fav, and it will be posted later. This is my friend Otto watching some model airplanes last winter. This is actually one of the first frames shot with the Hasselblad and a 150 mm lens wide open.
I wonder when I can buy a digital back that cost less than a car...
Hopefully within a couple of years...
It sure would make this easier...

Hasselblad 503 cx
Agfa Apx 100


 

The ride

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I`m always smiling when I see old cars full of dices, skulls, wonderbaum, and with a stereo that`s worth more than the whole car. I used to drive old Wolksvagen Beetles, and will never forget how free I felt when I drove off with the stereo on 11 listening to Guns n Roses, The Cure, Kiss or REM. We used to sit in the cars for hours, doing nothing, planning what to do next weekend, and talking about how boring our small town was...
It could be a great project, photographing 18-19 year old boys, documenting their life around cars and that culture...
Hmmm. Got to think about that.
Photographed the boys from "Expect a miracle" again today. It went well, they liked what I had done so far, and I guess I don`t have to eat those valiums that my body has been screaming to get the whole week.
I`ve been a nervous wreck.

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa APX400

 

Sea sea sea

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Been scanning pictures all day. Took a week off to photograph, but the job I did last Saturday was a bit more time-consuming than I thought it would be. Wish I had used a digital camera instead of my analog Nikon. Have about four hours left of scanning, and about the same for fixing and adjusting in Photoshop. They want to make a DVD full of pictures, info and musicvideos, and want to have it ready before x-mas. I guess I have to be ready in about one week from now. Will photograph two of them Friday, and guess I`ll have what I need by then.
Would like to post a few of them, but have to wait until they have seen them first.
Besides the PicasaSHIT is making me crazy, so God knows what happens with this blog in a few days...


Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa RSX100


 

Chrome

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My friend Paul worked on his Harley all winter, and the result was stunning. Orange, black and chrome. A real chopper. Full of details, and cool gadgets...

Nikon F-90x
Agfa APX400

 

Two cranes one bird

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Photographed a band called "Expect a miracle" this Saturday. Have been developing films and had lots of fun with the whole project. They were really nice guys, needed press-photos, and were willing to take things on the fly... I photographed them during the show, and then we took some portraits backstage. (In the shower actually.)
I have developed all the black&white stuff, and I`m very happy with it.
Hope they will be too...Will meet them next Friday for a few more shots, and I hope to be able to show them a few shots then...

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa APX400

 

Purple

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I`m in deep trouble. Now I have lots of new pictures, but there is no way I can mange to post them. H E L P ! ! !
It`s so frustrating having to look trough old boring files when I have all of this new stuff that I think is so much cooler...I don`t give up...Todays post is from a place not far from where I live. Took it late in the evening, using a tripod and a long exposure...

Hasselblad 503 cx
Agfa RSX100

 

At the ocean

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Scanned lots of pictures yesterday, but my problem is: I transfer them to Picasa, and there I can see them, but not send them via Hello and to my blog... Everything has worked out so smooth for a few weeks, and now this computerSHIT starts to get on my nerves again....Luckily this picture was accepted, and it really helps...Looking at the ocean.

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa RSX100

 

Last chance

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Need to use the last light the sun gives. It`s getting darker and darker, and I will take the next week off from work to concentrate on photography. Looking forward to that!!
Been scanning negatives for the last few hours, and will work more with them tomorrow...

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa Rsx100


 

Boiled egg

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I had this terrible nightmare...Someone boiled the egg I found! This is almost impossible because it`s located in a big pond not far from here. The egg is too heavy for anyone to move, and the smell is now so strong that nobody will go near it. But it was a terrible dream - like a reminder from the aliens. I have not given them enough attention, and now they visit me in my dreams...


Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa rsx400

 

Jeanette

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She is my wife, and best friend.
This was taken a few months ago in natural light.

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa APX400

 

Trumpet

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There was a competition, and this local man won. He showed up at work to collect the price. I photographed him for the internal newspaper. He was in his 50s, and when we asked him how he felt about winning 10.000Nkr (about $1400), he looked at us and said: It`s OK. He looked bored, and I can`t decide if I think he was too nervous to smile, or if he just didn`t care.
I`m aware that 10.000 Nkr isn`t a billion, (I could buy a Nikon D70) It`s not a sum that can change someone's life (In Norway that is.) But I feel sad when people are so unaffected when other people try to make them happy.

Pentax Me-Super
Ilford Delta 3200



 

House for rent 2

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Years ago, some politicians decided that we needed to build a tunnel through Moss. In order to do that, a few streets would have to be removed. When people heard about this, there were protests, but the politicians promised to pay the house-owners good prices for their lost homes. So noone painted the houses. Noone took care about their gardens.
And then: Nothing.
The houses are impossible to sell. Nobody want to buy a house that might not be there tomorrow. And by the time they have to be removed, they are worth nothing, and the little guy loose again.

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa APX400


 

House for rent

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It`s been very expensive to buy a home in Norway lately, so I have been looking at places to rent instead. This one I can afford, it`s in a nice neighborhood, and it`s not far from where I work, but there is something about it...I can`t put my finger on it...

Yashica Lynx 14E
Agfa APX400

 

Anton2

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As mentioned before...The Holga rules, and I am really happy with the results. This picture is made with a 15 dollar camera, and it looks so good in a black frame on my wall. Hope you like it too. Feel free to comment...

Holga 120s
Agfa RSX400

 

Panorama

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This was made with a crappy plastic panorama camera. I was not happy with any of the pictures at first, but after a while, this one became a favourite.
I really like like the effect a plastic lens can give. The Diana and the Holga give the pics a glow or a dreamy look that a sharp German glass lens can`t deliver.
On the other hand, I can`t always use it...you know what I mean...

Crappy Panorama
Agfa apx400


 

Eirik

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Been tired and uninspired the last few days. Guess the gray weather with wind and rain has something to do about it. Need to get out and make more pictures, but my ass is so heavy.
Looks like it has to be some nightphotography, unless my boss tells me to take a few days off.
It might happen.
And I might win a million too.
The project with my friend looks like it`s not going to happen. I insisted that we should do it by the end of the month, his job was to get hold of the cars. That`s an easy job for him, harder for me. Now it`s just: " Yeah, lets do it next week." I give up. This was his idea, he wanted the pics, i don`t care.
Or actually I do. I want to do this, but I don`t want to ask and ask.

Nikon F-401x
Agfa Apx100

 

Peter & Stefan

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Kind of busy day, need sleep.


Hasselblad 503 cx
Agfa Apx400


 

Use before 1986

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My latest roll of 120 film had a label that said use before 1986. I was 15 in 86, and much more interested in other things than photography, so I figured I`d have to use it now instead.
Have had lots of trouble with my b/w developing lately. The fact that I love to experiment with old films and my lack of skill when it comes to measuring light to get a decent exposure - makes me frustrated and happy all the time. I get confused, forget what I did, and have to do things over again. But anyhow: I`m better than I was only one year ago...

Hasselblad 503cx
Kodak T-Max 400 (use before 1986)

 

Waiting for captain Sprock

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A neighbour told me that he was supposed to take care of mr. Sprocks garden while he was away. I waited for half an hour, photographed his car, then left with a feeling that I had got the wrong address.

Pentax Me-Super
Ilford Delta 3200

 

Co-pilot

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He looks like he is guarding the egg I found a few days back...Funny thing is the more I look, the more aliens I find. We are being invaded, no doubt. But I try to remain calm.

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa APX400

 

Citroen

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Found this car stored for the winter on one of my trips, and couldn`t resist photographing it. This is a car I could own! It`s so cool. Looks like nothing else...There are so few of them left, that people should be paid to restore them...

Hasselblad 503cx
Agfa RSX100


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