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Helsinki 2008

shashank — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:04:08 +0000

So i was lucky enough to spend a day in the Capital of Finland…Helsinki.

First thing you notice is how clean it is…clean and beautiful. And for the lack of a better word it feels…warm. This could also be because i was there during a nice day in summer.

Week has been the same…lot of quake-wars. After a busy friday and saturady, spent all day today home…relaxing.

The price of the Canon 5d dropped by 200$…good time to buy it. I may buy it this week, if they have any stock left in Oslo.

I have few rolls of film in the fridge but this is the last film update for some time now. Which means that i need to get off my ass and shoot some new stuff this week.

superia 200 | om1

This post is…

shashank — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:32:15 +0000

…being written on my new laptop.

I had to give in after 2 years of not having a computer at home…one more thing done in life…

Strange thing is that life has not changed much…2 years of not having a pc has not been all that significant…

Made some prawns for dinner…which turned out really good…

Watched Hellboy 2 in what could be worst theater in Olso…Saga secreen 2…the movie was good but with some strangness

Am i the only one to find the new Metallica songs not all the great?

tiramisu

you need 20 garlic cloves to make good pork…

maja and olve were over for dinner…

german beer

olve with his 35/1.4…

abel wanted to take some pic from someone…it was quite a struggle between his vision and mine…in the end we got some good frames…so it was all good

inside joke…

the last one took lot of tries to get right…

later i met up with olve, maja, marie, trygve for some more food

i warned him…if only people listen to me

the light was beautiful…

marie was sporting a new hairdo

checking perous blog on the laptop

dessert before watching Hellboy2, olve had pudding

maja and me had chocolate mousse

ended at cafe Sara…

Redux: Sketchcrawl june 2008

shashank — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:48:31 +0000

Another roll of cheap superia 200 film…its a bit worrying that i am converting color film snaps to BW. Ah well i can just say its art and get away with it…its just that i like some frames in BW thats it…nothing artsy about that is it.

In other news keeping up the suckage i ordered a new 17″ dell XPS laptop…nothing better than a Dell…way to go shank…

Bought some nice prawns for the weekend…in case you did not know…i consider prawns to be the best seafood out there…just as pork is the best meat…also the fact that i can cook both of them helps.

Two more weeks and i can do all these updates from home…and watch TWIN PEAKS…and stop watching TV…

Next on my list of purchasing is the 1TB Segate external drive and the 5D. Then i am set.

OM2 + fuji superis 200 + 28/2.8

one roll done…snapped another roll of film and kept going…

there was skateboarding thingy going on in the park…

and there were photographers…with their toys…

man…kid…chick on skateboard…please ignore the horizon…

not so much sketching…i am sure i took more pics than people sketched…way to go…

me digs chicks with camera…no mobile phones dont count…

she was trying her best…

grumpy man…look i even got maja in the frame…its all planned

ice cream…me digs

one of the many random art installations you will find all over oslo

look i found an airport…

no comments…

like the 28mm

i dont quite remember if she showed her finger or not…need to get closer next time…

nice…color + flare = awesome

lady looking like her dog…not so awesome…

yes i got bored…and wanted to try some suri style pics…no i am not saying his pics are boring…

bored…

i am in fact bored…hence this post on a friday…

have a nice weekend people…

next update is from my trip to India…

Michel Gondry…

shashank — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:17:02 +0000

is to be blamed…

I saw Be Kind Rewind the other day and got extremely creative after watching the movie…so much that i ended up reversing lenses and went around the house shooting things…btw i am not a big fan of macro photography…mainly because for most people macro photography = insects or flowers…

Anyways…got 2 rolls of film dev…should be here soon

I like Delta 400

I dont like the heat…

I dont get the concept of burning oneself in the park

I dont know why you call something a beach when there is no BEACH

beach
â€“noun
an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.

What else…horrors of horrors i am playing a MMORPG…Age of conan…ok its my game…and its a good sign…it means its a good game…wait..i am playing the game…maybe its a bad sign…

…now i am confused…

doh

i am still loving the script to make the links…automation is eventual…

so last week…i was bored as hell…and was walking all day both sat and sun…finished 2 rolls and then went to the park to read a book…and saw this…luckily i was carrying my digital camera as well…and the light was nice…

ok….some awesome creativity…reversing lens is cool…holding a body and 2 lenses is not…no i am not turning into a art donkey…

…couple of guys from work went to the “BEACH”…

thats it for now…finished work on the 2 rolls…will upload it later…its 3:12…and i am bored…

Portra 400 VC

shashank — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:41:44 +0000

…is beautiful…

i was supposed to buy superia 800 but it was out of stock and i got this just to test out the om2…and i am glad i bought it…

lets see

the weather is crap…its sunny for an hour in the morning and then the sky turns to grey and rains…not cool…

i am at peace…

i dont have a computer at home anymore…the LCD i was using had to go back to someone…and i dont intend to buy a new one…so this will be interesting…

what else…what else…

looks like nothing really is happening…not good

been having a lot of sushi lately…i dont like fish…but sushi is fine…

had to get done with the roll of porta so on saturday went for a walk…bad decision…it was raining and snowing at the same time…crap

froze my fingers in a few minutes…but managed to get few good frames and dropped the roll at the lab…

kodak porta 400 | OM2 | 50/1.8 | 28/2.8

again…bloody guitar hero…einar getting owned by ana

marksu’s bday cake

the bday boy and his better half

spring is a sham…do not trust your eye

this one is digital

there is no spring

a bit of front focus…nice…

digital…shot this one 2007:03:19…last year march…and this is april…

all hail Stat Oil…they made the best burgers…

it was spring for a few days…

the fishes return…these are from the kitchen

the other day rakel was home and was annoyed at not being on the cool wall in my room…so we decide to fix it…

will enlarge this one…a skater and a emo…shot by a indian…go figure

went for a walk and this is the one frame i found…i dont know if i like of hate it…i can see Vanilla Ice ride something like that…so i guess i despise it…haha wtf is that

at an art exhibition…thats real human hair…thats a installation…o…k… ART…what do i know about it…i was there to just have the free wine!!!

all the artsy people made me all artsy…so i took a artsy frame as well…what do you think…

more art…this was another installation…seriously…you got to be kidding me…

we were bored and had enough free wine…so we decided to step out and enjoy the nice day…

should have stood…but i am lazy…and it was cold…

me is lucky to have good friends like oystein…

the pretty ladies are lucky to have me as a friend…i make them look good…

we had dinner at this place…pakistani place with a iraqi waiter…only in Oslo…

then…the usual…no i dont like beer

we were at her house…no i dont remember her name…but i do remember that she said she was tired and hence would not bother to speak in english…i appreciate it…feel completely welcome…but…as the beer flowed…the more they spoke english and it was fun towards the end…sadly i had to goto work during the weekend…so had to cut the party short and head home…life

I HAD TO GET 6 SHOTS…crap weather

50/1.8…12feet…and completely failing…

again failing…i blame the bad weather and my frozen fingers

finally…

everyone loves a good bargain…but i am not sure why he was looking at girly outfits…you dont want to buy your girl stuff from a sale…

i told ya…it was raining…no i did not have an umbrella

unlike her…who did have one…a fancy one…look decisive moment…HER FEET you moron

this sums up the day…wet, norwegian, grumpy

so there you go…a healthy dose of color to cheer you up…

back to digital…for some time…