shashank uchil... » olve askim

goodbye…

shashank — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:47:14 +0000

to all my Norwegian people. Thanks for all the fish…literally, thanks for all the good time…hope to meet you guys at some point in the future.

I am typing this from Frankfurt…to be more precise from my new studio…Crytek.

Following are frames from the last days in Oslo.

I got the zuiko 21/2 just in time before i left. All the photos were shot with this lens.

taken during lunch

i had never seen someone eat a whole capsicum before…so…

waiting for the bus to arrive

had to test the new lens…is pretty sharp…but focussing is a bitch due to the wide dof, the frame above and this are both @2 and you can see the focus issue

saturday…sushi with Olve and Maja

on our way to teketopa…

…we came accross this…initially we assumed it was a stuffed toy…but as i got closer it started growling…

leaving teketopa…

and heading to Asker!!! for no particular reason…which couple of days left before i left…i wanted to see as much of norway as i could

got to Asker…

…only to be told that we would have to walk for 20 minutes before got to the house

the main street is Asker…pretty sharp wide open

walking…

and more

and…finally

we made it home

next morning

later that evening…went to ulfs place

for dinner

kaki baked this easter themed cake

and

that

is

it…waiting for my plane to frankfurt…

the last party

shashank — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:46:57 +0000

Gazpacho and 2010′s first party

shashank — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:19:16 +0000

made some Gazpacho

finally hung the painting i bought from riikka

had friends over

alex took this one

completed QuakeWars…as in got the highest rank, still have to unlock all the awards.
550+ hours, ranked about 3000

bday 2009

shashank — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:05:59 +0000

i lost a year

we gained an hour

Daylight saving time…which was need after the insane night…which left ville and riikka on the couch

Thx to all that could make it to the party

fromage party

shashank — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:36:18 +0000

Was invited to have Raclette with friends…

Raclette is also a dish indigenous to parts of Switzerland, Wallonia and France. The Raclette cheese round is heated, either in front of a fire or by a special machine, then scraped onto diners’ plates; the term raclette derives from the French racler, meaning “to scrape”. Traditionally, it is accompanied by small firm potatoes (Bintje, Charlotte or Raclette varieties), gherkins, pickled onions, dried meat, such as prosciutto and viande des Grisons, sliced peppers, tomato, onion, mushrooms, pears, and dusted with paprika and fresh-ground black pepper.

…what would we do without food and friends

24th worldwide sketchcrawl

shashank — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:47:12 +0000

back online, no thanks to Telenor who had blocked all ports except port 80.

its getting colder…winter is around the corner.

saturday was 24th worldwide sketchcrawl, we met up at frogner park

as usual i did not sketch but took some photos…which felt good

got lucky with this one

the kid was learning parkour

at the top people were chilling out…chilling out is good

this was Alex’s first sketchcrawl

lots of tourists

he was just chilling out with his kid

guillaume sketched and did some water color

maja and olve sketched

loved the fact that she stood out

waiting for the tram at frogner plass to goto aker brygge

kid was enjoying the water from the fountain at aker brygge

riikka and ville joined us…no, these are not them

this is riikka

torstein had arrived from bergen for a week at work and decided to do some sketch

the gang

the girl who is visibly annoyed came up to us and asked us what we were doing…and was surprised that we did this for a living…i mean art

more tourists…

while i pondered why people like to have their picture taken in front of “stuff”, ville smoked

soon it was time for dinner…olve had some fish

i had this chicken sandwich, which was awful

luckily i had also ordered a Crème brûlée

romance on the next table

headed to a bar, torstein had bought these for his kids

the view outside

the view inside

Kristiansand 2009 | Film scans

shashank — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:17:25 +0000

Day 3 | Day 2 | Day 1

Last of the rolls…Pan F Plus 50. Took the om + 28/2.8 to the zoo. As the cost of film development has reached to a point of stupidity i decided to just get them developed and scan them myself. Borrowed the CanonScan FS 4000 US from Ulf and spent less time than i expected to scan 3 rolls of film. Not bad at all.

Had quite a chat with the lab guy at RedLab…about the ridiculous price of film dev and he went on how…things are expensive in Norway…on and on. And in the end he gave me a roll of discontinued Agfa APX 100…thats what i needed…more film.

this was at the tiger section

flamingos dont work well with bw

the carriage was full of food…but no kid…scary

one more reason to not have kids…dragging them tru the park

fat kid feeding the deers and tugging the antlers…while mom looks on…fantastic

yes…tigers again

around kristiansand

it was quite empty despite being a saturday…must be the rain

waved…waved back

goodbye

Kristiansand 2009 | Day 3 | Dyreparken, Grimstad, Risør

shashank — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:29:32 +0000

Film scans | Day 3… | Day 2 | Day 1

The point of the trip was to sketch…as we all failed at that on day 2…we decided to go back. Leave after lunch, stop at Grimstad and Risør on the way home.

warm hotdog…Norwegian national dish…

the hotel…more like a posh hostel

back to Dyreparken

this time…the gang sketched

and sketched

while i took photos with the 28mm

others had some insane zooms

mom trying to get the kid to feed the giraffe…despite the fact that one is not supposed to feed the animals…nice one mom

getting close to a peacock

this dude found spitting into the water to attract the fishes very amusing…nice

more ~~food~~

lemurs

and this chick found poking the lemur with a stick very amusing…its seems all the retards decided to visit the zoo today

we left the zoo to the retards and stopped at Grimstad

for some tea

next stop…Risør

Risør…was amazing…like a pretty postcard

left Risør

stopper for dinner

cordon bleu schnitzel

Kristiansand 2009 | Day 2 | Dyreparken

shashank — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:17:06 +0000

Film scans | Day 3 | Day 2… | Day 1

for the trip i carried a 5d + 28/1.8 and a om1 + 28/2.8. Not the best lenses when you go to the zoo…especially when you see everyone else with their mega zoom lenses. But it was nice to not bother with multiple lenses.

got up at 8

there was three beds(and a fourth hidden on)…all for me

breakfast at 9

dyreparken (zoo) at 10…i dont remember the last time i was at a zoo…this ostrich tried to bite our shoes

the lighting was fantastic

saw some lions…surprising how much smaller they are compared to tigers

ahead was the gibbon and orangutan area

flamingos…i had no idea how beautiful they were

these are Golden Lion Tamarin

and my friend the Tarantula…i am utterly scared of spiders

some lemurs

as it would happen…it rained

had some more fantastic ~~food~~

and saw some two humped camels

pony…strange animals…i love horses…not so sure about these

this was part of the indoor section where the animals are free and you can walk amongst them

this is a Cottontop Tamarin…i was happy about the 28mm as it meant i had to get real close

it was closing time and the flamingos moved indoors

we went to checkout…the Meerkat

5 pm and time to leave…

took a walk around town…

and into a pub for some drinks

i had a Irish coffee

while guillaume sketched me

i liked it…he hated it…something about the perspective being wrong…the sketch was later torn…glad i took a photo

dinner time

olve sketching a cuckoo troll

some sort of lamb

and a chocolate fondant

Kristiansand 2009 | Day 1

shashank — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:49:59 +0000

Film scans | Day 3 | Day 2 | Day 1…

Plan was to goto the Dyreparken (zoo) in Kristansand and sketch. As I have zero skillz at sketching I took photos. The zoo was pretty good…worth a visit.

Day one…we hired a car and Guillaume was the driver…I offered to drive but no one trusted my driving skillz.

after being stuck in a traffic jam all the way to Drammen…we stopped to eat ~~food~~

guillaume doing some major overtaking

it was raining as we left oslo…

luckily it stopped

the view was amazing

passing tru some small town

lights

and more lights

and some more tunnels

nearly there…after 5 hours

found a new bar and had some local beer

guillaume knows how to drive claire knows how to cook…nice