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Alejandro Fuentes

2009-06-22T21:36:00.003+02:00

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I got two pages in Moss Avis, photos and text. And 14 photos in their online edition. It was a great concert- more than 2000 people showed up. I photographed front row for the first two songs, then i got "thrown" out of the pit, and shot the rest from inside the crowd. That`s what I`m used to do, and that`s what worked best for me. About 50% of the photos were blurred because I`m always jumping when I like the music I hear. I have to figure something out...

Developed two rolls of Ilford Delta 3200 today, and picked up some prints too.

King Olav Ugjæva

2009-06-11T16:26:00.005+02:00

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I got two photographs and some text in the printed edition of Moss Avis, and 22 photographs in their online edition.

Can`t wait till saturday - I`m off to photograph world idol winner Kurt Nilsen and his friends!

You can hear them here.

Paparazzi

2009-06-05T19:42:00.004+02:00

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I saw "Yes man", starring Jim Carrey a few weeks ago.

Made me think.

Jeanette gave me a ticket to a consert with Big Bang for my birthday in April. "Do you want to go ?", she said. I said YES!

At the show, a man asked me if he could get some photos. He forgot his camera. I said YES!

He turned out to be the the one who organized the entire show, and this is what happened:

The photos turned out great. They got in touch with the local newspaper, and to make a short story even shorter, they asked if I wanted to work as a freelance photographer -you know my answer!

I`m starting in two days. Shooting vikings.

YES!

Jørgen

2009-05-24T20:10:00.004+02:00

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He stopped by today, and I asked if he would let me photograph him. He said yes.

I took a few snaps, and then he asked me if I wanted him to smile or not.

He always smiles - I wanted something different.

"Think of something sad."

He replied: "My mother just died."

"You`re joking", I said - even though I knew he wasn`t.

Ida

2009-05-14T22:22:00.004+02:00

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It`s been a while! Needed to take a break from posting - didn`t feel I had much to show, even though I`ve shot hundreds of snaps, and developed a few rolls of film the last few months. Perhaps I`ll post some of it later.

What got me started today was a gift from two good friends. They gave me two cameras, a Canon EOS 3, and a Canon EOS 1n DCS 520. I`ve run two rolls of Ilford Delta 3200 - (really grainy stuff) through the EOS 3, and I plan to develop the films this weekend. The other camera had an internal harddrive that was impossible to connect to my computer, so I ordered a PCMIA to CF adapter and a new battery.

The DCS 520 was one of the first Pro dSLR`s, and probably the nail in the coffin for film-photojournalism. It`s a two megapixel camera, (a little less than in a regular cellphone cam...) and I was surprised when I saw the files - they`re crisp and clear, and I believe it`s possible to print these files up to almost 20x30 cm`s. (A4)

The camera reacts just as quickly as my Nikon D200.

Here`s Ida. She loved the camera so much, she lost her color.

Canon EOS1n DCS 520

Black Debbath

2009-03-08T21:23:00.005+01:00

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I`m having trouble uploading and making everything work out on this blog. The size of the photos change, and my previous/next buttons mess things up too... Hopefully I`ll manage to sort this out pretty soon.

Here`s a photo from when Black Debbath visited Moss. They`re always joking, their texts are crazy - but they play with an energy that makes you think there`s no tomorrow.

Leica M6

Kodak Portra 400bw

Grand Cafè

2009-02-10T18:56:00.006+01:00

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More "magic" Kodak Gold, souped in my fav. black&white developer, Rodinal. This is a 200 ASA colorfilm.

The band is Grand Cafè, they were new to me, but what a surprise!

Loud and clear! You can hear them here.

Leica M6

Kodak Gold 200

Btw, does anybody know why the size of my photos suddenly have changed ?

Close

2009-02-01T19:46:00.007+01:00

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This fellow stopped the traffic for a minute. Someone threw a burger out the window, and although McDonalds-burgers are full of fat and not very healthy, this seagull seemed very happy.

Leica M6,
Film was Kodak Gold 200, developed in Rodinal black & white developer. (You take what you get.)

Free Gaza

2009-01-25T21:38:00.003+01:00

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"The situation in Gaza is terrible, no electrisity, no water, no food, no fuel, the palestinians are being starved to death if they`re not already been shot at. Women, children - there`s no mercy!"

The Norwegian government supports Israel in many ways.

It`s pretty safe to support the strongest team; the Palestinians can`t throw their rocks all the way to the Norwegian border... We`ve got more than we need of everything. But it doesn`t feel good.

The star

2009-01-14T21:22:00.006+01:00

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Man - everybody should crash and burn their computers once in a while!!!!!

Without my computer for over two months, I managed to shoot six rolls of film, and even develop them! I managed to fill three CF cards with 6gb`s of excelent photographs, whatch three seasons of "The Sopranos", whatch William Eggleston`s "In the real world", (a film I`d strongly recomend to other fellow photographers), play the guitar, get a major haircut, tear out the kitchen, and almost finnish rebuilding it, celebrate christmas, get a giant hangover after drinking four beers,etc. etc.
I finally got a brand new laptop yesterday after hours of arguing about the warranty, and now I look forward to install all the stuff I need to get back in business. I`m really happy that I have a backup disk with all my photographs - nothing`s lost. My advice to you: backup!

Here comes the sun

2008-10-12T20:49:00.004+02:00

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Been shooting a lot of film lately. I`m a little behind when it comes to developing and scanning, but because it is so much fun to photograph, I`ll try not to mess up my mind because of the pile of exposed film in my drawer. I used my digital camera yesterday. With a wide-angle lens. Photographed Oslos citizens, and realized that I`m not afraid of pointing my camera at strangers anymore! I used a 10-20mm zoom, and that`s pretty wide! Todays photo is not a good example, the lady is walking away from me, but it was a rewarding feeling to realize that I`ve climbed a huge wall this year, and not broken any bones.

Nikon D70s

A QUICK UPDATE ON SOMEONE ELSES PC.... YES, IT`S HAPPENED AGAIN, BLUESCREEN, TOTAL CRASH, I`M EXPECTING TO GET IT BACK THIS WEEK.

Time-out! II

2008-09-18T22:33:00.006+02:00

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Just a quick post before I go to bed. Got a copy of my book in the mail today. The prints looks a lot better than I feared. The book is pretty cheap, but it didn`t look or feel cheap. 28 pages - perfect. You can check it out if you click on the link further down on this page.

It`s getting colder here in Norway, so we`re doing the only sensible thing to do: we`re leaving on Sunday. Crete, here we come!!!

Leica M6
Kodak Portra 400bw

Pusur

2008-09-03T19:25:00.007+02:00

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A brand new experiment!!!!

Santa Claus gave me 300 rolls of expired film. Kodak Gold 200 is not my fav film, but anything with "film" and "free" in it is interesting, so here`s what happened: My cat slept on the sofa. I photographed the cat. Left the film in Rodinal 1+24 for one hour without touching the box. (Except for one minute agitation.) Rinsed the film for 30 minutes, fixed it 3-5 minutes, rinsed again, hung the film to dry. Let out the cat.
The negative looks very "tight", with a brown cast, but it was possible to scan. Looks like I`ve found something to work on.

Pentax Me-Super
Kodak Gold 200

Fence

2008-09-01T13:20:00.004+02:00

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Probably inspired by David Lynch. Or perhaps just triggerhappy.

Leica M6
Kodak T400TMY

Time-out!

2008-08-12T12:56:00.003+02:00

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It`s been a while, summer`s just too short to manage everything. I decided to take a break from all the surfing, all the blogs, all the photoshopfiddling, and just enjoy the fact that we have the hottest summer in years! My cameras has been resting most of the time, my hammer and saw (and my back), has been used a lot during the past few weeks. Our house and garden is getting a facelift, a brand new deck, and a new roof. Things that needed to be done, but were almost impossible to do without taking some days off from work.
Last week, the weather changed, so I developed two rolls of Kodak Porta 400 bw in Rodinal 1+24. This is a black & white developer, the film is C-41, but it worked amazingly good. I`ve got loads of expired Kodak Gold that I want to test in the same soup too, but I guess it`ll take a while before that happens. Maybe in October when we get back from our trip to Crete.
(I just realized we have to leave the country to relax. Scary!)

Leica M6,
Kodak Portra 400bw

Published!

2008-06-18T20:57:00.005+02:00

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Here`s the print that got published in Dagbladet last saturday. They didn`t exactly beg me to work for them, but the lady I talked to said she liked the photograph, and that she was impressed by the fact that it was taken with a toy camera. I don`t know how many papers they sold that day, but the two biggest newspapers in Norway are known for creative counting, so my guess is close to one million readers. Not bad at all!

Rendez-vous

2008-06-09T21:46:00.004+02:00

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Jeanette got a call today from Dagbladets Magasinet. It`s one of Norways biggest newspapers, and their saturday issue contains "Magasinet". Very photo-orientated! They wanted to talk to me, she gave them my number, but my cellphone`s been acting strangely lately, so I never recieved the call. I really hope they didn`t call to ask if I want a cheap subscription or something. I want them to print my photographs, front cover, multiple pages, offer me a job, perhaps beg me to work for them. Not much to ask for, is it ?
I spent the whole day shooting in the streets of Oslo today. Time do develop a bunchload of film again.

Todays photo was shot a few years ago. I found the print yesterday. Hope you like it.

Olympus Mju (Point&Shoot)
Kodak T-Max 400

Citizen

2008-05-30T23:01:00.003+02:00

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I`ve seen him before. This time he walked into the frame. He didn`t look happy.
I was.

Nikon D-70s

Red Sea Sunrise

2008-05-26T22:31:00.003+02:00

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Just a quick post before I go to bed. Jeanette and I slept on the beach one night in Egypt, just to wake up to this. I`d do it again anytime.

Run, Forest! RUN!!!

2008-05-13T20:04:00.005+02:00

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Found myself driving to work one hour too early a few days ago, so I stopped downtown and photographed.

I`m glad I did.

Wonder what would have happened if I didn`t show up at work at all ?

Leica M6

Kodak 400 TMY

By the railroad track

2008-05-01T21:23:00.004+02:00

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Todays photo was made using the digital Minox Leica M3. It`s the first digital camera I`ve ever had that keeps surprising me... Usually I check the screen and delete once on a while when I`m outside shooting, but this camera has the smallest screen, and the image is almost impossible to see unless I`m in a shaded aeria, so I tend to have a bunch of photos after even the shortest trip. The photos look rather strange straight out of the camera, with weird colors, flare and fuzziness, but after a small visit through photoshop (levels, brightness/contrast) the cool shots pop out.

I happened to be at the right place at the right time the other day, and spent all my money on a new camera. Not because I needed it, but because I wanted it. That`s a good feeling! I couldn`t afford a lens, but I ordered an adaptor that will let me use an old $10 lens that I got a few years ago. Hopefully the adaptor will show up in a few days.
The camera looks like it`s been used a lot, and hopefully it will continue to get used. A lot of these are being displayed in shelfs, they`re decorative, and oozes of quality - I`ll bring mine everywhere, and USE it. I promise!!!

Minox Leica M3

Hoover

2008-04-22T20:46:00.004+02:00

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If I had more photos, I`d post them. Unfortunately, all I`ve produced lately is crap. Hopefully things will change in a while.
Keep the faith!

Hasselblad 503 cx
Fuji Acros 100

Muscle

2008-04-02T19:59:00.003+02:00

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Well, the negatives didn`t scan easily at all. I use a flatbed scanner for the medium format films, and has no options at all. This turned out pretty cool, though! If I don`t figure out how to scan the rest of the negatives, I guess I have to bring them to the local photstore. No problem.

Hasselblad 503 cx

Fuji Acros 100

Two

2008-03-31T22:25:00.005+02:00

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I`ve developed a few films again. I really wanted to shoot more film, but I hate to have unfinished stuff everywhere. Four rolls developed, three to go. Then it`s time to go out again.
I went out to try to catch some street scenes in January, and I usually bring my D-70s and one film camera. Usually a toycamera or the Canonet QL 1.7 GIII. This time I only brought the Hasselblad with an 80mm lens. And loads of film.
(I`ve posted some of the shots previously, Smoke, and Smoke II. (Great titles, eh ?))
I wanted to force myself to not just shoot, and edit later, a bad habit made possible by Dr. Digital... Instead I wanted to slow down, compose, and expose, and not worry about being noticed. Because it is impossible to not be seen with a big camera that shouts VRRRRCLACKSHHH every time I press the shutter. A DSLR makes noise too, but it`s a lot more descreet, and a more common sight to people.
With film, it`s like one good frame on each roll, and I`m happy!
Today, I spotted atleast five frames out of 24! I hope they scan easily!!!!

I Love/hate the camera I used to make todays post:

Holga 135BC

All you need is love

2008-03-28T21:17:00.004+01:00

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Call me naive, but I`m living next to an airbase, and it looks like the Norwegian airforce are about to understand what the world needs. Lets hope their new strategy works.