All I want for my birthday...

Im a bit lost for words here. Im stuck between the verge of compiling another small essay for you to read and just saying fuckit. Its late, I'm tired, its been a weekend of epic proportions, and tomorrow the insanity of it all will continue. Given, I have a fair amount of what society would call "work" to do, I have a lot planned in terms of photography. Looks something like this:

* Shoot a rap star. Potential booty shaking, bling and boobs.
* Shoot headshot's of said rap star.
* Shoot a model out on location in the freezing cold.
* Shoot the second part of a series im compiling.
* Start shooting a new series that I am really, really, really excited about. Something very different.
* Shoot a dude with a massive afro.
* Shoot something else I am not allowed to talk about right now.
* Edit all of this shit.

All of this has to be done due to time constraints with regard to my departure back home. Another pretty good reason is that my mother may come for a visit. She recently learnt the phrase YOLO. Which apart from being absolutely magic to hear my mom say YOLO, is great because a spontaneous flight from London to Trondheim will mean I will get to kick it with the most amazing mom in the world for a weekend! ( Come on Neety! You Only Live Once!) I refuse to be caught up with the trivialities of the photo business on a weekend that my mother comes to visit me all the way from South Africa. I really would like to get done with all the shooting before I kick it home as well though. Time to get cracking and make things happen.

In the mean time though. I attended one of the best parties this weekend. My dearest friend Linn-Sara celebrated her birthday in typical style. What a rad Saturday. What a group of people. I kinda felt obliged to whip out the 7D and fisheye for this one. Love that camera and that lens. I have been debating selling the two for long time now. I have also been leaning towards keeping it, but now have come to the conclusion that after the SA trip, it has to go. I hardly shoot it anymore, and its an expensive piece of gear that I can't really justify keeping just because of one lens. Going to be sad. But strategically the right move. *cough* 5D mk3 coming. *cough*.

Here are some pictures of some of the love that was shared, the drinks that were spilled, the cake that was baked, the face's that come to life at night, and most importantly, the friendships I value so much today. Check in soon again. N.

PS. Creds to my buddy Stian for some of the shots. Cant dance, look like Tony Montana and shoot photo's all at the same time ya know!

Snapping, Crackling, Wiggling, Bouncing and Stomping.

Quick post here, I was out last night shooting two buddies of mine who are the electric duo known as Snap'n'Crackle. Banging out some rad tunes that totally  remind of me Fiction back back home in CT. I have been hassling these dudes for I cant remember how long to shoot a concept I have for them... Proving to be very difficult to get grasp on two dudes whose ADHD is on par with my own. Hopefully we will be able to shoot the concept some time this spring/summer before weather decides to go pear-shaped again.

Im still getting used this 5D mk2 issue with AF, therefore I was relying heavily on the 7D and fisheye combo last night. Also shooting on-camera flash non-TTL setting's. Frustrating as hell to rear-curtain sync dragging the shutter at +-4sec's with 4 dancefloor strobes going off at random intervals. Oh well. One of the challenges I guess.

Any how, if youre in TRD, and you like to dance until you cant dance anymore, I strongly advise you stick your head in the next Snap'n'Crackle show you come across. Here are some shots from last night. I was in my usual state of confusion with some of them that I couldn't decide what looked better, B+W or colour, the colour ones look a bit hipsterish, but every now and then, I can be a bit hipsterish too, I mean this is a blog after all? Laters, N.

Cant decide whether Even is the Snap or the Crackle of the two of them.

Snappin' and Cracklin'.

Whats an electro party with out cute girls to dance with?