from Norway

Student Sumfandet is where ISFiT takes place. It is a labyrinth of hidden rooms, private bars, studios, and a theatre to fit approximately 1,000 students.

Rewind to the day before I left...

I was with Michelle, we were at the bank...it was Super Bowl Sunday. Michelle and I haven't talked in a week.


Parris and Nick have this agreement, whoever buys the food, doesn't do the dishes. That's Nick doing the dishes.


The airports around the world can't be that different from each other.

I took this photo riding up an escalator in Paris.

We took three planes to get to Trondheim.

Air France was my favorite. They had food that was actually pretty tasty. Not to mention all the new movies that were still in Theaters. I watched Due Date, The Other Guys, and Dinner for Shmucks.

When we got to Trondheim, everyone was really warm and welcoming. Kyra's host, Hilde, met us at the bus stop and got us a little acquainted with the town. We met our workshop leaders the next day, we got to show them a film we made.



This is Parris Whittingham


He got to interview His Royal Highness The Crown Prince. They did not let us use video, only audio.

This photo displays the level of security they had on His Royal Highness.

This is Michael Keenan


There were many different musical performances every day. A lot of Norwegian indie rock groups.

It scanned weird, but I like it that way.


We got to party with the volunteers after everyone went home.

That girl in the middle is someone that Parris met the night before. She is the only Norwegian with dreads.

But I think one of the coolest parts about our trip to Norway...

Mikey Fresh got to DJ the opening party at ISFiT. Now thats provocative ;) Great trip.

Oh yea I also got to work in the darkroom for the first time. I actually developed these myself. Cool. :)

Where is my focus?

When I am walking around the city with my camera on my shoulder, I am attracted to certain things that have become apparent to me. I am interested in solitude. People standing, sitting alone, thinking. I don't know what it is about these types of people, but every time I see

someone in that state I need to capture them.

Christmas at Macy's is a magical time for people of all ages. I caught a magical moment here of father and daughter watching the interactive window display.

I have been living in NYC for about 6 years now, and it still amazes me. I am a tourist photographing a 'great view'.

I don't have a full body mirror in my house, just a medium one hanging in my kitchen. Mirrors are vain, they are conversations with yourself about how you are going to be presented to the world.

Something happens with the last exposure on my camera, it shoots a panorama. I don't how this happens, but it is really cool. I took this photo when I was waiting for my friend Mike on 20th and 10th ave.

My Introduction and First Roll

Hello World! This is my first post for this project, and my first roll ever shot with a 35mm film camera. When Ryan approached me about the opportunity a few months ago, I was very excited by the idea and eager to jump on board. He lent me one of his old film cameras, an Olympus, and gave me my first roll to start me out. He took the photo above!


I have been shooting with a digital SLR camera for about the past year, the Canon 7D, mainly for video, but I would also dabble in stills from time to time. There was a point where I would not leave the house without my camera on my shoulder. I shot some nice photos, but to be honest, the process was not very fulfilling.



When I started shooting film, I found myself slowing down and becoming really picky with how and when I shoot. With the DSLR I would take 5 exposure of one scene without thinking twice






The Olympus I am using has a light meter on it, which I am used to from the DLSR, but most times it wouldn't work and I felt myself ignoring it and just going with my gut. Ryan told me that opposed to digital, film is very forgiving and even with really long exposures, it is hard to blow out the highlights, at least with the type of film I am shooting, 400 ISO.





So by the end of the roll, I was very happy with the experience, and some of the photos came out pretty well. I learned a lot about the process, and even more about my craft. I am shooting with a 24mm f/2.8 which is sometimes hard to focus because it is so wide, especially in the dark. A lot of my photos came out unfocused or the focus was clearly in the wrong place. So that is something that I will have to work more on for my next roll.