70MM FILM CAMERA

"We must hang up in the belfry
Where the bats and moonlight laugh
We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past
And in the caverns of tomorrow
With just our flashlights and our love
We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge

And then we'll get down there,
way down to the very bottom of everything
And then we'll see it, oh we'll see it, we'll see it, we'll see it

Oh my morning's coming back
The whole world's waking up
All the city buses swimming past
I'm happy just because
I found out I am really no one"

I'll let you in on a secret, I rule the universe! The weather forecast have predicted rain for two weeks now. Yesterday, the forecast gave me a slot of bright sunlight! So here I am, at the end of the line, in my green jacket, and my hat of awesomeness, in nice weather, surrounded by friends; 365 days, no holes, I am proud! This is no end though, I choose to see this as a beginning. The beginning of a life as a passionate photographer. Now it is time to continue to learn. Continue to take photos. One project is finished, new ones will come. I will plunge into the caverns of tomorrow with my camera, my flash gun and my love.

What I gained from this project is way more than I could imagine before I started. I had no idea where it would take me. I read an interview with Anna Gay in DPS where she was talking about what she gained from such a project, and I started my project on a whim. Since then I've been through a long year; I've torn through two sets of cheap Chinese shutter remotes, I've broken lenses, had my speedlite in for repair for a whole month having to rely on other sources of lighting in the middle of the darkest Norwegian winter, jumped across this whole city and the world, from Norway, through London and South-East Asia then back again, I've been standing on chairs in shorts, had friends challenge me and cooperate with me, learned myself to use my camera, strobes, Photoshop and Lightroom. I've grown as a photographer and person. The benefits can't be described in words, it must be experienced personally, since everyone will experience this differently. It's like life in miniature.

If I myself should sum up the main theme of my 365 project as a whole, I think I would go for "The joy of living". I've had bad days, I have procrastinated it and half-assed it, I've taken sad pictures, emo pictures, boring pictures, but in the end, when I look into the crystal ball of the past, this project will for me always be standing as a reminder to try my best to enjoy life, enjoy the ups and downs, and the importance of "go do". I hope I've also sparked some passion for life and happiness in you guys through my pictures.

In the end though, I would never have made it through this if it was not for other people, you need other people around you; To encourage you, inspire you, challenge you or just be there. So I would give my thanks to all of you for contribution to this project, wether if it has been to help out with the pictures, challenge me, inspire me or commenting and interacting with me. Without you, I would have been nothing. As they say in Africa: "Ubuntu", I am because of what we all are. That's why I was not alone when I shot my last frame. Big thanks to all of you, I would also send my thanks to all who could not come! A special thanks go out to all my fellow 365'ers for the encouragement, inspiration and community. No one mentioned, no one forgotten. You know who you are!

Everything move in circles and now I'm back at where I started out, feeling this is too much of me. I also have a burning feeling of emptiness, melancholy, a sense of loss, something have come to an end. More important is a big sense of accomplishment and pride. This project have taken up a large part of my year, and now it's over, just like that! I wonder where I will go from here.. I already feel an urge to start something new, something different. I will gladly pack down my cheap, Chinese remote and turn the lens away from myself now. After all I am just another person in this world, which just have filled his desire for narcissism for a long time to come. I have come down to the bottom of everything, and I've landed safely on both feet.

Cheers,
Jorn, in the end, the end really is the beginning

Yep thats right, i've gone over to the dark side. This is a Canon camera that i'm now shooting with.

Actually it didn't make all that difference. I still use nikon sometimes. Its made me realise that its not about the camera, its the end result, the camera is just the tool to capture that. So those hours that i spent debating the pros and cons of Nikon V Canon was a waste of my life. Sure there are things that i miss from Nikon, but like wise there are things that canon do well that nikon don't.

Swings and roundabouts.

So this is the studios, Canon 5D MkII. Its a beauty of a beast, and takes upto 21 MP images, which is fantastic for studio work, the detail is amazing. Then i can switch over to 10MP and shoot hundreds of shots for a wedding. Best of both worlds.