Sunday 14 August 2011

slottsfjell, baby!

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Expect a huge and friggin long post about Slottsfjell festival I attended last month. I can’t believe it has been a month since the festival, damn, and school is around the corner. Anyways, the results of bringing three disposable cameras to the festival arrived just in right time because around this time last month, I was sitting on the grass and enjoying the sunbeam with music in the background. And please excuse for my poor photographer skills.

I really miss the atmosphere – it was so, so good. People were walking around and so open and damn, I met a lot of Arctic Monkeys fans! Haha, I knew wearing an arctic monkeys band t-shirt was a good idea. Norwegian people are usually quiet and shut but at festivals, BAM, they are free and the social door is open. That’s why I love festivals so much, the atmosphere is fucking marvelous.

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We went there a day earlier to get a decent camping spot. The good thing about Slottsfjell Festival, is that the festival it only takes 35 minutes with train from Larvik to Tønsberg- the festival location, which was pretty good ‘cause Hanna, not surprisingly enough, managed to forget her tickets.

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The first day of Slottsfjell, Thursday with other words, was definitely the best of those three days the festival consisted of, I wore a red short dress which I got from my Singpore trip and I tried out the “socks in shoes” trend and never again, will I wear that dress during a concert because apparently, jumping around in the crowd doesn’t work out.

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All the bands I wanted desperately to see were lined up that day. The area the festival was held at was truly a gorgeous place to have it. The view from the Tårnelunden was speechless! And I really liked where they placed the stages around the area – you could walking around and suddenly pop into a concert and join other people and you could really see that the people behind it all really wanted to show and exploit its nature, and this was my first time at Slottsfjell, so i really didn't know what is was expected.

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Razika performed there and was first up for my “to watch” list. I had already seen them once before, but they respelled my love for them again. After few minutes with Razika I had to run to the next scene to catch a good standing before Two Door Cinema Club was starting, and I got almost the first row! I guess Two Door Cinema Club was probably the best of it all, they are so good at live. Rest of the night consisted of jumping around and dancing to Crystal Castles and watching Røyksopp from someone shoulders.

Photobucketmy dad'a levis jacket, arctic monkeys band tshirt, vintage floral maxi skirt, bianco rubberboots

Hmm, what did I do during the Friday? Oh , it rained that day, A LOT. But thank god, I was prepared with brining my funny rubber boots and a rain poncho.

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MHOO, Madcon, Katy B, Biffy Clyro, and Mr Orkester were on the set list. During the Madcon we and my friends were asked to get photographed and the next thing I knew, I was texted by Simen that I was on the local newspaper next day in my hometown, Larvik Hmm, I'm celebretity now

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Saturday, the last day of the festival, was a perfect day to end the festival – the weather turned nice and Kaizers Orchestra was the headliner. I saw them in April, but this time it was different. So much better than last time, even though the concert lasted shorter but this one was so perfect in many ways. Except being squeezed in the crowd but that is just part of the fun. I managed to squeeze some time for Niki and the Dove before rushing to Datarock. I wished I had some more pictures from that day, but sadly I ran out of disposable camera or neither did I bring along my DSLR.

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One to things I really love about festivals, except for the feeling you get, is the food. Oh food, you are like a good drug to me <3. I didn’t realize they had a Ben&Jerry stand there before the very last day at Slottsfjell, so on the hottest day in July, I had one scoop of the delightful chocolate fudge brownie and my newest favorite, Fairly nuts.

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Throughout the whole Slottsfjell I had a blast time, probably the biggest happening of this year so far. I have gained so many memories and experienced in so little time, and learned what i shall bring along and not. So in other words, I'm definitely going to attend the next year’s one, and this time, they will have their 10th anniversary as a festival. Damn, that is going to be super duper good one and this time, I will bring more disposable cameras.

19 comments:

  1. looks fun. hope you had a great time!!

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  2. @Aissata: I really did had a great time;)

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  3. I love that you used film!
    Oh and that ice cream looks amazing, so hungry now, haha.

    Nicole
    http://confidentliar.blogspot.com
    x

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  4. @Nicole: films are so much better! right? haha, i'm craving for some benandjerry atm too

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  5. Sv; Takk takk :) Spørs hvem av vennene mine du mener da.. Men Samira sin er www.vcr.notre.co og Christina sin er www.christinasecrets.blogg.no :)

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  6. Great pics! I love film obviously, and all your outfits look really good. I love all the sunglasses especially.

    I wish I had gone to splendour in the grass near me, but camping tickets were $500!! Considering I earn $20/hr that's quite a lot! And that's a high casual wage.
    I bought a pentax 145M a while ago and it's really good, it automatically does everything with the film, so I doubt you could stuff it up, and it was $15 plus postage on ebay. It might be smaller than several disposables if you like film? And 10 films are much more portable! Just a suggestion :)

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  7. @Line: Tusen takk for svar, det var Samira sin som jeg tenkte på - hun er bare helt rå når det gjelder klær!

    @Hannah: this ws my first time where i used film and i'm so in love with it! I love how they turn so retro. ntaw, thank you so much!

    wooow! It sounds so expensives, i don't know how much australian dollars is worth now compared to norwegian but it sounds very very expensives. I think i payed around 1800kr all together for three days of festival and a camping ticket which included breakfast - i considered it very cheap. Really? Could you send me the link where you bought it? it sounds so cool to have one instead of buy one single used all the time, and it's getting expensive too, i payed like fiftheen american dollars at one film.. fml.

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  8. Så utrolig gøy! Elsker festivaler, beste måten å tilbringe sommeren på!:-)

    Sv: Jeg drar til London om akkurat en måned, 19 september!! Jippi!!:D

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  9. Since Australia is the same as America atm it's pretty steep :/

    I bought my camera from here: http://cameras.shop.ebay.com.au/Film-Cameras-/15230/i.html?_catref=1&_fln=1&_ipg=&_ssn=poponthat&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282

    (ebay seller: poponthat)

    The only thing is the battery was a little more expensive, but I ordered it on ebay for about $6. I imagine the zoom and flash would use a fair bit. But it was good, they delivered it pretty quick, came in a box and it worked. Although no instructions with secondhand cameras usually, but they all work in a similar way to load film.
    There are plenty of other film cameras out there though. The holga K series (k200) look ok too. Or you could get a regular holga and a flash to attach. There's too many options!
    I recently found aqua pix cameras - they take no batteries and are $10. Super simple though! No flash, zoom or focus haha.
    I can usually find 35mm film in the supermarket for about $3/roll and I couldn't imagine it would be more expensive to develop a roll over a disposable camera.
    Hope this helps ^_^

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  10. @Ella: ahh, samme her! verdens beste ting ved sommer:)

    Ahh, så digg!

    @Hannah: Ohmy, thank you for helping me! devolping films in norway is so friggin expensive! I think I payed around 30 dollars for two one single use cameras to get the pictures on cd. urgh, i hate norway sometimes..
    Anyway, maybe i should get a holga from urban outfitters? they seem so easy, but do you think that they will get same as disposiable camera?

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  11. Ah, kjempefine bilder! Skulle ønske jeg var der, så veldig gøyt ut!

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  12. @stylebyka: åhh takktakk:)

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  13. Sounds like developing costs the same as Australia... it's just uncommon so they can charge big.
    You could always learn to develop your own and scan them in, but that's too much effort for me haha.
    You should get the same effect with a holga easily. Although I would buy a 35mm one because the film is cheaper/easier to find and get developed. I don't have one, but if you look at flickr photos they seem to be ok? I'm pretty close to buying one. The only thing is you've got to be careful about winding it though, unless you want a double exposure. Takes practice - the amount of times I've left a lens caps on lol.
    I say go for it :)
    The worst thing that will happen is you don't like it and find something else. But most people seem to like them.

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  14. Great photos!!

    xx Alexandra


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  15. Man I miss summer and festival season!!! Rad snaps, love 'em shot in film. Always wins.

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  16. åå, fine bilder! og slottsfjell virker så fint, har bare aldri fått kommet meg dit. jeg er noob, men hvordan får du bildene fra engangskamera så store? :-) og hvor mange kameraer tok du egentlig med deg på festivalen?

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  17. @Alexandra: thanks!

    @that girl lucy: ahh, samee! can never get enough of summer and festivals!

    @anonymous: hehe, tusen takk! slottsfjell er virkelig fint sted, ble sykt overrasket hvor fint natur kan være. Du får engangsbilder store når du fremkaller de til cd, og de er egentlig større for å være ærlig. Jeg tok med tre stk som var tydeligvis ikke nok, så jeg tror du trenger hvertfall fire stk eller flerhvis du skal på festival i tre dager :)

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  18. ah, takk for svar :) og hvilke engangskamera har du brukt her/hvor kjøpte du dem? :)

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  19. @anonymous: bare hyggelig! Jeg brukte den jeg fant på fotobutikken på Nordbyen som heter Elitefoto, og jeg tror merket het Fujikamera? :) den kosta hvertfall 98 kr, hehe.

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