in the world of inahstenvig: oktober 2009

USA trip 2009 - part 2 - road trip

After three days in LA, it was time to rent a car, and drive to Vegas. We got to rent a convertible mustang, and it wasn't to bad a price. It did cost a bit extra for one way rental, but divided by the four of us, it was a really good price.

We drove of in the morning, around 10. Did a small stop close to the Hollywood sign, to take some pictures, but pretty soon we were on our way.

We got great instuctions from the guy at our hotel, so getting out of the city was easy. The road to Vegas is mostly on a freeway going throug desert. We did get off it a few times and had some stops here and there.

First one was in Barstow, where we just had to go in to a "99cent store", just to have been there. We also had a small stop at a MCDonals, at "Peggy Sues diner" and we had a small photoshoot in a parkinglot in the middle of nowhere.

The weirdes and scaryest part of the trip was when we turned of the freeway to look for a gost-town Espen had read about. We went on a tiny road for at least 30 minutes stright out in to the desert. When we finaly got there it was getting dark, and what we found was this house next to a railroad track. It was so quiet there, and so incredible creepy!! I felt like I was in a horrormovie, and I ended up just sitting in the car. It was insane! The house was filled with clothes and someones stuff, newspapers and coffecups. Super creepy!!

After that is was about a 45 minute drive to Vegas. Came in at night, and it was
amazing!

So if you're thinking about driveing from LA to Vegas, I'd so recommend it.

USA trip 2009 day 1

Hi,
I'M in Los Angeles! YAY! or more correct is Hollywood. I'm here with my boyfriend and two friends. The trip here took about 15 hours, so not too bad. Came here around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and took a taxi from the airport. We came during rush hour, so the ride from the airport to Hollywood took about an hour. It was okey, we got to see alot, and had a nice taxi-driver that told us lots of useful infomation.

We are staying at "Celebrity Hollywood Hotel", and the location as unbelieveble!
Vis større kartIt's located right behind "Kodak Theatre" and Hollywood bl. It's perfect! and the stadard is heaps better than I ever expected. The beds are HUGE! We have two in our room, but we're only using one... :)

Walked around here last night, got to see the walk of fame and had a look around. had some pizza at Miceli. Very cosy and nice place.

After dinner, we needed to do something, so we went to "Ripley's believe it or not". Not really worth the money, but an okey way to kill some time. We were all tired from the flight, and went to bed early.

I woke up really early, so I was out side walking around at 7am. It was realy nice! Almost no people, and the sun was just on it's way up. I had some coffee and a bagle at "coffeebean and tealeaf" and just walked around waiting for the boys to wake up.

The rest of the day was spent at "Universal Studios". We took almost all the rides, and had a good time. The whole thing was very american, kind of fake and they used the same tricks on every ride. I was a bit disapointed with the rides, but I'm a big fan of rollercoasters and not so much getting scared with flames and loud noises. But we had a good time, and now I'm in my room with sore feet taking a small break.

Now we're going to see if can find some good food just outside the hotel.

later gater

links and stuff

hi everyone,
I do a lot of research on the interwebs, and I find a lot of great websites and fun stuff. So I was thinking that I should share it with you guys, maybe you find them usefull og fun as well. :)

I'm starting of with the cutes place to print your business cards. The quality is really great, it's cheap and it's really easy to order. You can use your own pictures from your computer, flickr, facebook ++ moo.com

:)

crazy weeks

Hi everyone,
I've been so buzy these last few weeks. Well, it's not that few when I think about it, for about 5 weeks it's been crazy. Assignments, work and school. It's been stress full, but also a lot of fun.

I've done a few shoots that I'm pretty happy with, and the "bad things" series, is going to be a part of an exhebition we are putting together. I'll let you know more about it in a few days.

This is a shoot I did on Sunday, the model is my very good friend Jade, and it was a very quiet and calm shoot. It was just the two of us, and I really like the outcome. She did a great job, and it's realy nice to work with peolpe that can relax around you. She's been a lot on stages, so she knows a bit of acting as well, and that also makes it easier to get the right feeling and expression.

To see more, visit my Flickrpage

An other shoot I had this week was a different kind of shoot. I wanted to play with light, colors and people not posing to much for the camera.