Rune E. Kolvik

Fredag 4. juni åpnet Norsk fotofagskole utstillingen Selvutløser.  Skolens avgangs-elever viste sine arbeider på veggene i den gamle spikerfabrikken, som til høsten skal bli skolens nye skreddersydde lokalitet. Fotografene viste stor bredde i sine arbeider, fra fashion til dokumentariske bilder via kunst. Digitale arbeider og analoge i skjønn ferening.

Den gode kvaliteten på fotografiene var ikke spesiellt overraskende på meg. Noe som derimot overrasket meg litt var at det var så stor variasjon i presentasjonen av bildene. Det var alt fra bilder montert i glass og ramme, bilder montert på kartong/kapa, papirbilder montert på blindramme, lerret hengt på veggen med kjettinger, rammer laget av papirblomster, bilder kuttet opp i forskjellige former og montert tredimensjonalt i layers for å nevne noen.

Lokalene var stapp fulle med folk. Venner og foreldre av fotografene og folk som meg som var nysgjerrige på hva fotografene skulle by på. Det var også tilgang på kald alkoholholdig drikke, som virket veldig populært.

Fotografene selv virket stolte av utstillingen, og det gjorde lærerne også. Det blir spennende å se i fremtiden hvor synlig de blir, og hva de begir seg ut på. Jeg er glad jeg tok turen til Mellomila og lot meg inspirere av de nyutdannede fotografene.

Kom over dette bildet på bildesiden photo.net i kveld. Jeg liker veldig godt de deilige myke tonene. Bildet er tatt av fotografen Alon Eshel

First ever, originally uploaded by Rune Kolvik.

This is the first ever photograph I can remember that I have made that is not just a snapshot. I think it was in 1993 when I was 13 years old. My father and I was on a fishing trip. I was tired of fishing without getting any on my lure, so I borrowed my fathers camera and played around a bit. I photographed a lot of flowers and was very fascinated by the background going out of focus.  I saw this little puddle and I wanted it to be a bit out of focus and hoped it would look like an aerial photo of a big lake. When I got the picture from the lab I was very pleased with the result. A while back I was on the phone with my father talking about that my apprenticeship is over. He asked if I remembered this photograph. He told me he still had the negative in his album, so I asked him to send me the negative so I could scan it.

My interest in photography I think I can thank him for. My entire life I can remember him buying me compact cameras and letting me use his system camera.
Thank you, dad.

A fading view, originally uploaded by Rune Kolvik.

In a year this view will be blocked by a new building. I have been living here at Kattem for 25 years. And i just can’t remember ever looking this way and noticing the houses of Lundåsen over the roofs of Kattem before yesterday.

Here are some pictures of my new model Silje. The first shoot went ok, so we decided to do another shoot. I feel the second shoot was more successfull. She was more comfortable, and so was I.

The very first photo we did on the first shoot

Silje had seen a picture like this on my gallery site and asked me to do one with her. I was happy to do so.

My very favorite picture of Silje from the second shoot.