The day has come, after a year of waiting I have now reached the day where my journey begins. Today is the day when I am leaving for the School of Photography at Kona, Hawaii. I AM SO READY! Oh boy! I've been waiting for this more than a year. That is why it is so strange to finally have reached the day of arrival. The waiting have felt like ages. Well, now is the day.
I am going to use this blog to post weekly updates and also some tastes of the photos I'm going to shoot at Hawaii. I am going to write in English because there are so many of my friends that does not speak Norwegian, and since most Norwegians speak English I rather write this in English.
Well, tonight I'm flying out from Bergen to London, Heathrow, where I am going to spend the night. I've booked a hotel room because I figured out that I would rather have a good nights sleep than some poor hours at a floor or in a metal chair. Then tomorrow I'm flying to Los Angeles, and then further on to Kona, Hawaii. Kailua-Kona is the city where I'm going to stay for the next three months.
So, what kind of expectations do I have when I now leave rainy Bergen for sunny Hawaii?
Well, I have great expectations. Firstly I know I am going to grow in relationship with God, get to know him more and get to discover the depths of creativity that is within the Lord of all creation. What a journey this will be. Then I am looking forward to strengthen my knowledge about photography. I've been taking photos for 10 years now, but I've never had a school of photography, so I'm looking forward to learn basics about how you use the light, flash, aperture and so on. Then we are going to be 16 students in my class, and we are from at least 8 different nations (USA, Russia, Canada, Finland, Mexico, Brazil, Latvia, Norway), so it will be a nice mix of people, something I just love. All kinds of things can happen when people from different cultures will meet. And from past experiences I know I'll learn a lot about my own culture as well when I'm interacting in such cultural environments. Of course I need to mention that I am looking forward to Hawaii in itself as well. The Island I'm going to stay at is the Big Island, and it has 12 out of 15 climate zones. All from rain forest to desserts and wild mountains - not to mention dolphins, turtles, sting rays, surfing, snorkeling, hikes.. It also has the highest mountain on earth when you measure it from the sea bottom and to the top.
''Standing 13,803 ft (4,207 m) above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the U.S. state of Hawaii. However, much of the mountain is below sea level; when measured from its oceanic base, its height is 33,500 ft (10,200 m), three times the base-to-peak height of Mount Everest (8,848 m/29,000 ft).''
''Standing 13,803 ft (4,207 m) above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the U.S. state of Hawaii. However, much of the mountain is below sea level; when measured from its oceanic base, its height is 33,500 ft (10,200 m), three times the base-to-peak height of Mount Everest (8,848 m/29,000 ft).''
So this mountain is also said to be one of the best places on earth to watch the stars and the planets of the space surrounding us. I will definitely have a trip to that mountain, and of course the Americans have built a road all the way up. What a joke for us from mountainous countries where we are used to hike these heights. It's also an volcanic island, so if I'm lucky I get to see flowing lava. But I have promised my mum to keep distance, so I'll just have to see how close I can get and still be safe. So as you see there is plenty to looking forward to. Now I need to go back and fulfill my packing, which turned out to be not as easy as I would have thought.
This is it for now. I will update this blog as often as I can, hopefully it will be something sensible and interesting that is going to be written here. I hope you'll find this blog amusing, and that it will stimulate your creativity as well.
- G
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