9. September 2012 02:29
by Rene Pallesen
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We are now 8 months into expecting our new little baby boy and we expect him to arrive any time within the next two weeks.
We did some pregnancy photos the last couple of days to make sure we have some nice ones as a family.
6. September 2012 11:13
by Rene Pallesen
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This Sunday it was Fathers Day here in Australia. Aiden had painted me a very nice picture at Daycare as a fathers day present.
In the morning he took me out of for a buffet breakfast at the Crowne Plaza in Coogee...and afterwards we enjoyed a the very nice warm and sunny day at the beach where he got to play in the sand.
25. August 2012 08:55
by Rene Pallesen
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This morning Sacha asked me if I'd like to do a sunrise shoot with him at the Opera House. I'd wanted to try out the new camera for landscape so said yes.
This was the very first photo I took and after that the light went pretty bad.
A very nice morning, but I am not sure if I'm cut out for the early starts (had to get up at 4.30am), especially not now that we are going towards summer.
Kim and Aiden stayed at home sleeping and they were still sleeping when I returned at around 7am.
21. August 2012 12:03
by Rene Pallesen
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This weekend we went with the family up to the Entrance 150km North of Sydney.
We stayed at a small resort in the middle of The Entrance close to the water and restaurants.
When we arrived on the Friday night it was really windy and cold...I had left behind my jacket in Sydney rushing out the door but fortunately I had enough jumpers to still stay warm.
We were staying close to the bridge across the Entrance and underneath the bridge there were some nice lines that I quickly rushed out to capture before sunset.
Next day we spend around the local area looking at the market, playground etc.
In the afternoon there was pelican feeding which definitely was worth seeing.
One of the birds had a fish hook stuck in its neck and the feeders quickly caught it to try and pull it out.
They also have this insanely long jetty going into the lake. I wanted to do a sunset photo but the conditions weren't great...no spectacular clouds and the water was full of seaweed that had been blown in with the wind.
21. August 2012 10:14
by Rene Pallesen
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During the day at the Entrance we made a quick trip up to Norah Head light house to scope it out.
Later that evening I headed up there in the dark to take some star photos.
The conditions were perfect with the Milky way clearly visible and I good some great shots. Here is one pretty much straight out of the camera that requires just a little more processing.
As I walked from the gate to the lighthouse (about 700 metres in pitch darkness) with my torch all hell broke loose suddenly when I rounded a corner.
I heard people scrambling in all directions through the bushes falling over branches. I used my torch to have a look and saw these 6-7 kids running away...obviously they were sitting there smoking weed and got a freight.
Later in the evening they walked past me as I was taking photos and one of them said 'Man, you gave us a freight...we thought you were a cop'!
15. August 2012 03:13
by Rene Pallesen
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The Cherry Blossom season is about to start here in Sydney (does that mean spring is here) and the first flowers are out. Yesterday I brought my camera along when picking up Aiden from daycare and managed to take a couple of photo along the way.
I may try and take some more photos over the next week or so. Kim mentioned that she would like to hang one of the photos on the wall.
We are in the process of doing some large prints...I have already ordered the first one which is a glass print which should arrive next month.
8. August 2012 10:12
by Rene Pallesen
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I love the new camera...it performed abosolutely amazing on the weekend when I did a photoshoot with the family. The 36 Megapixels mean that every detail such as pores in the skin, hairs etc. is visible and sharp.
This photo below shows one of the photos of Chong and Emma zoomed in at 100 percent..the small photo on the left shows the original photo.
8. August 2012 08:37
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A couple of months ago Chong and KC had a new addition to their family.
Last week they asked me if I'd take some photos for them. It was a good chance for me to have a play with the new camera as well as some light setups.
Emma was very good and only had one 'accident'.
It was also a good practice session for when our next addition arrives in a couple of months.
I love the new camera, the details are absolutely amazing in the studio and the autofocus is accurate now after I had it fixed by Nikon.
31. July 2012 10:06
by Rene Pallesen
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Yesterday I went to a work conference where at the end of the day they offered us to do some site visits.
I was fortunate enough to visit the satellite tracking facility in the Northern part of Sydney. The company I work for owns a number of satellites (at a cost of around $400 million each) and they will be launching their 10th satellite later this year...the 'O10'.
This photo is from the control room where they look after all the locations, transponders and media broadcasts from the satellites.
It was interesting to be able to see the raw/unedited broadcasts from areas such as the London Olympics, the conflict in Syria etc.
The actual electronics was equally impressive.
I even found the box that currently is receiving all the media broadcasts from the 2012 London Olympics.
This is the Satelite Dish controller...On the display you can see the current position of the dish (and from that you could probably calculate the location of the actual satellite).
Outside was the array of dishes.
Most of the satellites are being launched from French Guyana by the European space agency.
30. July 2012 07:34
by Rene Pallesen
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A couple of days ago it was my birthday...I wish it was my 27th...but it wasn't!
Kim took me out for dinner on the day itself to a nice place at Circular Quay...very nice, but absolutely freezing and windy in there.
Day after we went out for dinner with the family to a Japanese restaurant and they ordered a shameful amount of food!
After the dinner we went back to our place for cake.
