13. March 2005 07:33
by Rene Pallesen
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At the end of 2005 my Mum and Dad escaped the winter in Denmark by travelling to Sydney for a couple of weeks.
They stayed here over Christmas and New Years Eve. While they were here we went for a drive up to Graemes house at Taylors Lake near Port Macquarie where we Christmas Eve cooking traditional danish Roast Duck, and Ris-a-la-mande.
New years even we celebrated at Graemes place at McMahons Point here in Sydney.
New Years day was the hottest on record...48 degrees.
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14. November 2004 12:59
by Rene Pallesen
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14. November 2004 12:58
by Rene Pallesen
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Normally Bedstemor's fest is for paid
by her children, but this year, all of Bestemor's grandchildren decided
to also treat the family in return. They chose the Italian restaurant
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It was a 3-course set menu at US$8 per person.
For starters, it was thin minestrone with salad vegetables and grated
cheese.
For entrée, it was 3 pieces of ravioli with mushrooms and white
sauce (ravioli suprisingly had cinnamon in it...)
For mains, we had a choice of either chicken or veal scallope with
fettucine...
But all our meals were served with the same sauce and somehow we all
ended up getting french fries...
When we asked the waiters about the fettucine listed
on the menu, no-one had any idea...
And our surprise dessert was a scoop of ice-cream
swimming in fruit salad and syrup.
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These breadsticks were really very
nice, although surprisingly these contained cumin, instead of Italian
herbs or cheese. |
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With Bedstemor in the middle, the oldies
at one end, we sat at the other end with Kim, Rasmus and their respective
girlfriends. Rasmus and his g-friend told us about their trip around
Asia, toVienChan and Laos. Kim and Birit had spent 6 months backpacking
around India, Nepal and Thailand. |
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In the meanwhile, there was an Egyptian
engagement party that started in the hotel lobby. The musicians stood
around the couple, playing oboe-like instruments, tambourines and drums,
whilst the guests clapped and danced to the music. It was deafening,
the sound echoing throughout the hotel. They eventually made their way
up to one of the function rooms to party all night long. |
= One of the sad events of the year was the attack on the Lindt cafe in Sydney where a lone gunman took the patrons as hostages. He was eventually shot by the police after killing two patrons.
All of Sydney laid flowers in front of the cafe as Martins place.
22. November 2014 16:11
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20. November 2014 14:11
by Rene Pallesen
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In early November I did another open studio day. This time a mini day with less models, hair and makeup and studio setups.
As
usual it was good practice and fun to work with the various models. I
think I did get some great photos and there were a lot of lessons learned
that can be done better next time.
Model: Charlotte de Lucey
Model: Jessica Garcia
Model: Tanika de Alwis
Model: Britney Williams
Model: Tanika de Alwis
Compared to the other times I
was doing a lot more natural light photography this time and some of it
in nasty and not very flattering direct sunlight. I think I still
managed to get some very usable results out of it.
Model: Nikki Doan
Model: Nikki Doan
Model: Amy Hill
The hardest
thing for me is still the communication with the models and the creation
of a vision that is different when you are on a fixed set.
Model: Jessica Garcia
Model: Jessica Garcia
23. October 2014 10:10
by Rene Pallesen
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17. October 2014 17:10
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16. October 2014 18:10
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It is Friday, so time for a little photoshop fun.
Lucas gets really scared whenever Aiden roars like a dinosaur/dragon. When we went to the forest last weekend he again got scared and I snapped this photo and decided to insert a dragon into it.
13. October 2014 12:10
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This weekend when we went to Luna Park I took this panorama I took this panorama from the top of the ferris wheel.
It is a series of 5 photos stitched together. The large one if amazing. You can clearly see individuals at Sydney Opera house and you can tell the colour of their clothes.
It was just taken handheld with my D800 and 50mm lens.
