27. March 2002 11:14
by Rene Pallesen
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We went with Donna and Sandra up to Port Stephens to go Whale watching.
It was a great day (very cold) and we saw lots of whales.
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27. March 2002 11:03
by Rene Pallesen
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8. June 2010 02:04
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7. June 2010 11:47
by Rene Pallesen
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On the 7th June in the morning Kim started going into labour.She woke me up at 6am and told me that her water broke...and that it was time to go to the hospital.
When we got there the contractions were only 4-5 minutes apart and pretty irregular. After a few hours they started infusing to move things along. Eventually the contractions were very close and very painful (for Kim), so we aked for an epidural.
As soon as she got the epidural everything stopped and slowed down. Eventually the Obstitrician said that it was time to do a C-section to get the baby out.
It was pretty quick and those critters definitely look like little aliens when they come out.
In the beginning he had a few breathing problems (which apparently is normal with children with ceasar children) so he (and I) was rushed to the nursing care unit for closer observation.
While we were there Kim was eventually rolled past an hour later so that she could have a quick cuddle before herself being rolled up to the ward for observation.
Here's a photo of the very proud mum:
I was still in my operating theatre outfit and here's a photo of the very proud dad too:
He also managed to get a quick feed while he was there.
After spending 4 hours in the care his breathing was relaxed and his carbondioxide levels had dropped he was released and I could roll him up to mummy in the ward for some sleep for both of them.
4. June 2010 09:03
by Rene Pallesen
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On the 4th of June 2010 my grandmother (on my dads side) passed away being 90 years old. She had a stroke about a months ago and was unconscious for a long time.
She did regain a bit of conscious to the point where she could nod and recognise people.
After this her condition deteriorated but her being such a tough woman she was hanging on in there.
Eventually she couldn't hand on any longer and passed away. She was the last one of my grandparents and she was burried on the 10th June, 3 days after my son was born, so unfortunately they never got a chance to meet.
25. May 2010 10:45
by Rene Pallesen
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Tonight is my GCC break day (Only 11,000 steps today compared to over 20,000 yesterday). I celebrated this with a glass of wine...and then I though why stop there.I could take a cool photo as I was pouring the glass (my second).
I did do a bit of playing around but I found that it worked best if the flash was able to burn out some of the details and illuminate the wine from behind.
Flash was positioned on the floor (glass on a chopping board on a chair) @ 1/4 power...the background is a white wall.
The wine is a Southern Sisters 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot...not a bad drop for an everyday wine.
25. May 2010 01:33
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I did another photo session with little bob. He was going "More, More...." and Mummy was going "Not again!".
Anyway, had the chance for a couple more creative shots.
Not sure if I like the reflection in this shot...so I may have to re-do it.
23. May 2010 12:03
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Here is another GCC photo
22. May 2010 11:57
by Rene Pallesen
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I am currently participating in the GCC (Global Corporate Challenge). This is a team event where each participant has to do more than 10,000 steps per day using a pedometer (step counter) for the next 16 weeks. I will when convenient take my camera with me an try and do something creative.
This was day one where I walked to a meeting in North Sydney over the Sydney harbour bridge. When I got home I did some tilt shift effect to it so make it more toy like:
16. May 2010 10:45
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It is now week 35 and the baby is expected within the next 5 weeks (hopefully at week 40). Kim is getting pretty big and yesterday I used the opportunity to take a couple of photos of her belly (and a worried dad)...evidence below.
I alto tried to take a couple of nice ones as well as some artistic ones.
I would have taken a lot more, but even though the baby was saying
"More, More..." the mummy ran out of patience...maybe I'll get another chance during the week to take some more.
16. May 2010 10:28
by Rene Pallesen
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Some time ago I saw a photo of a kiwifruit and wanted to see if I could do something similar. It took a bit of experimenting, but eventually I got there. First a thin slice of kiwifruit (I chose to keep the skin on for effect), a couple of toothpicks to lift it off the surface and then one toothpick to hold it upright.
20 cm behind the flice I positioned a flash (SB600) firing at 1/64 power. Camera is set at 1/250th sec, f13, ISO 200 @42mm (on Nikon D50)....viola:
