17. April 2014 06:04
by Rene Pallesen
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I did a couple of different sets with Valerie. Depending on the makeup she would look totally different and unrecognisable.
I call this my 'Get Lost' photo...bit of attitude.
Model: Valerie Peovska
Hair: Cara Leupuscek
Makeup: Melisa Tomic
Set: Studio 1A Sydney
16. April 2014 16:04
by Rene Pallesen
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The last of the girls that I shot at the window set was Edyta.
She has got a bit more of a rough look to her...a bit like Geena Davis in 'Long Kiss Goodnight'.
Being at the window with soft light everywhere the tough look didn't work for me, but I did manage to get this photo which emotionally is a bit more on the lighter side.
Model: Edyta Jedrzejowska
Hair: Cara Leupuscek
Makeup: Melisa Tomic
Set: Studio 1A Sydney
16. April 2014 08:04
by Rene Pallesen
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Another Natural Light shoot that I did was with a girl called Britney.
She has a very photogenic face if done right. I also did a couple of shots in one of the sets but I just couldn't make it work as well as with soft natural light.
Again I was shooting with the Samyang but it was a bit later in the day so it was easier to control the light.
Photographer: Rene Pallesen
Model: Britney Williams
Hair:
Cara Leupuscek Makeup:
Melisa Tomic Sets: Studio 1A Sydney
15. April 2014 16:04
by Rene Pallesen
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One of the model was a more mature girl by the name of Sarah.
I had the pleasure of shooting her using natural light next to one of the windows in the upstairs studio.
The Look I was going for was a more soft Boudoir type look and I think I managed to capture that in this photo.
I found it really hard shooting using natural light. I was using a new Samyang 85mm f/1.4 lens that I bought. The look I wanted required me to shoot it at 1.4 but the light at the window was fairly bright so I was constantly hitting the ceiling of how low the ISO could go and how high shutter speed I had.
Model: Sarah Lucien
Hair and Makeup: Carla Vallelonga
Lights: Natural
15. April 2014 10:04
by Rene Pallesen
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I had a blast of a day this Sunday participating in a modelling workshop
with Studio 1A...22 models, 10 makeup artists, 20 sets and lots of
opportunity to take great photos.
I was totally buggered after shooting for 5 hours but it was great for building experience.
This was one of my favorite photos (many more to come) from the day.
Model: Taylia Lopez
Lighting & Set: Studio 1A
Hair & Make-up: Kabuki Mee Designs
10. April 2014 10:05
by Rene Pallesen
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A cute moment of Lucas attempting to draw and with a very snotty nose.
This is a test shot using a new Samyang 85mm f/1.4 lens that I recently bought.
It
is a manual focus lens so it is harder to use (especially with the
kids), but this shot shows what beautiful results I am>
11. August 2007 10:03 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments
This week I went to The Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise) to work on our stand at TechEd. This is our biggest marketing push of the year and gives us a chance to talk to more than 2000 people over the 4 days of the conference.
To attract people to our stand we had hired to girls to hand out brochures regarding our price draw. This turned out to be really effective. They managed to hand out 1500 brochures in just one hour so we had to get more printed for the second day. And a lot of people came to visit our stand to see what we were all about.
It is pretty hard work. Most days start at around eight in the morning and generally didn't finish until around nine at night..and during this time there is a constant flow of people through the stand and constantly people to talk to.
On the last evening Microsoft hosted the TechEd party at MovieWorld...free rides, free drinks and lots of actors dressed up at star wars and star trek characters. None of my colleagues wanted to go, so I went by myself and did some of the rides and alng the way I bumped into various people I knew at the conference.
And it was a pretty good fun evening and I took a lot of cool photos, so I recommend you see the rest of the photos in the gallery...just click on one of the photos or on the link provided below.
But tell you what...it is really nice being back in Sydney where Kim is.
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The Gold Coast
11. August 2007 09:51
by Rene Pallesen
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Sunday Kim, Luke, Sasha and I went to The Coast to play golf. It is a beautiful course located along the cliffline of Little bay.
I had just received my new golf clubs (Cobra S9's) and that needed some adjustment so I didn't play particular well, but I had a good day out nevertheless.
A lot of the shots on the course are over the water which can be a bit intimidating if you play the course for the first time...but once you have played it a few times then it is not so bad.
The day before I was climbing with Andy at Berowra. It is normally difficult to get him outside climbing, but since he went climbing at Krabi in Thailand during his holiday he's been hooked. Berowra is one of the local Sydney Crags located about 30 minutes drive north of the city centre. It is not a tall cliff line, but a lot of the climbs are very crimpy and there is a lot of variation in the climbs.
getting when
shooting wide open.
10. April 2014 10:04
by Rene Pallesen
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We are training Aiden at the moment. The other day he did a big one on the toilet and as a reward we gave him the dinosaur that we had promised him.
2. April 2014 12:04
by Rene Pallesen
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My Aunty and her husband arrived to Australia a couple of days ago and will be traveling around the country for the next 5 weeks.
They asked if they could come over for dinner one evening to see where/how we live, so Saturday night we hosted them at our place.
It is not often that I have relatives in this part of the world, so when it does happen then it is nice even if it is just for a short visit.
The menu was Kims lemon pepper prawns for starters, Duck breast with home made bearnaise and raspberry creme brulee for desert (plus a lot of other goodies such as dips and cheese and wine).
They were supposed to have arrived the night before but their flight was delayed so they arrived 6am in the morning going straight to their hotel and then straight onto a bicycle tour around Sydney. From there they went straight to our place...they must have been buggered...
1. April 2014 10:04
by Rene Pallesen
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This weekend it was my birthday and it also happened to be the ski peak season here in Australia.
(click here for more photos)
A group of us rented a house in Cooma not too far away from the ski fields and apart from a few mechanical problems with my car we had a blast of a time. On the Saturday we went to Perisher. The snow was perfect and a lot of the runs hadn't been groomed so it was still deep powder snow that we were skiing in.
Kim, Luke and Karen took lessons in the morning and later in the afternoon I went for a couple of runs with Luke (Soeren didn't make it to the ski area that day). In the evening we were watching a video (I fell asleep 15 minutes into it), and we had birthday cake and wine/beer.
The day after all of us went to Thredbo (which in my opinion is much better) and I was skiing with Soeren all day. The girls were having fun skiing down in the beginners area and Luke was skiing by himself higher on the mountain.
We left Thredbo at around 3.30pm and arrived back home in Sydney at around 10.15pm....a long drive.
I took a couple of videos of Soeren and myself skiing:
Video of Rene Skiing #1
Video of Rene Skiing #2
Video of Soeren Skiing #1
Video of Soeren Skiing #2
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Skiing in Australia/
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11. July 2007 04:34
by Rene Pallesen
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Ok, it is not just in Holland that they steal with arms a legs. I am not proud to admit that the same seems to happen in Denmark (my birth country)...but more about that later.
After Holland I flew a quick trip to Denmark. On the way there in Heathrow Airport I met up with Kim who had spend a couple of days in London with a couple of friends. I was really looking forward to introducing her to my parents.
My flight arrived a bit late in London so we arrived to Copenhagen without my luggage which turned up the following day.
All the time while in Denmark it was pouring with rain, but we did have one good day in Copenhagen where Kim got to see the sights Fredriksborg Slot, The Marble church, Amalienborg, City Square and City Hall, Stroeget, The little Mermaid, Runde Taarn, Tivoli and Gefion Springvandet. We had lunch at Kultorvet and here Kim got her handbag stolen by a very professional bag snatcher (Latin American or Eastern European looking, dark short hair, wears a dark green suit and will sit down at the table next to you and talk on his mobile. When he leaves he will take your bag).
We also spent a couple of days at my grandmothers place where we we had a look at Koldinghus and Trapholt. Kim got to meet most of the family in Jutland (The family on my Dads side).
My cousin had a child recently and the christening was taking place while we were visiting, so it gave us an excuse to visit my grandmother.
On the way back from Jutland we visited my Uncle and Auntie Eli and Henning on their farm and also had a look at their windmill.
One day we went also sailing up through Guldborgsund with my dad and we also went a quick trip to Germany one afternoon with the ferry.
It was good to see my parents again, but I also realise that apart from latform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript">