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Decorating our walls

Zoe and I decided to start shooting a series of photographs to hang on the walls of our new appartment.

The method is simple. We go on photo walks for this explicit purpose. On every walk we come back with 1 photograph to print. If it comes to the point where we have more photos than spots for frames, we start rotating the prints.

It will keep the walls fresh, and us interested.

So here’s the find from our first walk:


Under the Bridge

Capture details
Focal Length (real):	24 mm	Aperture:	f/18.0
Shutter Speed:	30	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

A different kind of light painting

Our new apartment has beautiful white walls. Zoe and I both love the color, the look.

I also love that I can pretty much bounce flash from anywhere in the room.

So I had some fun with long exposures.

These shots were literally done with me setting the camera to a long exposure, and walking around the darkened living room firing off an SB900 at strategic locations on the walls. The idea was, of course, to simulate a lighting setup that I had planned for in my head.


Smells nice

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Focal Length (real):	95 mm	Aperture:	f/14.0
Shutter Speed:	64	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


My Fisheye Love

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Focal Length (real):	94 mm	Aperture:	f/8.0
Shutter Speed:	30	ISO:	100
Nikon Coolpix P7000

Fun with light painting

This was an experiment in light painting.

The image was illuminated entirely with single LED flashlight. After several experiments, I came up with this light arrangement. You’ll notice a shutter speed of 15sec – that’s how long was needed to lay down this light by hand.


Boys’ Toys

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Focal Length (real):	42 mm	Aperture:	f/22.0
Shutter Speed:	15	ISO:	100
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

Miscellaneous

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Focal Length (real):	85 mm	Aperture:	f/4.0
Shutter Speed:	0.02 sec (1/50)	ISO:	1600
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

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Focal Length (real):	200 mm	Aperture:	f/11.0
Shutter Speed:	0.004 sec (1/250)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

Splish Splash


Water – the winning entry for a “water” themed photo competition

Capture details
Focal Length (real):	200 mm	Aperture:	f/22.0
Shutter Speed:	0.004 sec (1/250)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

Street photography – 07 Jun 2011 – 08 Jun 2011

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Focal Length (real):	85 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.003 sec (1/400)	ISO:	800
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

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Focal Length (real):	85 mm	Aperture:	f/1.4
Shutter Speed:	0.002 sec (1/500)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

Capture details
Focal Length (real):	85 mm	Aperture:	f/1.4
Shutter Speed:	0.003 sec (1/400)	ISO:	1600
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

Capture details
Focal Length (real):	85 mm	Aperture:	f/1.4
Shutter Speed:	0.001 sec (1/800)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

Surprised Zoe!

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Focal Length (real):	85 mm	Aperture:	f/1.4
Shutter Speed:	0.004 sec (1/250)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

My Gorgeous Zoe

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Focal Length (real):	85 mm	Aperture:	f/1.4
Shutter Speed:	1/2500 sec	ISO:	400
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

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Focal Length (real):	85 mm	Aperture:	f/1.4
Shutter Speed:	0.01 sec (1/100)	ISO:	1100
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

Lucky Man

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Focal Length (real):	52 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.067 sec (1/15)	ISO:	25600
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

Birthday party

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Focal Length (real):	62 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.033 sec (1/30)	ISO:	12800
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

Misc photography – 24 Apr 2011 – 03 May 2011

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Focal Length (real):	50 mm	Aperture:	f/1.8
Shutter Speed:	0.025 sec (1/40)	ISO:	900
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D

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Focal Length (real):	50 mm	Aperture:	f/1.8
Shutter Speed:	1/3200 sec	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D

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Focal Length (real):	66 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.02 sec (1/50)	ISO:	12800
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

Capture details
Focal Length (real):	62 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.025 sec (1/40)	ISO:	10000
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

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Focal Length (real):	70 mm	Aperture:	f/5.0
Shutter Speed:	0.05 sec (1/20)	ISO:	2000
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

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Focal Length (real):	70 mm	Aperture:	f/4.0
Shutter Speed:	0.001 sec (1/2000)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

Street photography – 21 Apr 2011 – 24 Apr 2011

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Focal Length (real):	70 mm	Aperture:	f/3.5
Shutter Speed:	0.001 sec (1/800)	ISO:	640
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

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Focal Length (real):	38 mm	Aperture:	f/5.6
Shutter Speed:	0.01 sec (1/100)	ISO:	320
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

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Focal Length (real):	20 mm	Aperture:	f/5.6
Shutter Speed:	0.01 sec (1/100)	ISO:	320
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a NIKKOR 20mm f/2.8 AI-s

Capture details
Focal Length (real):	200 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.003 sec (1/400)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

Street photography – 22 Jan 2011

It has been a somewhat a painful day. My i7 15″ MBP seems to be dying an ugly, but eratic, death at work, and Apple at Chadstone won’t have a look at it until next Friday.

Despite that, I went out hunting after lunch and in the evening. Here’s some [2 out of 3 heavily processed, 1 out of 3 bearly touched at all] highlights…


I’ve got the moves!

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Focal Length (real):	116 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.04 sec (1/25)	ISO:	500
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


Shades of red

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Focal Length (real):	92 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.02 sec (1/50)	ISO:	16000
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


Old Faithful

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Focal Length (real):	200 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.001 sec (1/1000)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

Street Photography – 17 Jan 2011


Patterns emerge

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Focal Length (real):	200 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.005 sec (1/200)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


I know what I want to be when I grow up!

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Focal Length (real):	95 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.003 sec (1/400)	ISO:	200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

Street Photography – 11 Jan 2011

My poor gorgeous Zoe… Always ending up being my guinea pig…

She really wasn’t pissed off here, I just figured she looked the part!


Oh, it’s on!

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Focal Length (real):	160 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.003 sec (1/320)	ISO:	2200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


His and Hers? Hers and Hers?

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Focal Length (real):	200 mm	Aperture:	f/2.8
Shutter Speed:	0.003 sec (1/400)	ISO:	1000
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a –


Ample headroom

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Focal Length (real):	160 mm	Aperture:	f/3.5
Shutter Speed:	0.002 sec (1/500)	ISO:	1000
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

Alex Megremis Photography