The Dubai Chronicles
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The saga of Jeff living in the City of Gold. Presently living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, unravel his journey throughout the city with memoirs and everyday life stories.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
christmas dogs
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"May the beauty of the season brighten up your life and decorate your days with love, smiles and happiness!"
an indoor funshoot with our pets raby the shih tzu and max the golden retriever. it was a challenge for us to make them friends, pose, and look at the camera.
shots by nikita (d300) with d80's kit lens (18-135mm). strobist lighting was used; one speedlight on a shoot-through umbrella, camera right as main and another speedlight with gobo, camera left and behind the subjects.
happy holidays!
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
dibba seascapes
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after four sunrises and three sunsets of our stay in fujairah, i failed to capture these moments by the sea.
why?
because we felt lazy getting up or staying up too late during our short escapade.
we weren't able to swim by the sea due to occurence of red tide in the area and some dead fishes were scattered by the shore. instead, we visited the breakwater near our hotel and took some seascape shots during mid-day.
nikita (d300) was used using uwa lens (10-20mm) and longnose (70-200mm). i used hoya ndx400 filter/cokin soft grad combo, mounted on a tripod @ iso 100 with different exposures and focal lengths.
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Friday, November 21, 2008
atlantis' grand opening fireworks
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claimed to be the biggest fireworks in the history, the atlantis hotel's grand opening was extravagant. using 100,000 state-of-the art fireworks made by grucci, it was seven times bigger than the beijing olympics' opening ceremony. the hotel's closed-door party bash cost about 20million pounds. a-listed celebrities attended the party with the likes of michael jordan, janet jackson, charlize theron, robert de niro, wesley snipes, lindsay lohan, sir richard branson and many more. kylie minogue performed her first concert in the middle east.
since we're not part of the list like others do, we decided to scout the area early. two hours before the big salvo, we found a spot on the right side of the island, just few meters away from the beach. we used telephoto lenses to be safe. at first, we thought the main focus of the fireworks was just the hotel building. we got surprised when the whole place was illuminated.
my jaw dropped.
the fireworks display lasted for five minutes. it was indeed one of the greatest fireworks display i've seen and my hand on the shutter remote keep on clicking. few minutes later, i tried different angles and orientation without worrying my focal length (it was prefocused to infinite). i wasn't able to use my uwa lens due to the tripod plate was mounted on longnose's collar and didn't risk to switch it.
shots by nikita using longnose (70-200mm) with different set of exposures (3-30secs) at iso 100.
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you can also see the video on atlantis website.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
dubai mall
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we had an impromptu visit to the newly opened mall near burj dubai on a friday morning.
sprawling over 12 million sq ft, the dubai mall is currently the largest mall built on the planet. it has the largest acrylic panel for the indoor aquarium and it broke the retail history by having the largest opening day with 600 stores (there are over 1200 stores). aside from the indoor aquarium, the mall includes an olympic-sized ice rink, a 250-room luxurious hotel, 22 cinema screens plus 120 restaurants and cafes.
shots by nikita using longnose (70-200mm) and uwa (10-20mm) on iso 200 - 3200.
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Sunday, November 02, 2008
featured @ practical photography
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i entered a travel photography competition last may and some of my photos were shortlisted to the finals. the grand prize was trip for two to antartica and category winners were given ocean cruise in the carribean. i did not win any of these.
however, i feel grateful that one of my photos, the "deira fish market" entry was published in their magazine. it's such an honor to be part of it. please grab a copy. inside, there are useful stuff such as hdr, manual focus, etc.
once again, thanks for the inspiration. you know who you are.
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