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Good Night Nairobi, Pt 2

Last Tuesday evening, I hooked up with Steve Kitots and Mutua Matheka on a hurriedly-put-together shoot of Nairobi from street level.

Steve and I scouted for a good spot where we could position ourself and we picked the junction of Koinange Street and Kenyatta Avenue and were joined by Mutua just as we set up.

We spent about 30 minutes shooting as buses and other fast-moving traffic whizzed past us.

As we packed up, we spotted KICC lit up for the Rockefeller Foundation’s Centenary Celebrations and shot that as well.

We high-fived each other, went to our different homes and let Nairobi sleep in peace.

Canon 7D. 17mm, 10.0sec, at f/22, ISO 100

Canon 7D. 17mm, 10.0sec, at f/22, ISO 100

Canon 7D. 17mm, 15.0sec, at f/22, ISO 100

Canon 7D. 17mm, 15.0sec, at f/22, ISO 100

Canon 7D. 17mm, 30.0sec, at f/16, ISO 100

Canon 7D. 17mm, 30.0sec, at f/16, ISO 100

Canon 7D. 19mm, 30.0sec, at f/18, ISO 200

Canon 7D. 19mm, 30.0sec, at f/18, ISO 200

  1. Dan

    May 20, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Nice shots….Guys u need to call me up next time you go street shooting… need to exercise my Samsung NX1000…

    1. mwarv

      May 20, 2013 at 10:33 pm

      Sawa, consider yourself invited. What’s your twitter handle? Some of these shoots are very spontaneous.

  2. Naomi

    May 27, 2013 at 9:15 am

    This is a ‘hurriedly-put-together’ shoot?

    *goes to my lane*

    That aside, the shots are spectacular! I heart Nairobi 🙂

    1. mwarv

      May 27, 2013 at 12:00 pm

      Thanks. It’s a lovely city we live in.

  3. jaydabliu

    May 28, 2013 at 3:00 am

    Whoooosaaah.. As always man… Loooove the KICC shot…

    1. mwarv

      May 28, 2013 at 7:48 am

      Thanks. It took us longer to get approvals to shoot KICC than it took us to shoot.

  4. mutahi

    December 8, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    Alex, urgently get in touch with me.

    Munyi ex Ogilvy

  5. NGARA TIM

    January 21, 2014 at 10:34 am

    AMAIZING SHOTS MAN , NUMBER ONE FAN .

    1. mwarv

      January 21, 2014 at 11:47 am

      Thanks! Keep visiting for more.

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