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BMXing on the Helipad

A quiet day at the office yesterday was interrupted by a pat on my shoulder by Allan Gichigi. He’d been invited to see some BMX riders doing their thing on the KICC Helipad. I quickly cleared my schedule and tagged along. I didn’t have my camera on me, only my Xperia Z1 which I decided to shoot with.

All these images were shot using my phone and edited in Snapseed.

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There had been a slight drizzle a few minutes before we got to the Helipad. When it ended, the clouds diffused the light for a great view of Nairobi.

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Puddles on the Helipad came in handy for this. The Xperia Z1 is water proof so I was able to immerse it in the puddle to shoot Alberto from really low.

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The first few minutes were spent mopping the Helipad. It had to be super dry for Alberto and Viki to pull their moves.

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These guys move really fast. The XperiaZ1’s fast aperture allowed me to freeze the motion with no blurs even in the cloudy situation we had.

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Alberto and Viki.

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Check out Viki on Instagram. He is on a tour of Africa with Red Bull.

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Alberto.

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Alberto.

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For someone who is very afraid of heights, I was awed at what Viki and Alberto could do. All the best as you continue with your tour.

3 thoughts on “BMXing on the Helipad”

  1. Really nice shots Mwav,

    I feel they would have been more dramatic at sunset, but with the cloud cover this days what are the chances of that happening.

  2. These are amazing pictures and such a great idea 🙂
    I wanted to find out, were there costs of photography on the helipad if you were using your phone?

    1. Hi. Last I checked it was Kshs150.00 per adult to go up. If you have a professional camera in tow, the fee goes up to about Kshs7,000.00 or thereabouts.

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