Things That Make Me Happy

I made this blog streakily for photography matters, nothing personal at all, but my dear friend kuw_son tagged me with "Things That Make Me Happy" I can't say no to him, and I guess a little bit of fun wont heart, so hear we go:

1. a good massage.

2. When ever my kids are happy.

3. Carrot cake.

4. A vacation spent in Kuwait.

5. Spending some time alone on my Mac at home with a hot cup of tea and biscuits.

Thats all my friends.

سوق الفقع

أمس رحت سوق الفقع و القصد الأساسي كان التصوير مو الفقع، أول ما دخلنا كانوا البياعين بنفس و الواحد مايبي بعد يتناجر عشان صوره، بعد ٧ أو ٨ بياعين مريت على واحد شان إقول "إشدعوا يابا هاي ماترييد إتصورنا؟" قلت في نفسي "حبيبي إنت الله يابك" إهني تشجعت و قمت أصور و وعدت هالشخص إني أييبلا الصوره، و عقبه عاد طحت تصوير في العالم و الله إن شاء الله يسامحني كلهم قلتلهم شوفي صوركم في الوطن :) بس صراحه حصلت كم صوره طيبو خاطري، كنت أستخدن عدست الماكرو للفقع، وحده من الصور في الفلكر مالي والثاتيه الي فوق والباجي بعدين، المهم قلت حق جمال خل أصورك (جمال صاحب أحلى صوره لبياع فقع) شان إشيل سلة الفقع هذي لقطه و الثانيه ماسك حبتين قع يصور معاهم و هذي كانت القاتله إلي أنا طحت بالأرض من الظحك لا ويغمز حق الصوره بعد، المهم لا تخلون كامرتكم في البيت هالأيام التصوير مايتطوف.

There is no spoon

when you go out to photograph are you thinking of what would people think about your photos? or this particular angle or composition? well I have news for you, if it does then your creativity is blocked if not then your on your way to be one of the best photographers if not he best.

Three things get me out to photograph, first thing, is some thing I imagined in my mind and go out to capture it with my camera, second, is a place I've seen and want to explore, last but not least I'm in what I call "my photography mode" you might be asking what the hell is "my photography mode" ? well I can't explain that, but what I can do is show you some of the photos that I get when I'm in that mode and amazingly I get some of my best on that mode :)

Summary:
-Don't think of what others might say about your photos
-Don't go out photographing if you don't feel like going out.
-There is no spoon. (from the Matrix)

So how was Malaysia?

So how was Malaysia? (Photography wise)

Malaysia is a very photogenic country, it is very colorful, and it has very nice architecture, both modern and old, there living style inspire you, you can come up with lots and lots of great and new ideas, there were times I just wanted to stoop the taxi driver and start shooting, the thing that stopped me from doing that was my kids, you can not do any thing with kids, especially photography, other wise I totally recommend it for photographers, I had only few minutes alone, and thats when I got all my Kuala Lampor photos, I'll be posting some of them on my flickr account, and the rest (the good ones) will stay with me for...., I wont say.

What can I do?

A friend of mine is new in photography, he's actually the one who bought my Sony R1, any way he took some photos and asked for my opinion and said "see what can you do!" man this is my game, so I took his CD, which have lots of good photos and did some touches to them, OK more than touches, and here is an example:

The Original:



The Modified:



The Extreme:




This is digital photography it is not complete with out the computer work.

so good luck my friend, and tell me how did I do?