It's a Joke

I was going to write a whole editorial about this subject, but I don't want people to hate me for it, it just doesn't worth it, so I'm just going to say that "Photography contests in Kuwait is a big fat joke" :)

New Look

I wanted to change the look of my blog, but never had the time to do it, till recently my friend Moayad gave me the push I needed, so thanks my friend, any way this is the initial look, please tell me what you think, I'll make it look better later (God knows when) ;)

Standing Tall

Most of you know what happened recently, the photo theft I mean, it hit me very hard when I saw one of my photos in a magazine, it was used with out my permission, I did not know what to do, weather I should go to the magazine editor and break his head or stop posting my work on the net, as you have noticed I have stop posting my work for few days to clear my mind about this matter, and this is what I want "No one will stop me enjoying what I like to do, I will do every thing I can to stop these people from stealing my work, and I will certainly be post more and more photos"

Spatial thanks to:

kuw_son

mr.bloshi

athoob

(JA)

P.U.R.E

scale 1:100

sramyan

7oO7oO

Daddy's Girl

Heba _ photo

Light Rain

Fstop_mathai

and to all the people who care,

for there support, I really apretiat it my friend, if it wasn't for your support I would not have posted any thing any more.

and for the guy who stole my work, If you are reading this, we photographers, spend time and money on these photos and the equipment we use, to make these art possible, were I could have spend them with my family instead, so we ask you not to do this and think about it 1000 times, it is not any different from putting your hand into my pocket and steal my money.

Alone

When do you think,you become more creative, when you go out to photograph alone, with few friends or with groups? I prefer the first 2, alone you become clear minded, it's only you and your camera (well, and all the other people who are staring too) when you are with few friends, it becomes more challenging (In a good ay) when they choose an angle, you don't go there and take a shot of the same, but you go and search for a different one, that way you make your mind work over time ;) and it's funnier, much more interesting, plus if you were with the "right" people you could exchange informations and techniques. Now say you go out with groups 10+, man that is a mess, you wont take your time at a cretin spot they will ether want to take shots of that same spot or they got sick of the place and they don't want to wait for your creativity, and I don't blame them, oh! did I mention that in every photo you'll take you'll find the face of one of the guys from the group in it? even in Macro!

Summery, The best way I tried it to go out with friend not more than 3 in total, and you all have to be at the same level of standard, if that was not handy then go out alone and forget about groups cos they are a wast of time.

I miss her

I'm in London, and I left her behind, It was really hard for me that morning when I left home, she looked me in the eye and as if she was saying to me "Take me with you and I will make sure you have a great time there" I said "I can't, I have a lot to do there in a very short time" I felt pain, but it had to be done, I left her behind with tears. Now I'm here, and sorry I did not take her along, and enjoyed all the beauty of London together, but being busy, I know I would have not touched her if she were here. call me crazy, but I miss her, my camera.

Digital vs. Glass

Filters makes our photos Incredibly beautiful, but does it make less of the photographers ability to take good photos, certainly not, they need spatial knowledge about colors and mixing them and how to focus manually on your seen, and which color match that time of the day and this particular seen, so it is really a tough job, thats for the glass filters, the new age now is digital photography, and with digital photography comes digital editing (more about that later) which is essential, now you can add these filter effects digitally, which means you can test all kind of filter colors on your photos, till you hit the color you really like, if after some time you changed your mind about that one color, by all means go ahead and change it, now what about if I don't want the filter effect, well your original copy is still available to you.

Digital filters, Positive:
1.You have literally millions of filters on your computer.
2.They come for free with your editing software.
3.You can add/remove them any time you want.

Digital filters, Negative:
1.ahh... I don't see any.

Does that mean I'm against Glass filters, well, lets say I don't want to use them OK, but I'm sure for some they find an enjoyment using them and I wish them all the best, but if you use digital you should go digital all the way, after all you cant play a betamax video tape on your HD receiver right ;)