It’s that time of the year! Well, technically it isn’t. Because GPP is usually in March, but this year it was in February. I didn’t take as many classes as I normally do, but the ones I did take were absolutely amazing. Not that I would expect anything less from Sara Lando. I did two of…
A little late to the game, but better late than never right? God, I’ve missed blogging. I’ve been jumping from one project to the other, one shoot to the next, that I seem to have neglected my blog yet again. I need something or someone to hold me accountable for blogging weekly, any volunteers? 😀…
Last Friday, I did the biggest shoot I’ve ever done. I worked with a model called Natalia Wiechowski and a makeup artist called Heba El Kaissy Abd and we shot from 12PM till 7PM. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Here’s the backstory: During GPP2015, Natalia was one of the models for the workshops and she was photographed…
“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.” – Mark Twain During GPP2015, I met Nitin, a member of EPyC (one of the biggest photography clubs in Dubai) through a mutual friend. Nitin saw my work and invited me to give a talk during one of the club’s Creative Sparks…
“We all have monsters. If you ignore them, they get bigger. You have to tame them and make them your bitches.” – Sara Lando The very first blog post I ever posted was about GPP2014, and it’s crazy to think that it’s been a year already. So much has happened in that one year. Some…
Well, not really. I’m 23. But exactly one year ago, I attended Brooke Shaden’s workshop, Story-telling & Compositing, at Gulf Photo Plus. It was my very first photography workshop. And it was the day I decided that I want to be a Fine Art Photographer. One of the exercises Brooke made us do was to…
Started this blog post with mentioning how hectic the past few days have been, then realized I’ve been saying that way too much. Instead, lemme tell you about the awesome event at Gulf Photo Plus wednesday night. They had a community exhibition for the winners of the Day & Night competition, and it was so…
Sometimes it’s easy for me to dwell on the bad things that happen, and let good moments pass me by. In an attempt to be more aware of the good things that happen while they’re happening, I keep telling myself “remember this. Remember this. Remember this.” and I take a mental image of everything around…
We always need the reminder. Things get too hectic. I keep wanting to write a new blog post but I haven’t had the time to sit down properly and organize my thoughts. So much has been going on. But I’ll start with the most important thing – my hard drive, the one containing all my…
I’ve been putting off writing a blog post for the longest time because.. I’m scared. What if I say the wrong things? What if I say too much? Too little? But after GPP2014, I realized I can’t put this off much longer. Not only because I need to write about my experience, but also because…
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