For Sara Kintsugi – (noun) To repair with gold; The art of repairing metal with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. We are all imperfect. We are all flawed. We are, or were, broken in one way or another. Being human, we strive to live up…
I read a beautiful quote the other day, but I can’t seem to find it. I’m paraphrasing but it was something like “if we weren’t cracked or broken, the light wouldn’t be able to shine through”. I think that we all have a light inside of us, and it shines so bright but there are times…
I did the unthinkable. I created an image.. that’s not a square. – insert dramatic music – It probably doesn’t seem like a big deal, but over the last two months I’ve been rethinking everything I do. I realized how much I like my comfort zone and how I’m kind of stuck in my ways.…
I recently got a chance to photograph Fiona again before she got married and moved to Canada. I worked with her a while back on a couple of images and we always said we’d do something again but it just never happened. We ran into each other at an event and she told me she’s moving…
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? 😀…
About a year ago, I wrote down something in my ideas book and completely forgot about it. Now, I can’t remember if it was a journal entry or if it was just something I wrote to inspire a picture. But when I went to the US, I found the perfect location for it and got…
Life has a habit of taking those you want closest, and throwing them across the ocean.. I put off writing this blog post because.. ALL THE EMOTIONS. A rollercoaster of emotions. A never-ending, crazy rollercoaster of emotions. Two of my best friends live on the other side of the world, and as much as I’d…
A few days ago, I turned 2. And by that I mean: I started doing fine art photography exactly two years ago. It was because of the first photography workshop I ever attended, and it was the first workshop by Brooke that I’ve attended. So I thought it would be a good time to reflect on…
After about ten minutes of staring at the screen trying to figure out how to even begin talking about the convention, I decided to just dive in. It took me this long to write about it because in a way, I felt like if I talked about it and posted all the pictures then that’s…
Amani AlShaali 