Saturday, February 17, 2007
Photo series: Out and about in Bahrain
I've harboured a secret hobby over the last year or so involving a kinky and intimate relationship with the 'camera' although the product is far from so. I discovered its an awfully fiddly business. I've played with settings and switches, messed around with photoshop, spent sleepless nights sifting through quite a vast digital collection (mostly useless) and now, I will try to share a few every week or whenever. I'll focus on Bahrain for now and hopefully will get round to doing travel shots at a later stage. Feedback would be great esp technical. Hope u like!Manama: outside Mo'min mosque
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Man ... these pictures rock... especially the two girls from a village... great work ...I think once in a while bloggers should only post pictures like this coz they say a lot.
Cheers!
Sandy
the alnajar cold-store pic triggered old memories when we used to go there and buy candy and stuff. Allah yr7am ja3far el najar. he was a good man.
Nice Shots! and a great idea! Years from now pictures like these would become rarities and bring back some great memories, elnajjar's store surely did!
I like your creativity! I also like the spontaneous shots that just tell of a real "plastic-free, spiky-building-free" Bahrain which we sort of all are nostalgic for-- I can't wait to see ur next patch!LuLu *the non-photographer*
Thanks guys for passing....
Sandy; the image is more powerful than words sometimes...i guess this is what motivated me to take up photography...
anon; as it used to be called baradaat ja3far s5oona is a manama landmark!!
nurox; its funny how every1 knows alnajjar...he should run for elections, he'd probably win
lulu; thats exactly the point, the modern glossy image of Bahrain that is unreflective of a large reality that people live is what this photo series is all about. Insha'allah i'll upload more soon. Thanks for passing. Keep up the good work on ur blog, i love it!
Haha, probably, but out of the shots the one that really caught my eyes was Mo2men, I didn't read the caption and the first thing i thought was هاي مو عتبة مؤمن؟؟
and lo and behold the caption under reads just that!
Hi Bahrania,
Loved the "Barada" shot. colorful with a real bahraini feel, loved the girls from the village. Amazing. You should definitely continue your "kinky" relationship with the camera ;)
Peace,
SoulSearch
Good stuff! I too loved the pic of the two village girls. Keep at it, this is great.
These pictures are awesome! The colors are vivid and so crisp! What is your camera pray tell?
Thanks. Canon 350D