May 2009 archives

Back in the game…sort of.

May 15, 2009 by Younes
  If you have tried to get to my blog in the last 24h or so, you probably saw that it was down. No, I didn’t give up on you, just a glitch in the system. One of the plugins that I had recently installed failed in a big way. In any case, I am [...]

Gearhead and other questions

May 13, 2009 by Younes
The question always pops out, be it among my fellow gearheads (despite my allegations to the contrary, I am definitely one) or with the occasional passerby marveling at the size of my appendage. So here it is, in all its glory, my long list of precious gear: Cameras: Nikon D200 and D700 Lenses:  Nikon 14-24 [...]

Slanted

May 11, 2009 by Younes
While my portfolio is largely dominated by nature and landscape photography, I spend a significant amount of time photographing buildings and cityscapes, be it at home or during my travels. I initially took up architectural photography only as an exercise to develop my vision and my compositional skills. Little did I know that I would [...]

Home Sweet Home

May 10, 2009 by Younes
I will start this week slowly by showcasing some photographs I took last night. These photographs hammer home the point made by Darwin Wiggett in his guest article on this blog: you don’t have to go to Yosemite or Banff to be a photographer. Now don’t get me wrong, I initially set out to travel a couple [...]

Pay the writer

May 7, 2009 by Younes
I know it’s a photography blog, and no I am not a writer (though, thinking about it I made more money with my writing than with my photography so far…go figure, may be I am looking at this the wrong way…hmmm…see how easy it is to lose focus! Gosh I wish I could concentrate more). [...]
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