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Desperately Seeking Suntan

January 6, 2012 by Younes

As I am making this post, the temperature has not gone higher than -12C, with nice dips into the -31C range. Not fit for beast. Not fit for Human. Yes, I am being a bit wimpy. I actually love winters (you wouldn’t tell reading this…). So here is some much needed glimpse of hope.

Morocco Merzouga Sunset in dry and cracked land

This is a photomerge of two images taken with a 24mm Tilt-Shift lens

If you still insist on going out and shooting, here are a couple posts from a few years ago about winter shooting: Number 1 and Number 2.

Shopping Spree

January 5, 2012 by Younes

Light. Shadow. Patterns. Repetition. Shapes. Lines. What more do you need?

Barcelona Shopper

Google + Top 11 of 2011

January 2, 2012 by Younes

As some of you may know, I have been a pretty active member of the photographic community at Google+ over the last few months. I have to say that while I had serious doubts in the beginning (another social media outlet?!?! who needs THAT!) I have become a fervent adept once I got a taste of it. A really vibrant community, endless new possibilities, great interaction. It has been lots of fun, and I am sure, will be for a while.

forest snow winter trees black and white

Black Forest Cake

My way to give back to the G+ community was to organize and curate a list of albums from G+ members each featuring their top 11 images of the last year. I also volunteered to choose the top 20 entries and feature them on my blog. The response was overwhelming and truly fantastic. With over 100 entries to look at and choose from, I had my job cut out for me! After days and days of browsing through these fantastic entries (you can find them all here), and agonizing hours to whittle them down, my final list is ready at last! I have to admit there were just too many entries to choose from and I ended up going over my self-imposed limit of 20. But hey, my game, my rules .

So, without further ado, here is the list of (slightly over) 20 entries that made it. In no particular order:

David Kingham: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114452583189695653393/albums/5690486026562149521

Paul Burwell: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103678929192213568672/albums/5686925156839469585

Carl Donohue: https://plus.google.com/photos/106930933794139848428/albums/5690369044313139457

Amanda Large: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/106928066647458178022/albums/5690173103716378593

Sarah Fischler: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/110600546748211156466/albums/5689791663046615633

Dave Wilson: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114860393629170534951/albums/5687479460800200017

John Dusseault: https://plus.google.com/photos/114559845119114226260/albums/5687665947521518673

Jacob Lucas: https://plus.google.com/photos/111204757488124368395/albums/5689405630546084497

Jari Salo: https://plus.google.com/photos/113953524641382928797/albums/5689420132458553185

Mihailo Radicevic: https://plus.google.com/photos/114369704013100203178/albums/5689325095335662225?banner=pwa

Erwin Windl: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/115185449105972818666/albums/5689378035867437329

Nathan Wirth: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108032623298499022371/albums/5688996868183479617

Damien Grillat: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116649538143102503746/albums/5688964745371757777

Clark Crenshaw: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/109940597696193991152/albums/5688722399593605185

Brett Nickeson: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/112538775834301543018/albums/5688738091843444641

Mabry Campbell: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/110294292842274744076/albums/5688426687188761921

Rob Tilley: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117930635480648239039/albums/5688217191819921361

Robert Van Koesveld: https://plus.google.com/photos/108092487151722513439/albums/5688024109817130513

Jim Davis: https://plus.google.com/photos/115143234371607892983/albums/5688009610116196977

Alan Majchrowicz: https://plus.google.com/photos/115958398724943172938/albums/5692010619275877169

Olivier Du Tre: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/102349305007676725479/albums/5686897470381743553

Patrick Endres: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116958518733450165364/albums/5692068464916781697

Scott Rinckenberger: https://plus.google.com/photos/118391323892426354857/albums/5690156868390952785

If you still have time and/or energy, you can find my own Top 11 here. I would greatly appreciate it if you could leave a comment .

Voila, I hope this has kept you entertained!

Thanks to all of those who kindly participated and congratulations to those who made the final list!

Top 11 of 2011

December 20, 2011 by Younes

Wow! What a year it has been! Whirlwind. Wild change. Endless Transition. Obviously, the highlight is getting married to my wonderful muse and partner in crime, Amanda. Looking back at my images, I can certainly see transition as well. It is funny how you don’t even see it happening, yet, it is plain to see. Hindsight is always 20/20 I suppose.

Now, I still love big, bold and colourful images, but looking back at my work in the past year, most of the images that stick to me have a definitely different flavour to them. From bold and colourful, I now find myself drawn to simpler, more subdued images. I have always sought to simplify my images, but that goal has proven elusive on more than one occasion. I still see room for evolution, but I certainly think I am on the right path to achieve the look I am looking for.

The coming year is also bound to be one of change, and may be even, revolution (on a personal level that is). Amanda and I are brewing some really cool projects and intend on taking things to the next level. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this year’s crop.

This, by the way, is the last post of 2011. It has been an honour and pleasure to interact with all of you. I wish you all Happy Holidays and wish you the best for the new year.

See you soon!