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First off, happy new year to those reading this (and those who aren't.)
I can definitely say 2012 was one heck of a year. It's during this year that I realized that photography is a much bigger part of my life than I had originally figured. Learned a whole lot in Street Photography, and still even more to learn.
So I figured I'd start 2013 by dedicating close to a month to that. I'm going to New York with the sole purpose of shooting on the streets. Then after a week I'm heading back to my second home, San Francisco, where, aside from a lot of shooting as well, I'll get to see family and friends who I haven't seen for a year. Hopefully this'll turn out well.
In other news, this shot below got shortlisted for the National Geographic photo contest 2012, 'places' category. I could not have been more excited. I don't really have high hopes to win anything, and trust me when I say this, it was frickin' amazing just to have been shortlisted. This being said, the website said that the results would be announced on Dec 15th, 2012. Then they changed it to 'December', and now we're Jan 2nd, and they still haven't. Oh well...
Cheers everyone!
I can definitely say 2012 was one heck of a year. It's during this year that I realized that photography is a much bigger part of my life than I had originally figured. Learned a whole lot in Street Photography, and still even more to learn.
So I figured I'd start 2013 by dedicating close to a month to that. I'm going to New York with the sole purpose of shooting on the streets. Then after a week I'm heading back to my second home, San Francisco, where, aside from a lot of shooting as well, I'll get to see family and friends who I haven't seen for a year. Hopefully this'll turn out well.
In other news, this shot below got shortlisted for the National Geographic photo contest 2012, 'places' category. I could not have been more excited. I don't really have high hopes to win anything, and trust me when I say this, it was frickin' amazing just to have been shortlisted. This being said, the website said that the results would be announced on Dec 15th, 2012. Then they changed it to 'December', and now we're Jan 2nd, and they still haven't. Oh well...
Cheers everyone!
Three-year itch
I guess the three-year itch is a real thing. After close to that period working in the 'titillating' world of Risk Management, I woke up one day last month and realized that I couldn't take it anymore. I needed a change; badly. So up with the resignation and off we go. Now wondering what the next step will be, but it looks very likely I might uproot and move countries again. Guess Dubai will be the logical option for me this time...
On a different note, I'm quite happy with the direction I've taken with Street Photography this past year. Learned a lot, and much more to learn as well.
Can't be more excited about the 3rd DD I got a few days a
Look who's got his first pro photography job
It's a bit hard to digest really, but yeah, now I can say I have one client-commissioned project under my belt :D
A few months back, I was dabbling with time-lapse photography and I had posted a 5-second clip on my facebook page. As luck would have it, someone saw the clip and was interested enough to refer me to a company that was looking for just that, a time-lapse video as part of a promotional campaign for a resort they're building. They asked me to meet with reps from their ad agency, Saatchi, so we could work out the details. (By the way, I'm not divulging anything I shouldn't)
That was back in November, which I think was the most sc
My first Daily Deviation!!
There is some kick-ass pride to seeing your picture having received a DD in photojournalism!!
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Thank you weird SF guy for the picture, the-arkz (https://www.deviantart.com/the-arkz) for the suggestion, and Timothy-Sim (https://www.deviantart.com/timothy-sim) for the feature!
Cheers y'all!
Learning to Flash
I've been noticing this pattern where, once or twice a year, I come back to dA, post a few pics, browse and comment on a few more, then two months later I'm out. I don't like that. It's surely not a way to stay updated on the works and news of people you get to know around here, but having other obligations can be prohibitive sometimes. Still, I'll take what I can get; I love being here, and apologizes for all the missed replies, unseen submissions, and unread journals.
Self-pondering aside, I've been recently reading Joe McNally's works. He's an amazing photographer that does wonders with small flashes; not the studio strobes, the ones you
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Haha, I was totally confused when you said 2012 till I looked at the date of the journal 
Nevertheless, Happy New Years and congrats on the D.D. (or Kul 'aam wa inta bikhair if you speak Arabic 
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