Samie got himself a Traxxas Slash a month or so ago, and Daniyal came by (with his mother, sisters, and aunt (my sisters in law and neices)) to check it out… Fun times, for sure, especially during the DeltaDefJam! Continue reading “Delta Def Jam: Samie, Daniyal, and the Traxxas Slash at 6400”
Delta Def Jam: at work with 3200, at 6400
With September came the Delta Def Jam… like the FP4Party, TMAX Party, and Neopantastic! before it, it’s a community celebration of all things Ilford Delta. I’m not a big fan of Ilford Delta 100 or 400 (I vastly prefer FP4 and HP5+), so I decided to go with 3200,
I started strong, but didn’t finish the roll until the 19th, blowing any hope of really participating completely. Oh well. Continue reading “Delta Def Jam: at work with 3200, at 6400”
I seek refuge in Allah!
In Surah Al Jathiyah, Allah azza wa jall says
أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِن بَعْدِ اللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Have you seen him who takes his own lust (vain desires) as his ilah (god), and Allah knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart, and put a cover on his sight. Who then will guide him after Allah? Will you not then remember?
Astaghfirullah. Astaghfirullah. Oh Allah forgive me! There is no god but Allah and I am truly among the wrongdoers. Oh, Turner of Hearts, turn and keep my heart fixed firmly on Your beautiful religion, Ameen.
Unboxing William Kline’s ‘New York’
William Kline’s Life is Good and Good For You in New York Trance Witness Revels is one of those low print run, long out of print, wildly expensive, classic photobooks that pop up in discussions from time to time. I don’t recall what brought it to mind for me, but I went hunting and was able to find the Errata Editions reprint (Books on Books #5) for a song. Continue reading “Unboxing William Kline’s ‘New York’”
Unboxing ‘Self Publish, Be Happy’
Bruno Ceschel’s Self Publish, Be Happy is part survey, part how-to, and not quite what I expected at all.
Continue reading “Unboxing ‘Self Publish, Be Happy’”Call Your Mother!
A reminder to myself, first…
زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ الرَّحِمُ شِجْنَةٌ، فَمَنْ وَصَلَهَا وَصَلْتُهُ، وَمَنْ قَطَعَهَا قَطَعْتُهُ ”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The word ‘Ar-Rahm’ (womb) derives its name from ‘Ar- Rahman’ (i.e. Allah). So whosoever keeps good relations with it (womb i.e. Kith and kin), Allah will keep good relations with him, and whosoever will sever it (i.e. severs his bonds of Kith and kin) Allah too will sever His relations with him.
Aoothu Billah.
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The C.L.A.M. could be anywhere…
When my darling, adorable wife and I returned from vacation, the FM3a still had 5/6th of a roll of film in it. I carried it around for a few days, took a few random shots, and then decided to burn the rest of it playing around with the C.L.A.M. I don’t play with it often, and really haven’t figured out how to use it, though I know it’s incapable of producing what I hoped to get out of it.
The bit of play I did with a few frames of Ektar didn’t yield anything much, and unless I put in some time and really explore it, I should probably scrap it and try again with some other ideas I have. There are a couple of things I see in these that may make good jumping off points for other explorations, but only if I keep them in mind, take my time, and shoot the C.L.A.M. with some intent. Continue reading “The C.L.A.M. could be anywhere…”