7/52-40 Roses and the Zomb-E

So two Thursday’s ago marked 4 weeks since Hana and I got married. (Alhamdulillah! (All praise and gratitude to God)) So I picked up a couple dozen roses and stuck them in an empty (and clean, mind you) pickle jar. (Until yesterday, we didn’t have anything appropriate for putting flowers in… but a trip to the big Salvation Army store took care of that, partly, and the roses are now in a ceramic pitcher that would be more appropriate for a wildflower/country bouquet than roses, imo, but I digress.)

This week, knowing I would have little actual shooting time, I strapped on the Zomb-E early, and managed to make 25 or 30 minutes to shoot on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Things are beginning to calm down a bit, so InshaAllah (hopefully) I’ll have some time to get out on photowalks or at least around the neighborhood some in the coming weeks.

Everything was shot with the D7000 and the Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series, mostly on f/3.5, all at ISO800 in AP mode. Most all received minimal processing in Lightroom 5.

7/52-39 Blinded Light

First week in the new apartment with my new wife was very busy, as you might imagine… Alhamdulillah.

But I did make some time to shoot, with the phone, in the about 20 or so minutes I had (maybe 18 on Wednesday, but not all together… maybe 10 minutes or 15 around 3:15pm, and another 2-3 a couple of other times Wednesday; and maybe 90 seconds last evening), and some perhaps 10 or 15 minutes to play with VSCO cam on the phone (usually while otherwise occupied with… but I won’t get into that).

Inshallah/God Willing/Hopefully, I’ll have some time time with the big camera this week. I want to do some macro play.

Anyway. As I usually do, I’ve been examining the light around here. It’s quite different from the last apartment, somewhat darker overall, but much more evenly lit, with windows on two adjacent sides, rather than on opposite sides as with previous ones. Some day when I have more time I might spend more time on this, but not today: too tired, and to much to do before the weekend ends.

So the blinds… different than the last apartment, thinner and more colorful, and so more open to variation. All in all, good subjects, I think, maybe.

Everything was shot with the iPhone 5 using ProCamera 7, and processed in VSCO Cam, with a few also going to Perspective Correct. Fun stuff.

7/52-38 Busy, Moving

So a month ago, I was in Costa Rica, training new team members. Three weeks ago, I got married. Two weeks ago, I was just back from Honeymoon. Last week, I was just gobsmacked about being married (again: Alhamdulillah! SubhanAllah! Allahu Akbar!).

This week—still gobsmacked—Hana and I finished packing my apartment; I was slammed at work every day and tossed and turned every night; and Saturday we moved into our first apartment together.

To be honest, it’s quite a step down from any place I’ve lived in the past 10 years, and I never expected to live in such a place again. Shame on me for turning so bougie all of a sudden. If you’re a Muslim and reading this, please make dua for me, that I regain my sense of peace and joy with whatever blessings Allah ordains for me, and also make dua for Hana and me, that we find this a blessed landing place. If you’re not Muslim and reading this, please see above and keep me and us in your prayers, or keep good thoughts for us, or whatever seems right, should you feel the urge or inclination.

Anyway, and lest I ramble on further, I was so terrifically busy this week and I didn’t make any time to shoot. Shem on me again.

So no real 7/52 this week, or, rather, I haven’t had time to look through the random picture I shot, and I don’t have internet access anyway, so here’s just one picture from this week (some reverse lights on a wet parking lot), shot quickly while walking with the iPhone 5 built in camera app in HDR mode (this is the HDR one).

InshaAllah (God willing/hopefully) I’ll get six or seven up later on—if I get some time to look at what I shot this week—and have some time to shoot this week.