Nightime, Right Time

A quick follow-up to this morning’s Reminder… Here’s the same view, shot moments apart, by 3 different cameras, at 30, 45, and 60 seconds (all manually counted, and so probably not accurate…).

On the left, the Cosina CX-2; in the middle, the Lomo LC-A; on the right, the Sears 35 R|F (Ricoh 500 G). All on Kosmo Foto Mono, developed in Ilfotec HC 1:31 for 5.5 minutes. (I moved the LC-A slightly during exposure. Ooops. Oh well.) Continue reading “Nightime, Right Time”

I walk alone

However Allah guides us to His path, and however many people help us along the way, and however many people we surround ourselves with, copy, model ourselves after, follow,  emulate, when it comes down to it, we’re all going to stand naked and alone (and hopefully not too afraid) in front of Allah.

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paths

I sometimes wonder… when we ask Allah to guide us to the straight path, is there only the one path, or are there multiple paths? I mean, the path leads from wherever to Allah’s forgiveness and mercy, but you and I, we’re likely coming from many different directions…

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‘Magnum Chronicles 01’

YouTube originally set this video as Private, claiming its content (a collection of images from Magnum Photographers of the Middle East over the last 50 or 75 years) might be disturbing to some viewers. I think this was auto-set because I included the subtitle in the video title or description…

Magnum Chronicles 01: A Brief Visual History in the Time of ISIS

Forewarned is forearmed, I guess.

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