The early morning is a beautiful time. Everything is quiet and still. The streets and highways (and the office) are empty, and everything is at peace. It’s little wonder that this is a preferred time to pray and seek forgiveness.
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Eid Mubarak!
Today, I’m grateful for the opportunity to witness another Ramadan and the chance to enjoy fellowship with my brothers and sisters in faith as we celebrate on this blessed day of Eid al Fitr, the celebration of the breaking of the fast. May Allah accept our fast, charity, and supplications, may He bless us with …
“Yashica” MF-1 first (and only) roll review…
Yes, I backed the “Yashica” Absolute MF-1… Am I proud? Well…
Water
Today, I’m grateful for water. In Surah an-Nisa, Allah azza wa jall tells us أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and …
Ramadan Kareem!
As of about 8:30pm CST here in DFW, the blessed guest has arrived. All praise and thanks be to God! Ramadan is such a blessing: the devils are chained, so we can’t blame any of our sins on them; the doors of forgiveness have been thrown wide open, and so there’s no excuse for us …
Enter the ActionSampler
I’d seen Lomography’s ActionSampler camera before, but was never particularly tempted by it. Then I got Nathan Pearce‘s set of zines and saw the interesting work he does with it, so I started looking. After a little bit of hunting and hesitating, I found a brand new, second version, mislabeled as the “Cyber Sampler” for …
LC-Wanstax?
Given that I love Instax in the LC-Anstax (LC-A and Instant back), and that the Instant back also fits on the LC-W, one of my first tests of the LC-W had to be some Instax…
