11 Bad Pictures from the LC-A

I’ve been a bit quiet here on the blog lately. Apologies. I haven’t been particularly busy, or, rather, I haven’t been busier than normal (which isn’t particularly busy), but I’ve been a bit uninspired on the photography front. I had a couple of rolls in progress since the snafu at the Worldwide Photo Walk, I …

Mistakes in at-home development, part 3

After covering previous mistakes, I thought I had more or less covered my bases, until I started looking at pictures I developed rather recently from a fresh batch of chemicals. At first glance, everything looks fine enough, if this was shot on 800 or 1600 iso film. But it wasn’t… This was shot on good-old …

dua for purification

d،اللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَاىَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ ،اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّنِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ خَطَايَاىَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ O Allah, distance me from my sins just as You have distanced The East from The West, O Allah, purify me of my sins as a white robe is …