In search of loving life (1)

This week was shaken up by my studies ! too many bummers ! oncology exams coming on the 2^nd of april. Pediatrics certificate made 1 week shorter because of heartbeat concert ( the biggest certificate of the 5^th year) and of course I did not start my full throttle studies….yet ;)

The weekend  (19th) was pretty cool  I searched the spring for its bright colors:

the 1st shot is  an  almond tree with its beautiful blossoms, I isolated with the Depth Of Field one single blossom so it gave the
picture a little bit of, lets call it mystery 

I was leaving when I accidentally found this grass hopper, amazingly it did not flew away

DOF can make miracles !

Now I would like to share the shots I made at my university. I decided to take a lot more shot of people (Actually taking their faces in my viewfinder ). I chased a lot of moments and a lot of my friends... sometimes literally CHASING.
But of course while doing so i found this pretty looking flower, it was standing there in front of everybody ! it was waiting for me on a silver plate (20th):

the lighting was amazing ! i waited for the wind to wave the trees that were blocking the sunlight ! waited for the perfect moment and took the shot!
next time ill ask a girl to sniff the flower i think it will be sensual and caring, That way I can practice my portrait shots

warming filter and bleach bypass on this picture

  

While I was sitting chatting with my friends, a can of Pepsi was my focus (bummer for my friends) I shot it at different angles and it somewhat annoyed them but yeah well they are used to it ! 

Leftovers

                        After all I said to myself lets take people on film it started with this picture (21st) :

okay Not "people", a good start.. with feet

Continued with this one:

My signature shot "the cellphone shot" eyelashes perfectly exposed, totally focused face on the cellphone. pretty smile. It is amazing but now I actually wait for people to grab their phones :D

My last portrait shot ended the following day (22nd)

Coolest girl ever :D I've met her last year she is Alina a nutritionist student and the thing that was in common between us was, wait for it, Astronomy  kinda cool ain't it ? As I was perfectly blind last year I only found out now that this person is as awesome as me ! Anybody can find him/herself comfortable around her and B-T-W  she was my inspiration for the blog and page i thank you again :) (story 1st post). 

As the day continued she didn't want to take any picture of her but she wanted to take pictures of me , of course I refused because I hate taking poses so solution a third person (thank you christelle) to shoot us a picture :D

I thought my day was over when my dear Friend Nadim prepared me a little surprise with our schoolmate Aline (actually 2 different schools lol :P), we went to Hamra- Beirut. I never been there because you know I sucked at having party and good time. Nadim was the Beer Master introduced us to hamra and the world of Beers he practically knew everything about beer and the lebanese *fake* beer :D 

This beer Effectively is the worst you can taste so please ask  for 961beer and order some real lebanese beer please !  (More on that in another post)

Those are some shots made in the streets of Hamra-beirut ! I really adore the street because I at last filled a bit of my urban album on facebook :

 nadim and aline ! thanks guys :D

red booth ! Manchester United Lovers yeah !

The blind Pig Bar ! Great name for a bar

Oscar Wilde pub

 Oscar Wilde pub, this shot was a slow syncro flash, warming cross processing and bleaching at different % each layer

this shot would look wonderful on printout !

the pub street ! the photo would have been perfect if not for that guy with his stupid phone -.-

I really encourage to visit Lebanon and check on its awesome nightlife ! You just need the right persons in the wrong place to make all the difference in  the world ;)

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In Search of spring 2012

That was complicated, I went with my dad to the nearby mountains (Niha -- El Hosn) to photograph my 4th and final photograph of the same scene titled "spring" and when I arrived to the spot...well there was still snow with some scorching hot sun.
I scanned the trees for blossoms, nothing ! well frustrated I started to photograph the nearby items of the road and I found quite interesting the different doors to different fields of still frozen cheery trees, apple trees, vine trees etc.
Here are some photographs of the gates I've taken alongside with the "yet to flourish" trees :

After walking back and forth I actually spotted some pretty cool things : a twisty branch , a little blossom (kindof), a little river with some ice in its stream and a guy on his tractor; have a look : 

Frustrated...I remembered that on my way to the mountains I spotted some sort of sign with bullet holes innit ! I wanted to photograph that to represent on how much this country is still f#$kd up! no control no nothing ! teenagers can have guns and go hunt birds ! the birds will soon become instinct!

The photo I choose for my 365 project is the following, I added like a little greenish filter gradient from top to bottom, enhanced contrast + bleach bypass; I wanted to give it that dramatic look somewhat scary look. I've also included some other shots with no processing :

Compare it to the other photo and see how the feel of the photograph changes

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Man's best friend

Man's best friend

Who does not love dogs ? especially puppies ! I was walking with my mom photographing some little tiny flowers, putting the camera on the ground ans shooting the petals ! Its a hole new perspective making the flowers looking big ! look :

In the shot blow I concentrated on the yellow flower as you can see I made it the only yellow flower in focus among other blue flowers! the background finished the work ! blue yellow green, signature of the spring ! :D

In the shot below I isolated the pink flower! see its all about isolation.. absolution 

as for the title, well here goes the puppies ! I've made a black and white photograph , i thought it would photograph the soul of the photograph! the photo was turned into basic black and white, added a reddish tin and blend it with the original photograph at a 60% opacity so its not a 100% B&W but still got a kick, here goes the photos :

 It was hard to capture the moment! the puppies were too exited to see us they were jumping running barking and sniffing :D it was really cute ! 

Dog's reaction to the focus bip

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Footsteps

Journey (1) the footsteps

This day I decided to wait wait and wait till the sun came up in the sky ! it was really hot, I guess the summer will be even hotter! I had nothing special in mind to photograph, I had occasional tree flowers and a bug stuck in the snow (probably will live), the problem was that in the afternoon the sun was sky high and there was no contrast ! nothing could catch my eye!
Until I focused my journey on photographing footsteps, it was an interesting experience ! so much for the sand and sea this summer :D here's what i shoot this day ! 

 It was a good day, I enjoyed the sun a lot!
All the photographs were a little bit edited in photoshop, I enhanced the Highlights a lot and diminished the lights a little so I can have the details in the snow. The 5th photograph was more edited I warmed a bit the photograph with a bit of greenish haze plus enhanced the contrast, it gave it a vintage look!

Till next week ill be preparing the Vlad story (and other stories), hope you enjoyed the photographs !
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