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Thank Appleโ€™s OS X Yosemite Announcement For This Collection Of Desktop & iPhone WallPapers

Thank Appleโ€™s OS X Yosemite Announcement For This Collection Of Desktop & iPhone WallPapers

In honor of Appleโ€™s latest operating system announcement, OS X Yosemite (which, if you know me, that word alone gets me excited) I figured Iโ€™d rehash some of my images from my Yosemite adventures last year. In case you donโ€™t want to (or canโ€™t) wait until the fall for the official release, after the 'read more' break below, you'll find a few of my favorites optimized for your desktop backgrounds, and below those are the iPhone-optimized versions. To save them, just right click and choose โ€˜Save Link As...โ€™

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God Likes Jerky.

Yosemite Tunnel View Billboard_Wasim Muklashy Photography So this is a short and sweet one, but every now and then it's nice to see things like thisโ€ฆI suppose it's a bit of a validation that perhaps, finally, I'm on the right track. To have two of my images used on a billboard and a label is pretty satisfying encouragement to keep going with this thing. It's a damn good feeling to know that others are appreciating what you do.

Anyway, so I know a few weeks back I brought up that the two beef jerky companies reached out to use some of my images for various purposesโ€ฆthe local gluten-free jerky company, Topanga's Finest Jerky, and then there was Oh Oberto. Well, worked out a deal with Topanga's Finest and here's a version of the label below. Crazy stuff!

And the billboardโ€ฆthat was interestingโ€ฆit's in Scotland of all places, surrounding a town of about 40,000. Yeah, I knowโ€ฆit's for a churchโ€ฆbut still, it's pretty neat to see one of my images on aย  BILLBOARD.

Ok then...

[Update: 01.22.14: Topanga's Finest Beef Jerky is now available, and the label has been finalized! Click here for more madness!]

Topanga Finest Beef Jerky. Wasim Muklashy Photography

at the end of the tunnel.

Yosemite National Park, California. Tunnel View. Wasim Muklashy Photography. Rolling In.So started a new gig this week. It's just a part-time thing, and I've only been there 3 days, but I must admit, it's kinda nice to be doing something robotic that I know how to do and an competent in. I'm the new photo editor for a boutique-home rental website, so basically editing and sizing photos of rich people houses around the world. Does nothing for my extreme wanderlust other than add locations to the list, but perhaps it's getting me closer to that goal of making a career of traveling and making photos and telling stories. Who knows.

Cool crew, cool location in the hills of Topanga, the hours and everything about it are extremely flexible, the bosses are avid travelers and artists and have made a life and career of it, and from what I can tell so far, super cool and down to earth, so can't complain.

I can also get a vibe that the bossman knows I have more to me than just being a robot-drone at a computer, so it should be interesting to see how he decides he can utilize me and where and how tightly I can fit in. But not going to get ahead of myself. Just keep stepping on each stone that's put in front of me and see where the path leads me I suppose.

Ok then, today was a light one. But I'm tired. But not to worry, won't leave you without another image. This one, as you have probably already guessed, is from this month's winter trip to Yosemite as well. My closeup take of tunnel view.

a slice of yosemite layer cake.

a slice of yosemite layer cake.

So I just got 'fired' from my job. Long story, but it is what it is. I truly hope the best for the company, I wholeheartedly believe in the product and plan to work with them on a freelance basis for sure. But I suppose I lost a bit of enthusiasm over the past few months. Probably has a lot to do with my personal situation. Not good financially, coming off a long and arduous year of a rocky relationship that ended in epicly hurtful fashion, live alone in the hills so don't really have much interaction with humanity these days. But something about getting fired was ok with me. Granted I haven't been fired from a gig since Trader Joes in high school, but still, I was okay with it.

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