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Tag: holiday season

  • Forget Black Friday & Cyber Monday – Shop Wasim Wednesday (And Thursday And Friday And…)

    Forget Black Friday & Cyber Monday – Shop Wasim Wednesday (And Thursday And Friday And…)

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    In case you’ve been (understandably) hiding under a rock the past 5 days, you’re already aware…it’s that time of year!! The holiday shopping madness has begun. We had Black Friday and Small Business Saturday and ‘Something or another’ Sunday and Cyber Monday and Cyber Monday Tuesday. Well, now that you’re dressing your wounds and nursing your bruises, I bring to you…Wasim Wednesday! Best of all, you don’t have to go anywhere or do anything other than use the very device you’re reading this one. A collection of fine art prints and canvases from the past 12 months shot by yours truly. They make awesome gifts to help decorate any space, and, best of all, you know the photographer!
    You can order canvas and art prints from my Crated store or my Fine Art America store, where you can also get greeting cards, metal prints, and phone cases. If you order by December 16, you’re guaranteed delivery in time for Christmas. You can access both pages from my buy page at www.WasimOfNazareth.com/buy. And if you order from Fine Art America before December 17, use this code at checkout for 15% off: RCUELU

    And if you’re looking for gifts for photographers or budding photographers, make sure to check out my posts:

    6 Best Cameras For Budding Photographers

    &

    Ten Fail Proof Gifts For Photographers In Your Circles

    One last thing, I know I brought it up in the last two posts but it truly does help A LOT, so just a reminder, if you use Amazon for any purchases at all this holiday season, use this link or the one right there in the right column on this site. There’s no difference to you at all, but by using this affiliate link, I get a bit of a kickback from Amazon which helps me cover the costs of running and maintaining this site and creating content like this that is hopefully of some value to you.

    Happy Holidays and Happy Shooting!

    For more stuffs and things:
    Instagram: @wasimofnazareth
    Ello: @wasimofnazareth
    Google+: www.Google.com/+WasimMuklashy

  • Thank You.

    Thank You.

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    So on this fine Thanksgiving Day 2014, I wanted to take this opportunity to express my extreme gratitude to all and everyone that has been a part of my life since the last Thanksgiving Day. Thank you! It’s been a heck of a ride so far, and while I know I can have the tendency to seemingly drift in and out of existence, please know that you are the fuel that drives me. Your wonderful posts, your shares, your ideas, your visions, your words, your companionship, your encouragements and exposed vulnerabilities…your humanity is the source of all my energy. What you all do is inspiring, and watching the extreme differences between us all, whether it be location, views, ideas, looks…melt away upon finding the extreme similarities has been one of the most touching experiences. To experience how similar we are at the core is an incredibly empowering and powerful force. So for you I am grateful. And for that I am grateful.
    I know it’s a bit hard, especially for people in the States at the moment, in the wake of this week’s heartbreaking decision in the Ferguson case, to see where I’m coming from in that sentiment, but there is a VERY important fact in particular that we ought keep in mind this holiday season:

    Despite what we may believe, due in NO small part to mass media and propaganda,
    we are living in the most peaceful times in human history.

    Basically, whatever we’re doing is working, all we have to do is just keep doing it. Evolution takes time, and we have to be patient with it. It’s not going to be as fast as a text or a Google search or as short and tart as a tweet, but if you truly ignore the static and the noise, truly hone in on what’s happening around you, remarkably enough, you’re living in a time in which you can literally watch it happen. You can literally watch evolution happen. Embrace the beauty. Embrace the tolerance. Embrace the closest person to you. Embrace the fact that as humans, we can watch, feel, and experience ourselves flourish as a species.

    So as you gather around your tables to stuff your faces with every possible combination of gastronomical satisfaction, think about how closely together we’re working and living as a human race than ever before. Ideas from around the world are influencing partnerships and actions and collaborations amongst people that have never met before, deeper connections amongst such opposites are being forged in ways that we never could have seen coming, even just 10 years ago, and it’s happening in ways that are so far-reaching that they’re literally changing the way we live, love, laugh, communicate. They’re affecting our lives in every area from mental health to physical health. Our minds. Our bodies. The cores of our personalities. The very makeup and structure of our brains.

    These, are the people that are moving humanity forward, not the dinosaurs like the ones in Ferguson that are trying so desperately to drag us backward.

    Best of all, you are those people.

    So on this Thanksgiving weekend, take a moment to just stop, take 3 deep breaths, look around you, and be grateful for who and what you are and who and what you are with.

    We are truly living in remarkable times.

    Thank you for being a part of mine.