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  • A Monday Motivational Kick In The Yahoo by Wasim of Nazareth – July 7, 2014

    A Monday Motivational Kick In The Yahoo by Wasim of Nazareth – July 7, 2014

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    Wasim Muklashy Photography_Motivational Monday_063014_Water-Under-The-Bridge_1200

    “If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer” -John Perry Barlow

    Monday’s suck. Yes. It’s never easy to get back into the swing of things after a weekend, especially a long holiday weekend, so I figured I’d try to do a little thing to hopefully ease the transition a bit. While the rest of each week’s posts will focus on tips, tricks, and journeys, every Monday I’ll be posting a motivational post – an image with a quote, mantra, saying, tao – to try to focus on and remember throughout the week. Easily digestable – quick – bite-sized stuffs and things.

    Admittedly I’m selfishly doing this for a personal kick in the arse at the opening of each week, but figured perhaps you all can get something from it as well!

    So,
    From me to you,
    Here’s the first Monday Kick In The Yahoo!

  • Nelson Mandela. A Eulogy.

    Nelson Mandela. A Eulogy.

    Nelsonmandelasbday2013julyAt first it was just news – a ticker under some inconsequential sporting event on the TV above the bar as I sat with a friend, dipping pita bread in hummus and scraping at the final bits of a mound of shawarma sitting between us.
    Then it was just another part of the never ending social media stream…Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter – another one of those mindless swipe up…swipe up…swipe up…

    oh…stop…pretty picture.

    ok…swipe up…swipe up.

    Then, when I got home, when I sat down on my couch, and when I found myself suddenly and uncontrollably weeping, that’s when it became real.

    He was gone.

    Nelson Mandela was gone. (more…)

  • New Photo App, OKDOTHIS, Feeds Creative Block To The Fishes!

    New Photo App, OKDOTHIS, Feeds Creative Block To The Fishes!

    OKDOTHIS_App_Screenshot_Wasim_MuklashyIt happens more often than I like to admit – I want to make images, but either I’m not feeling inspired, or there’s always the lame default ‘I don’t have my camera’ excuse. But more and more lately, that hasn’t been the case as I, along with the rest of the world, always have a camera with me. In my case, it’s an iPhone, and I’ve found myself using it more and more, perhaps not for paid gigs and official shoots, but for, brace for it…FUN! So there goes that excuse. But I was still left with the ‘I’m not feeling inspired’ nonsense.
    Enter OKDOTHIS.

    It’s an app.

    It’s barely been out for a week.

    But I’ll tell you this right now – this thing is gonna be big. (more…)

  • Late Night Fun With Photo Filters…and Scotch.

    Late Night Fun With Photo Filters…and Scotch.

    1wm5837 funwitheffects 2400sfwSo had a house I had to shoot this week for Airbnb. It was actually the second of two units on a property I shot before, but I hadn’t seen the second unit as it was occupied that first time. Anyway, not important…so after I was done shooting the interior, I figured, no one was here, I was going to take advantage of the moment and just kind of chill for a minute. When you’re standing on a deck with nothing in front of you but a gorgeous canyon that opens up to the Pacific Ocean (see image at bottom of this post), it’s hard not to force yourself to take a break and soak it in. So as I sat down and took a few gulps of my warm ice tea that had been sitting the car since I showed up, I saw this ridiculously quaint and charming little candle holder with a pile of little rocks alongside it, being draped PERFECTLY by a grapevine. And when I mean, perfectly, it’s as if it was staged. For some reason, my imagination took me to the Mediterranean coast, perhaps Spain, maybe Italy, I don’t know, but my wanderlust got the best of me and I started snapping a few shots of it as if I was actually on that coast. (more…)