Sunset over las escuelas After work on Friday, Miller (one of my new coworkers) invited me out to dinner with his wife and daughter. May Allah reward them for their hospitality. Just before Maghrib time, I walked up to the top of his street and took a couple of pictures. This one with the couple walking …
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12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 6 (pt. 1)
Cariari (part 1) The Doubletree Cariari, the hotel/resort I lived in while I was in Costa Rica, is located in a San Jose neighbohood called—wait for it—”Cariari.” Imaginative naming scheme, huh. Cariari was the fancy, popular neighborhood about 20 years ago, and you can tell: the houses look like something you might find in the Southern …
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 5
Analog to the rescue! After all the digital woes (that I didn’t know about till I returned), I’m so glad I took the LC-A and a couple of rolls of film along. Without them, I’d have only a few shots from the phone to share.* Alhamdulillah. I didn’t shoot much before the first weekend, even …
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 4 (pt. 2)
3 or 4 passable shots from the D7000, and only 3 or 4 (or 5). Even given the technical difficulties I experienced with the digital rig, I expected a better hit ratio than I got: 1/100 is better than what a good photographer might hope for,* but if I’ve revealed anything on this blog it must be …
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 4 (pt. 1)
technical difficulties So many pictures to share—though far less than there might have been—and I’m already through 1/4 of the days? I need to get to sharing! But first, a problem to note. I pressed the shutter button on the D7000/Nikkor 28-105 D combo close to 400 times while I was in Costa Rica. Admittedly, …
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 3
As you may recall from my 365 project (and later posts), I sometimes struggle a bit with social anxiety bordering on agoraphobia. It has lessened a good deal in recent years: I think it has something to do with being married and thus being around people more or less most of the time. But I …
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 2
As I don’t have pictures that correspond to days, I’ll be sharing pictures somewhat arbitrarily, grouped according whatever whims and fancies I felt at whatever time I put these posts together. Since I started with Hipsta- and Cinamatic, I’ll continue with that theme. And since one month ago, I enjoyed my first breakfast at the Doubletree …
