So iOS 6 added panorama photo capability to the iPhone’s built-in camera app back in 2012. I never played with it much: I shot a few disappointing panoramas in west texas, and more recently made a couple for a photobook I’m working on as a gift for my Mother in Law. It was during that …
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The Moon and my Wife
Two quick black & whites, converted from color with Filterstorm on the iPhone 5. One was originally shot with the D7000 and I don’t remember which lens; the other with the iPhone’s built in camera app. Which is which? First, my darling wife, busily studying before bed: And now the moon (this one sorta looks …
Flashing Roses
I’m better when I experiment with tools & processes, I think. It’s more fun, anyway. I don’t necessarily make good pictures when I experiment (see below), but I have more fun. I do plenty of experimenting, sorta, but I don’t quite have the time I would like for it. The (too brief) experiment here involved …
Udhiyah (part 4: dinnertime)
My wife is an amazing cook. MashaAllah. After the skinning and gutting, I took four big pieces to a local halal butcher, where a nice young guy cleaned and butchered the animal. The whole sacrifice, start to finish, took about 4 hours. Alhamdulillah, Allah made it easy for us. Thanks again to brother Suhaib, without …
Udhiyah (part 3: cleaning and gutting)
After selection, the goats and sheep were driven further out into the back part of the farm. Brothers collected their animals, marched them off some ways away, out of sight of the other animals, made the sacrifice, and then some seeming professionals stepped in and did the skinning and gutting for a small fee. I …
Udhiyah (part 2: selection criteria)
Going into this, I hadn’t spent much time around goats since that one died in the backyard under rather mysterious circumstances back when I was a kid. So, as you might imagine, I didn’t know much about choosing a goat to sacrifice. Islam has some rules about this: the animal must be of a certain …
Udhiyah (part 1: the farm)
Today marks the last day of Eid al Adha, the second, and final, holiday in the Islamic calendar, marks the end of the Hajj (for those blessed enough to be able to attend and honors Abraham (alahi salam) and his willingness to sacrifice his son. A major part of the celebration is the udhiyah (أضحية)—the …
