Thursday morning, we got started pretty early: up for Fajr, then around the corner to Peet’s, for a change (though Dunkin Donuts coffee is better, really…), where we ate out on the street and enjoyed the cool morning air before packing up the car and heading south. We stopped after an hour or two and …
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Road Trip! Chicago (1)
Our first full day in Chicago began with a much-deserved lie-in…
Road Trip! Springfield to Chicago
After the disappointing dinner and visit to the closed mosque, Hana and I took our time waking up. Sunrise over downtown Springfield made for some kinda nice pictures, maybe. So I took advantage and shot with almost everything I had. Above, the D7000 and 24mm f/2.8 ai, with a circular polarizer that I didn’t really …
Road Trip!: Eureka to Springfield
After the easy trip to Arkansas and pleasant visit with Mom and other family, Hana and I headed out to Springfield, IL to visit an old friend and former professor and check out where I did my undergraduate work.
Road Trip! – Dallas to Eureka
August 29 marked 2 years since the darling, adorable Hanabibti and I married, and to celebrate, we took a road trip: Dallas to Eureka Springs, AR, where we stayed the night at Mom’s; Eureka Springs to Springfield, IL to meet up with an old friend and professor; Springfield to Chicago for 3 nights to see …
Too Close, part 4
Start off with a bang (sorta); end with a whimper… I might’ve put in more work to get a b/w flower shot for this project… Alas. Allahu Alim (God is the All-Knowing) and la hawla wala quwata illa billah (there is no strength or power except through God).
Well it’s my birthday too, yeah (for Morris Louis)
Note: it’s not Morris Louis’s birthday, as far as I know of… but this picture reminds me of one of his paintings… sorta.
