Project 52

When I came here in the United Arab Emirates early 2002, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque  was already under construction. After eight years of being in this country we witness how this construction progress until the mosque was opened for worship since Eid Al Adha December 2007.

The Mosque is large enough to accommodate 40,000 worshippers. The main prayer hall can accommodate up to 9,000 worshippers. Two rooms next to the main prayer hall, with a 1,500-capacity each, are for the exclusive use of women.

There are four minarets on the four corners of the mosque which rise about 115 m (377 ft) in height. There are 57 domes covering the outside yard and the main building as well. The domes are decorated with white marble and the interior decoration is made of marble. The courtyard is paved with floral marble designs and measures about 17,000 m2 (180,000 sq ft).

So as one of the Landmark here in the United Arab Emirates, my eagerness to have an images of this 8th biggest Mosque in the world. I give my time to come over to Abu Dhabi since I stay in Sharjah, I need to drive more than 200 kilometers.

SZ Mosque at Night

SZ Mosque

SZ Mosque Pillas

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What is Garbage? Or What Is Waste?

Waste (also known as rubbish, trash, refuse, garbage, or junk) is unwanted or unusable materials. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly, particularly waste which has been carelessly disposed of in plain sight, as opposed to waste which has been dumped to avoid paying for waste disposal fees.

This year’s Clean Up the World campaign will be held in October here in Dubai UAE, and it will be the 17th year UAE volunteers have taken part in the country’s largest clean-up drive.  And to come up to my idea to visit  one of the dump site here  and to get some photos I can submit in the Photo Competition.

So here it is…

I live in the UAE for almost 9 years and doing a photography for more than 6 years. From the very beginning I’m into photography I wanted to take a pictures  from any of the garbage dumping site here, but for the fast 6 years I have no guts to do it maybe because of restriction. But yesterday I follow myself and goes up to one of the biggest garbage dumping site to take some snap,  the smell was not good (of course) but because I wanted to get at least one picture I just cover my face with my towel. There was a one guy up there (it’s better not to mention his nationality) who saw me that I’m taking a picture, he wave his hand saying come here it is better in here. Come to his place then he accompanied me to come near to the place where all the dumping of garbage was happening. While we are approaching the place we heard a whistle… I ignore that then continued walking then another whistle then more whistle… then the guy told me not allowed… So to make it shot I didn’t get the picture I always wanted… But I’m still happy because I’ve got some photo while I am walking with that guy.

This week Project was a little bit confusing , Co’z  I don’t have any idea what to do on my Project 52. Lucky that I always carry my camera in my car. Just this morning I went to Karama Fish Market to buy ingredients for Papaitan, then realized why not to get some snap of the market place. So get back in my car to the get my camera.

And these  what I’ve got.

Pay-Out

Meat Section

The Butcher

Meat Section

Fish Section (continue reading…)

I was walking in-front of the building where we stay here in Sharjah UAE to buy something from the near supermarket. While walking I saw all the vehicle passing near the intersection then come to my mind a new subject for my Project 52 and this time its Panning.

In photography, panning refers to the horizontal movement or rotation of a still or video camera, or the scanning of a subject horizontally on video or a display device. Panning a camera results in a motion similar to that of someone shaking their head “no” or of an aircraft performing a yaw rotation.

The term panning is derived from panorama, a word originally coined in 1787 by Robert Barker for the 18th century version of these applications, a machine that unrolled or unfolded a long horizontal painting to give the impression the scene was passing by; Barker also invented the cyclorama in which a large painting encircles an audience.

Pizza delivery

When photographing a moving subject, the panning technique is achieved by keeping the subject in the same position of the frame for the duration of the exposure. The length of the exposure must be long enough to allow the background to blur due to the movement of the camera as the photographer follows the subject in the viewfinder.

Going Home

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In this project I decided to get out from the City and  get some shoots of the Desert . It is not necessary to capture the vast area of the desert, just to get some part of it which are not seen everyday.  And also to capture anything  e.g. camel, insect etc…

sand dune

desert sunrise

A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Deserts are defined as areas with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimetres (10 in) per year, or as areas where more water is lost by evapotranspiration than falls as precipitation. In the Köppen climate classification system, deserts are classed as BWh (hot desert) or BWk (temperate desert). In the Thornthwaite climate classification system, deserts would be classified as arid megathermal climates.

Sand Dune

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