Malaysia 2010

I have been in Malaysia for 2 months. It was a great moment for me and a very good opportunity for taking a lot of pictures. I was not a tourist in Malaysia; I lived with Malaysian people, I worked there, I took buses, monorail, LRT and rent an apartment there. I did daily shopping, and I had a great experience there.


When you live with people, I think your pictures would be much purer! I mean when I lived with Malaysians, I became one of them.

I went to their holy shrines and temples. I found a lot of friends: Malaysians, Indians, Chinese, and etc.

I saw a lot of animals, birds and reptiles in the pure nature.

The KLCC (The Twin Towers) was also a spectacular scene, It was like a hallucinations for me!

And on the way back in the airplane, I took some shots from my favorite scene: The Sky!

Arad

These days, I'm packing my stuff to try my chance of moving to another country. Thus, These are my last days of my life in Iran.
I had promised to Elnaz, who is one of my best colleagues in the office, to take some shots of her two-year-old beautiful son; and I kept my word which was of course, one of my best hobbies on earth: Children Photography.

I used my Canon 70-200 f/2.8 lens and we went to a park near their house. He was so kind and of course, very naughty and energetic.

It was a great day for me and I enjoyed a lot taking pictures with the family.

Caspian Region

Last week, I went to the Caspian region for a small trip and it was a great one indeed, especially for my photography.
When I was wandering around in the yard, I suddenly found a spectacular ray of light within a tree. I looked down the tree and I found this little stylish spider dancing in the light. His web was empty and I was sure that his stomach was the same! but he was happy seeing the camera.


That night, it starts raining. in the morning, I found these little dews everywhere in the yard. While everybody was asleep. I grabbed my camera and took some shots in the yard.

Just A Tube

Just a useless and a never-be-seen tube wanted to be seen :)
First day of Maryam in Iran :)

Romina

I have a great friend in the office, whose name is Samira. Samira has a naughty daughter whose name is Romina. She is so sweet and at the same time, she is a real evil! I really mean it! but when she is asleep, she is so sweet and kind. you can see it yourself:


But when she is awake, you have to hide yourself somewhere!

I was joking. She is so nice, sweet and kind. I won't forget: one day, I was taking pictures in the office and she was struggling with me to see the images on the camera's LCD. Suddenly, she came to me and gave me a kiss and hugged me from behind. Then suddenly something softened my heart and not only I let her see the images, but to also I let her took some shots by herself! I love her.

Elahe's Pool

We recently found a good friend, who has a great coffee shop with a spectacular view in the north of Tehran. The coffee shop is located inside on of Shah's palaces with a fantastic atmosphere. She is a kind girl and we all love her a lot. Her name is Elahe. :)

Little Note on the Mirror

I always have to remind myself to do exercise!! This note is for grab my sport bag-pack before leaving the house every morning!

Sa`Die

Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is recognized not only for
the quality of his writing, but also for the depth of his social thoughts.
The Tomb of Saadi is a spectacular structure, but I thought everybody has a picture of the site. So, I decided to shot a different view of the tomb. Here, you can experiment the grandeur of his grave.

Every Body Loves The Sad Man

There is a garden in Shiraz, called Eram Garden which reminds me of paradise. It's really fantastic. I haven't seen such a beautiful place in Iran. In the garden, I found a lake full of fishes. The interesting subject was that all the fishes gathered around a sad man sitting beside the lake. I thought they gathered to calm down the boy :)

Zandieh Bath

Persepols

Persepolis is one of the most beautiful historic sites in the world. A unique place that everybody must observe once in their life.

and, Persepolis in Maryam's writing:

Persepolis

"Takht-e-Jamshid" was the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty (ca. 550-330 BCE).
Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid) and Parseh. The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BCE. To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa, which means "The City of Persians." Persepolis is the Greek interpretation of the name Πέρσης πόλις (Persēs polis: "Persian city").

UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Old Lock

I was taking pictures in Shiraz, and I faced with this old lock. I deliberately overexposed some parts of the photo to create a sense of freedom.

Mountains From Top

As we were flying to Shiraz, I was intrigued by the mountains and the clouds over them. I quickly opened my new backpack and took some shots. The interesting points of the image is that the UV and the polarize filter on my camera, made a fascinating effect with the UV filter of the airplane's window. Here is the shot:

Nasirol Molk Mosque

One of the most spectacular places of Shiraz was Nasirol Molk Mosque. The pictures will tell everything:

Specially Dedicated Hafiz Tomb!

I was on a trip to Shiraz for the last three days. I haven't been there before and I can say it was spectacular! The city was wonderful and the trip was awesome. First of all, I have a bunch of pictures for my blog which I'm going to share them with you. Then, I wanted to say that the Hafiz Tomb pictures is dedicated to my friend, Maryam.

Sally's Hand

Last week, we all went out to celebrate my birthday. In the restaurant, I saw Sally's hand and took a picture, without her permission. I hope she likes it! :) and also you like it either.

The light condition was poor and of course I made some changes in the colors of the image. I used my 18-55mm-f/5.5 lens.

Donut

This is still the Iman Project. Eating Donuts with Mamrez in this place is one of my hobbies these days.

The donut store is in an habitat complex in Tehran. It called Park Prance. here is a picture from the complex, too.


Both pictures make you feel unbalanced, which is intentional, due to some changes in my life recently.

Desk Light Helps the Photographer!

My new desk light is helping me to take some new shots, with a new lighting condition inside my room. :) I'm experiencing something new in my room! :P

My New Desk Light

It was such a ling time since I wanted to by a desk light for my desk. Last week, I found this one accidentally, and bought it without any thinking. Because I simply liked it! :) I liked it that much that I took a shot of it!

This is the light which helps me to read in my bed! For instance, long printed e-mails!! :P
I think she reads with me. Isn't she nosy?!

Start Photography Again

These days something important happened for my friend and instructor. I hadn't picked up my camera for 3 weeks until Maryam encouraged me to take some shots again. Here are the results.

These shots, and the following which I'm going to share, are still from the Iman's Project collection.

PS: Thanks Marmar jan.

Experience

These days, I'm experiencing new facts in photography. Mehrane told me to take pictures of my room. She wants me to express me, my habits, my experiences and everything that Iman do inside his room. This post and the previous one was about this subject.

Here are some facts that I recently found out:
1- The Ultimate result is not to take some shots, but is to feel the environment.
2- What is important is what you learn from your experiences.
3- The picture which has nothing to express, is just an image.

Iman Project

Dear all. I have started a new project, actually, it is my assignments of the class with Mehrane. She got me a clue, and I'm trying to bring something out of it. Here are some shots of something which is in my mind. I'll explain later what is in there!


Technical infos: In the first picture, I manually made it out of focus. I used ISO 1600, due to the lack of light in my room. I hate ISO 1600: you can find grains in the shot. I used 5200K in WB setting, to make a warm atmosphere; It's my room and it has a warm atmosphere, indeed!

in the second shot, I used Photoshop, which is obvious. I don't have light gears in my room, and I wanted to take a shot like this. So, I made it in Photoshop. I don't like post processing myself, but I didn't have a choice to make the image I wanted to take.

have fun

Auntie Shahla

My auntie Shahla came came to Iran after about three years. She lives in Sweden and I love her a lot. She is so sweet and nice and she is not the older among my aunts, but she is the most mature one!!
And this sweet woman is my grandmother. She is not the best grandmother on earth, but she is the best for me!! :)
She left Tehran last night, and I missed her a lot.