I was in...

...again.

I'm sorry for not posting for a while. I was in Dubai to take a breather before I get really busy with my graduation research that will take most of my time. Yup! I'll graduate this semester... hopefully =P. I'll hold a bachelor degree of business sciences with both concentrations Accounting and Marketing =). However, I'll make sure to check on the blog every now and then and read your comments of course. ;). So, I'm sorry to say that I won't be posting much in the near future, or at least these couple of months tho I have many ideas and tutorials I'd like to share with you, but the time will come sooner or later. ;)

So... I didn't get to take lots of pictures there but I managed to take few random pictures. I Hope you like them. =)

Thank you... Stranger

I have always complained about not having people who would model for me except for my nephews and nieces ofcourse. Alot of people told me to ask family or friends to help me with that so I did. However, most of them didn't appreciate being photographed or if they agreed they wouldn't allow me to post up the photos.

So, one day I was in one of the malls in Dubai. There were hats displayed and sold on a rotunda for the next day's horse racing event. As I was there taking pictures, I saw a lady in a little black dress trying a hat on, so I assumed that she is one of the retail ladies as most of them dressed the same and by wearing one of the hats she is marketing her merchandise.

Crossed fingered, I walked towards her intending to ask her to pose for the amateur me, expecting rejection.

"Ofcourse!" she said, with a big wide smile too! =D

I couldn't believe it at first and was feeling nervous as thrill prevented me from concentrating! haha. but that truly made my day. =)

Then asked me if the hat looks good on her in which I answered it is.

"Then, I think I will buy it" she said, and I was like =O! haha

She turned out to be a customer. She went to buy it and disappeared while I was taking some more photos. I didn't even get to know her name, my first real model's name, but I know what to call her... beautiful stranger. =)

Action by night-fate (deviantart)

Action by night-fate (deviantart)

Here my nephew who was following me around got to try one of the hats on. He liked it at first and was happy being photographed with it. then he took the hat off saying that it's for girls and he is a boy! haha... too late Zayed =P

Shopping spree in Dubai!

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One hella shopping spree I did in there! lol. I'm kind of broke now and it's not the middle of the month yet! *sigh* I'll manage to live the rest of this month with the few bills I've got, but I've got to say that it was worth it! =D

I didn't plan to go there as I have to work and finish my internship this summer, but I took few days off thinking that it's going to be a good opportunity to go to other place and practice photography there. I had to email my internship adviser that I have to take days off "due to family circumstances", I kind of wanted the email to sound serious so she would let me go, and she did! =D

There, I went to a Japanese restaurant where the kitchen is open and you can see everything going on there. I was looking around and taking pictures. There was one Asian man who was arranging sushi on a plate and smiling to me, so I approached him and asked if he's Japanese, he said he's not but the chief is. Before I know it he called the Japanese chief to talk to me. I took two Japanese course only... more than 6 months ago? or maybe more. I couldn't remember everything I've learnt. However, I managed to talk to him (tho most was I said was in English) and he was very nice and outgoing. It was a nice experience. (first photo below) =)

I got to try out my 70-300mm lens that came with my DSLR (Nikon D60) as a gift when I first bought it, that I never got to try before. I LOVED this lens. You can take pictures of far subjects and make them look as if they were right in front of you, and you get to focus manually which gives you control of what you want to focus on.

So, if you're going to Dubai don't forget to bring your sun block cream as the sun could be burning, an empty stomach as there are lots of restaurants you should try out, and of course extra cash. =P