British Blogger, Desi Dreamer, Mad Muslimah
// October 17th, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Photos
Taken using a 4th gen iPod Touch… with a little tweaking in iPhoto. It’s annoying how Apple has allowed the iPod to shoot HD video but the photos aren’t up to scratch in terms of quality, as you can easily tell when you view the pic at full size.
// September 13th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Photos
I finally got round to baking some Eid treats this morning. Kinda went a bit wonky in my haste. At least they taste better than they look, masha’Allah! Same recipe as here, but this time I used dark chocolate.
// September 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // Photos
Eid Mubarak! I didn’t have much time to take (or post) the number of pics that I usually do. But I quite like this one, cuz it captures some nice little moments, masha’Allah. Have a look through and see what you see! =)
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// July 28th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Photos
I attended a calligraphy workshop a few years back with my best friend, SimSim. Though I had a lot of fun, it was clear that I didn’t have much skill with a brush!
Later, I scanned in the piece I brought home (top), and eventually fiddled with it in Adobe Illustrator, printing it out on canvas as a wedding present for the same friend (bottom).
I think this is proof as to why I should stick with digital art in future!
// July 15th, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Photos
A selection of photos from the wedding day of my best friend, SimSim.
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// July 14th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Photos
For my best friend, SimSim.
Drawn using a Wacom Bamboo Pen in Adobe Illustrator CS5.
// May 9th, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Photos
I’ve gone a little ‘macro’ nuts, lately. I dig how the shallow depth of field makes the most mundane of things look, like, totally awesome, masha’Allah.
Btw, I’ve realized just how lazy I’ve become wrt my camera. When I bought my first digicam way back in 2002 (a Minolta summit or other), I was so excited by my shiny new purchase, I insisted on fiddling with every manual setting available. These days, I normally shoot on auto-mode. It works out okay in well-lit environments, but the picture quality becomes extremely naff (I mean, more so than I’d expect) in anything less than daylight. I keep reminding myself that I need to figure out the best settings for indoors – especially as I hate using the flash – but bah… laziness.
Then, the other day, I lent my Canon to another sister from the ISoc, and within a few minutes she’d taught me five new things about the camera, like how to control the flash intensity (I had no idea I could do that), and change the aspect ratio to widescreen (though I’ll probably stick to doing that during post-processing). This is one of the few times in my life that I’ve been outgeeked by a fellow Muslimah! I am totally going to leech off of her knowledge, insha’Allah. In a good way.
In other news, the first meeting of the Sisters Film Club went well, masha’Allah, in spite of clashes with the Muslim Medics AGM, and general exam stress all round. We have our sights on the first project, which should be ready for June, insha’Allah. More details as they become declassified for public release.
// April 22nd, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Photos
The theme of this photo post is ‘foood, glorious foood’. Yes, food with three ‘o’s. I’ve been tweeting about the subject a lot lately, so I thought I’d follow it up with some pics.
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// January 22nd, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Blog, Photos
I snapped this while changing the tapes on my HV20 camcorder. I thought it was a good message.
Anyhoo, I have been discussing the possibility of setting up a film club within my ISoc. I am tempted towards making it a sisters-only gig – mainly cuz I’ve been wanting to recruit a talented woman to help me edit all the footage I have sat on my external hard drive for a while now. Insha’Allah, a fruitful legacy will be born out of my selfish needs.
The good news is that everyone I have spoken to thus far seems keen. The challenges include: a lack of equipment (I seem to be the only one with a camera, and decent editing software), and most of the people with the necessary skills and experience have a Y-chromosome.
The answers to both problems shouldn’t be too difficult to solve, insha’Allah. I think the university TV station is still going; we may be able to tap their resources. And we can always hold training sessions for sisters to pick up basic film-making skills. You mainly learn through doing, anyway; the only formal training I’ve had thus far is a crash course on Final Cut at the Apple Store.
The women-only suggestion is more about pragmatism than anything else. I want it to be a safe-space to learn, and channel creative energy; like a women-only book club, or an art class. I do not believe that men are the ‘enemy’ (though I admit to going through phases in that regard).
I won’t be restricting membership to Imperial students; it’s just easier to establish this kind of thing within the framework of an existing community, such as an ISoc. So if you’re based in London, and are interested in joining in, then stay tuned to this blog. I’ll let you guys know if/when we have our first meeting, insha’Allah.
Your suggestions are welcome.
// January 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Photos
Extreme close-up of instructions on how to compute confidence intervals when estimating parameters of a normal distribution. Zzzzz…
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