Nakia Photos and Art

Father's Day gift

2010-06-25T22:27:00.001-07:00

Father's Day gift, originally uploaded by Nakia-Sadiq.

Father's Day gift

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2010-02-11T05:24:00.001-08:00

photo.jpg, originally uploaded by Nakia-Sadiq.

Off to work

2010-02-11T02:16:00.003-08:00

Off to work, originally uploaded by Nakia-Sadiq.

Off to work

2010-02-11T02:16:00.001-08:00

Off to work, originally uploaded by Nakia-Sadiq.

DIY C-41 process set up

2009-05-23T09:59:00.001-07:00

DIY C-41 process set up, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

DIY C-41 process set up.

Starting

2009-05-11T23:06:00.000-07:00

I need to start.

Need to get to working

2009-05-11T23:03:00.000-07:00

I know I need to really start taking more photographs and be a bit more serious about it.
I just started shooting film, 35mm and Medium Format. I do my own developing at home now for both Black and White, and Color. These makes it a lot more fun to do.
I'm not sure what direction I want to go with photography. I have an interest in both photojournalism and classic portraiture. Just need to get more subject to come by and do a sitting.

Prints

2009-04-21T21:44:00.003-07:00

Prints, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Prints

2009-04-21T21:44:00.001-07:00

Prints, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Prints

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2009-01-06T19:55:00.001-08:00

photo.jpg, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Phase 1

2009-01-04T18:06:00.001-08:00

Phase 1, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Phase 1

Food

2008-11-17T23:03:00.001-08:00

Food, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Coffee, soda, sandwich, bowl of granola. All gone. I ate them.

My desk

2008-11-17T03:17:00.001-08:00

My desk, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

My work desk.

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2008-11-03T20:29:00.001-08:00

photo.jpg, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

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2008-11-03T20:13:00.001-08:00

photo.jpg, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Pop eye

2008-11-02T14:59:00.001-08:00

Pop eye, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

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2008-11-01T11:49:00.001-07:00

photo.jpg, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

My new ride...

2008-07-26T17:36:00.001-07:00

My new ride..., originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

This is my new ride.

Photographer on the run.
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Creative guidelines

2008-06-29T23:33:00.001-07:00

Creative guidelines
Here are some pointers I read this weekend.

1. Record your ideas
2. Surround yourself with creative stuff and people
3. Challenge yourself
4. Get rest

I'm pretty sure I'm somewhat off because my memory is pretty poor. So
I will go over it again.

Photographer on the run.
http://nakiaphotos.com
http://nakiaphotos.blogspot.com
Sent from my iPhone (because I'm on the run)

My little oscar

2008-06-22T21:58:00.001-07:00

My little oscar, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

This my little oscar fish named Uncle Ruckus.

Photographer on the run.
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Daily life influence creativity.

2008-06-10T22:04:00.000-07:00

Daily life influence creativity.

I know this common knowledge but daily life really influence
creativity and all that is involved. So one must very careful on how
they live if they want to create. I guess it is a chapter taken from
the book of karma.

Photographer on the run.
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Sent from my iPhone (because I'm on the run)

Progress

2008-06-08T12:57:00.001-07:00

Progress, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Photographer on the run.
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Slow painting progress.

2008-06-08T10:10:00.001-07:00

Slow painting progress., originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Photographer on the run.
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My Messy Car

2008-06-06T05:35:00.001-07:00

My Messy Car, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Photographer on the run.
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http://nakiaphotos.blogspot.com

Test to flickr and blog

2008-05-31T18:06:00.001-07:00

Test to flickr and blog, originally uploaded by Nakia Photos (nakiaphotos.com).

Photographer on the run.
http://nakiaphotos.com
http://nakiaphotos.blogspot.com

Flickr

2008-05-31T18:01:00.001-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Work in progress

2008-05-31T17:56:00.000-07:00

Here is a WIP (work in progress)
Not sure when I will finish it. I started it today.

Composition

2008-05-29T09:19:00.000-07:00

Composition

Composition for me is the main ingredient. Or should I say the key to
mixing it all together. With out good composition the cake will be
flat or two lumpy.
This mixing the objects can be a very challanging part of creating
something works. So one needs to train the eye, mind and hands (body)
to work well with each other. If the hand can't move how the eye sees
it or the eye just can't see what mind creates the work will not work.
Simple.
So some form of excercise is needed for each key part of the body and
some to get them all working together.
Train your eye, mind and body to be one. Sounds like some stupid
Kungfu crap. But heh its true ask Caine (David Carradine)

Photographer on the run.
http://nakiaphotos.com
http://nakiaphotos.blogspot.com
Sent from my iPhone (because I'm on the run)

Inspiration source?

2008-05-28T16:09:00.000-07:00

Inspiration source?
Where should we get our inspiration from?
There are a lot places I thought inspiration came from. Some of them
do inspire but comes with some added crap that just take away from all
the hard work. Drugs is a good example.

For me there is no real steady source of inspiration, or one I can
count on 100% of the time. Like music is a good one for me but it
depends on the song.

One source I am really starting to rely on more often are close
friends. Manly newer friends. Some say love ones should be a good but
I think not unless they were always involved in your creative
actvities. If not they are not a good source. I think this has to do
with changes. Change is not always look upon as a good thing. Sometime
love ones don't think they should get involved but I think they should
try or listen.

Honestly I think your love ones should be your main source of
inspiration.

Well back to the friends as being a source. New friends are a good
source, probably because they met you as a creative person. When you
are older, you are wiser so you should pick better friends.

Finding a good source of inspiration is like finding the holy Grail.

Photographer on the run.
http://nakiaphotos.com
http://nakiaphotos.blogspot.com
Sent from my iPhone (because I'm on the run)

Painting I started working on

2008-05-28T15:50:00.000-07:00

It's in the truely early stage.

For pay or personal?

2008-05-27T11:40:00.000-07:00

For pay or personal?

Should I do art for pay or personal reasons?

This is a big question. It causes so much meneal stress. I know I
should do art for myself but we all will love to make a living doing
what we love. Right?
I should bring some kind of balance so I can some money to pay for the
art I do for myself.

I will focus on doing art for myself mainly. This will help me to
develop my vision and techniques. This will in turn, hopefully, give
me skills to make money in the future.

Later!!!!

Photographer on the run.
http://nakiaphotos.com
http://nakiaphotos.blogspot.com
Sent from my iPhone (because I'm on the run)

pear Ol nuts

2008-05-27T05:31:00.001-07:00

A real old drawing I did back in 05.

Hitting the trail

2008-05-26T17:33:00.001-07:00

Hitting the trail for some photos and leg/back workout.

One day I will in here

2008-05-26T09:59:00.000-07:00

One day I will be in this mag.

Laziness.

2008-05-26T09:53:00.001-07:00

Laziness is my biggest enemy. Well it is one of them. Sometimes it
feels like a lack of motivation. Which I hope the later is true. I
would rather work with getting myself motivated then laziness.

One step at a time, right.

Photographer on the run.
http://nakiaphotos.com
Sent from my iPhone

Day at the pool.

2008-05-26T09:23:00.000-07:00

Spending some time at the pool with the little ones.

Something I saw hiding behind a tree.

2008-05-25T10:31:00.001-07:00

One print in progress

2008-05-25T10:22:00.001-07:00

This one of many prints that I am working now. I continue to revisit
my prints.

Thinking about art this iPhone

2008-05-25T10:09:00.000-07:00

Well I'm sitting here thinking about how I really want to be more
involved with art or have more a part of my life. Also I realize I'm
going to kill my iPhone battery if start using it to up date my blogs.

Later!

Sent from my iPhone

Hello

2008-05-25T09:48:00.001-07:00

Hello
Test from email

The Start!

2008-05-25T09:40:00.001-07:00

Well this is one of my many attempts to start a blog.

Hope it last!!

Nakia