Moophz is the ultimate Lebanese ninja warrior of night sky photography. He captures the dark skies, the Milky Way, the Northern Lights, meteor showers. I was introduced to Moophz.com through a couple friends who became obsessed with Astrophotography. They pack up every weekend and head to the various mountain-tops away from the light pollution of the city, they camp and wait for the night sky to sparkle.
Not every day you need to shoot long distance photos, but when you have to, there is no other way than to carry around a professional camera with a minimum 200mm lens. I have purchased over the years more than ten long lenses for my mobile phones, and they never worked out for me. Some of them had a plastic body that breaks after a couple of uses due to the weight of the lens/phone, others you get a blurry image.…
Every now-and-then, you bump into a fresh grad that you believe has a lot of energy talent and potential. Most important, someone who is putting a lot of personal effort on top of what they learned in university to master their craft and stand out from the crowd.
These posts aim to shed the light on young talented people and showcase their work.
It is called a harvest moon and it gives out the impression that the moon is a lot bigger than usual. This full moon rises with the setting of the sun and is at the nearest point to the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere. What also made this day extra special is the fact that a lunar eclipse happened on this harvest moon and we won’t see anything like it until 2024. Here are a few pictures I took around…
The other day, my nine year old daughter asked me, why am I constantly taking pictures of her and her younger brother? She was wondering why am I always stalking them with my camera, phone or anything with a lens trying to take endless amounts of pictures? I have a feeling, that she sometimes sees me as the annoying paparazzi dad who just can’t get enough pictures: smile, stand still, wait, cheese, one more! I have been thinking about it and…
Let’s face it, we all want to take great pictures but we rarely invest in a good camera and a bit of time to learn a couple of tricks in order to enhance the quality of our photos. I know that it is a lot more practical and easier for us to use our mobile phones as all-in-one devices. I’m an advanced photographer and most of the time I find myself too lazy to carry a camera. But there are times,…
