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Mohamed Elmaymony
{K:1136} 3/27/2008
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nice work i like it so much .
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Guido Tweepenninckx
{K:20076} 6/11/2005
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real special light and subject.
great shot and colours
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 6/11/2005
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Thank you angelo for passing by and checking my work!
I got lots of comments on the edges, got it fixed but didn?t post the edited image
Thilo helped a lot and even e mailed me an edited image
So I owe it to everyone that suggested an edit, maybe I will post it soon
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 6/11/2005
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He doesn't look upset, but doesn't look welcoming either... In any case, this is a nice environmental portrait. You have shown the men in their world, amongst their things.
I don't really like the darkening corners, but it's still a nice photo, Arwa.
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Humayun Rizwan
{K:3235} 5/24/2005
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Wonderfully seen and captured, Arwa.
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 5/15/2005
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Great capture ! Nice idea the vignette, maybe I would prefer a placement of the bright vignette-center slightly more to the right.
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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he was looking at me not liking that i was taking his pictuer!
thank you elisa! :)
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NN
{K:26787} 5/14/2005
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Oh ... this guy is scaring the customers away with his expression ;-) Interesting interior, love the tones here!
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Dirck DuFlon
{K:35779} 5/13/2005
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Excellent photo, Arwa, but what a look you're getting from the man! I love the repeating pattern of the sandals so precisely arranged on the wall. A very neat man, obviously, as can be seen also in his crisp, white tunic! I get the feeling that the older man has a tendency to ramble on and on and on, and the other is too polite to tell him to shut up! :)
Sorry I haven't been commenting recently!
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 5/13/2005
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thilo.bayer@computec.de
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/13/2005
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thank you thilo!!! 
but please keep it simple, dont go through alot of work i dont want to bother you
whats your e mail?
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 5/13/2005
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Hi Arwa,
send me the original picture without vignetting =)
Thilo
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/13/2005
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Hmm ok lets brain storm, if i excluded the pile on the left completely some of the sense of depth might get lost I couldn?t think of any other crops!
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 5/13/2005
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Hi Arwa,
different cropping?
Thilo
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/12/2005
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No sadly I?ve never been to Egypt
I?ve been to the uk, France, Italy, the US, UAE
What happens is when we like a county we go to it again and again for at least 3 summers then we change, I?ve been to italy about 5 times each time we visit at least 3 more cities
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 5/12/2005
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wonderful.
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Guido Fulgenzi
{K:6076} 5/11/2005
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Great composition and nice color tones!regards
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Guido Fulgenzi
{K:6076} 5/11/2005
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Great composition andnice color tones!regards
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Karadag Metin
{K:2939} 5/10/2005
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good, excellent..
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sherif hussein
{K:13815} 5/9/2005
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very nice shot with clear details and good composition
Sherif
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 5/9/2005
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oh excellent capture of this shop dear Arwa. great documentary photograph, Thank you for sharing sweety!
K:)ss B:)liana
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 5/9/2005
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great mood.cong.
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cessy karina
{K:14205} 5/9/2005
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love this shot, very nice shop with excellent portrait of the two men. nice tone too
can I have one pair, those sandals look very nice
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Larissa Nazarova
{K:12118} 5/8/2005
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Very intersting shot!
Larissa
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Mark Julian
{K:36866} 5/8/2005
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Dear Arwa, thanks for taking the time - very good explanation. BTW, I assume you've been to Egypt but have you gone to Hurghada? I read somewhere you go to London but do you travel to other countries in Europe / North Africa / Middle East a lot or not too much? Just curious cause traveling and travel photography is my big thing (except lately since the US dollar is SO weak everywhere but soon I'll just have to travel again and except it - I don't see the dollar situation changing soon) After seeing Saeed's shots I wanna visit the UAE and Oman. Anyway, hope you visit my page soon - take care and thanks again for the information, Mark
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Jeff Cartwright
{K:52046} 5/7/2005
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Excellent Textural Introduction....Arwa!
...and Very Good..good....Photograph...of the Old Market...Sandal Store!!!
Regards:
Jeff.
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 5/7/2005
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LOL... yeah, hard to believe..and to think it is almost 2 years I have been on Usefilm..time flies :) I know all about shopping malls..they are everywhere....14 + 10...hmm.. hard one to figure out.
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Latif alobaida
{K:5005} 5/7/2005
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Great lighting and comp.
Well done
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 5/7/2005
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Hehehehe...you are so lucky. I notice that when I go out with my daughter she gets away with blue murder with the camera in peoples faces.....even the mayors face...I couldn't believe it. But if I did it...I would get a foul look from people.
Judi
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/7/2005
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Hi judi!
This image is one of the ?hit and run? type of photography, press the shutter then run from the scary looking guy! LOL! Its good that I look like a 16 years old without make up on! They think im jus a kid with a big camera!
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 5/7/2005
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Wonderful capture of this type of scene. I like the moody feel to it and the way the man is looking at the camera. Kind of like 'you are invading my world' look.
Judi
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/7/2005
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WOW! Ten years!
Jeddah had changed a lot since then! lol
ten years ago I was just 13 oops I mean 14 :-\
hmmm lets see what changed, there are more shopping malls, shopping malls, and more shopping :O
yicks!!!!
we are turning into one gigantic MALL......
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/7/2005
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LOL thank you Giorgio!!
I was tempted to take more pictures from different angels the other shops weren?t so organized and I thought! Did I just find my first PATTERN!
Patterns are so hard for me to find!
Think it has to do with math! Wasn?t so good with Algebra either and failed statistic 3 times in college while I got straight As in the rest! lol
thanx again!
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/7/2005
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Thank you randy for the comment!!
I just saw your birds captures!
WOW!!! I?ll comment on them ASAP
thanx!
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/7/2005
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again thank you haris for your kind words and for all of you comments!
they mean alot to me! :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/7/2005
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Hello mark!
Yes the red sea is gorgeous!
Yes Jeddah is one of the oldest cities in the Arabian Peninsula!
There were old remains found in the mountains that go back to 200,000 years
Caves drawings and hunting equipments
The unique location of the city motivated man to live in it from a long time ago, its almost like a U shape with the opining of the U facing the sea, there use to be a grandreef with one small opining for ships so even when the Portuguese took over most harbors on the red sea they couldn?t concur Jeddah, their ships kept braking on the rocks, the rest of the U is mountains, high dry harsh mountains with one opening a valley called ?the valley of Fatima?
So actually the architectural work and style of living was pure from any inclusions except from the trading between Egypt, India north of the Arabian Peninsula which is Syria and Palestine and the city of Jeddah
If I remember correctly the city as we know it now is over 2000 years old, with the same name Jeddah-which means grandmother in referral to mother Eve!
Yes its on the red sea and its nickname is ?the bride of the red sea? yes bride not pride :P
The modern Jeddah is full of roundabouts!!!
I can challenge anyone who says that theres another city in the world with the same or more numbers of roundabouts!!!!
It started around the 60s when they were building the new city and a lot of building waste were polluting the surroundings so they got some of the most famous artists at that time and asked them to create sculptures with these materials, metals wood rocks anything!
And the movement never stopped!
We have two open air museums and they weren?t enough Thus the roundabouts
Jeddah is very narrow and small compared to Riyadh!
And not as organized, the population is really high and the space is limited, just recently did the city expand and people are building houses close to the mountains
Hmmm what else!
Jeddah is the most divers and friendly city in Saudi, its used to welcome pilgrims for over 1400 years, around 200 years ago lots of people from all over the world decided to live here after they came for pilgrimage and their last names ?in most cases- mention their origin, al masri = the Egyptian, al magrabi = the Moroccans and so on
If you have any other questions please feel free to ask
And with this we conclude the history lesson of today :P
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/7/2005
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LOL you could do that! I couldn?t!
im a bit too shy!
Plus he didn?t look exactly friendly!
thank you saqib!!!
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Saqib Zulfiqar
{K:2745} 5/7/2005
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Actually I'd change two things.. First one is, I'll take one of the sandals from the wall and then ask the guy on the left to lighten up mate, dont worry ill pay for it. :)
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Haris Calkic
{K:4908} 5/7/2005
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excellent composition
tones and colors are great
great capture
congrats
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Mark Julian
{K:36866} 5/7/2005
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Dear Arwa, Wonderful shot of the market place. Most organized shoe's I've ever seen in a shop like this. I've been to many in Fez, Marrakesh, Cairo, Istanbul, Tunis, etc but they're always over packed with their things for sale (but it only adds to the character which is what makes them so great for photography - if the lighting's not too low). So let me ask you since I'm not too familiar with S.A. I found Jeddah on my map (didn't realize it was so close to the Red Sea) and am wondering is it one of Saudi Arabia's oldest cities? (I always picture S.A. with all these modern buildings but maybe that's more Riyadh) Is the water pretty on the coast? (I was in Hurghada, Egypt a few years ago and it was SO amazing - the most beautiful blues and clearest water on earth! Have you been there? I should post some shots soon) Anyway, very nice photo and I hope you don't mind the questions. Don't forget to see my new shots when you have some time. All the best, Mark
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 5/7/2005
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A great shot, Arwa! Full of life and history and culture.
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Randy Lorance
{K:24769} 5/7/2005
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Nice work Arwa, I like the darkness to this with light to the center. Great capture of expression and nice earth tones.
Randy
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Mahmoud Atef
{K:393} 5/7/2005
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nice shot arwa....
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Giorgio Goretti
{K:15471} 5/7/2005
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What a lovely shop to buy a couple of sandals for the incoming summer,
that's exactly what i'm looking for! ;-)
nice shot Arwa, but BTW did you noticed the menacing look from the left sitting man?
please, be more careful next time, and don't get yourself in danger!! :-))
..eheheh.. still kidding, but humour is the salt of the life...
more seriously, a pleasant shot from your beautiful country.
Take care
Giorgio
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 5/7/2005
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that is great... hmm it has been a long time..10 years..
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 5/7/2005
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that is great... hmm it has been a long time..10 years..
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
{K:42404} 5/7/2005
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wonfderful pic and work my friend
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/6/2005
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Glad you enjoyed both the about and the image
Thank you for passing by kshitiz :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/6/2005
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If I remember correctly they are preserving right now 500 houses and they will be ready in about 7 months, it takes a while because they are training youngsters and teenagers the way to build those houses in the same old traditional way
when were you here in jeddah??? :)
paul thank you for the comment :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/6/2005
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Dear erkoc!
Thank you for the encouraging and caring comment my friend!
I added the light because the sandals in the foreground were distracting
The images taken at the old ?sooq? were taken quickly, look compose aim and click the shutter!
Im so flattered that you liked it this much!
I took lots of pictures that day I?ll keep posting
If you ever came to Jeddah for omrah try coming in the winter, the weather would be fantastic ;)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/6/2005
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hi thilo
The sandals in the foreground were too distracting!
I wanted to focus on the men but they kept pulling me back the rest of the image is in order but then those sandals were disorganized and all over the place! And I didn?t want to crop them out
So I added light
Any other suggestions?
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/6/2005
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Hi saqib :)
thank you for passing by! :)
So theres nothing you would like to change in this image? ;)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/6/2005
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Hello omar!
Thank you for your insight! I did try turning it into black and white, but the 4 white sandals or shoes on the top left side of the man became even more distracting!
So I kept it in color and added it to the ?street photography? project instead :)
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Omar Rifaat
{K:10141} 5/6/2005
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Lovely shot! You captured a great instant. I like how order descends in to chaos with the shoes! the colours are great too.. Very 'Henri' style capture (except its colour!)
Omar
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Saqib Zulfiqar
{K:2745} 5/6/2005
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Like the composition and treatment. Very nicely portrayed.
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 5/6/2005
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hi arwa,
like that repetitions in patterns on the wall. this image really creates some oriental feelings. I'm not so sure about the vignetting, especially on the left. you seem to hide something there ;-)
good catch anyway!
thilo
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Claude Tenot
{K:9960} 5/6/2005
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Arwa...très belle atmosphère....et ambiance "out of time" pour cette photo...
Merci beaucoup pour ton très gentil commentaire...à tout bientôt.....
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erkoc dalaman
{K:4295} 5/6/2005
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Arwa this photo is fantastic..Believe me one of the best in its kind.You should be proud of it..I am not qualified to judge its technical merit but looks astonishing.It seems that you used spot metering (are something like that:)).The men are brighter and the sandals are darker..This is absolutely fantastic..And another fantasticity is the sandals..They're beautiful, very stylish..My father always regrets not having bought couple of pairs when in Saudi Arabia for Hadj (pilgrimage).Insa'Allah I will..Looking forward to come to Saudi Arabia one day..Keep posting about your country maybe it will shorten my time to come :)congrats..
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Riccardo Corsini
{K:17796} 5/6/2005
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An inusual image, well taken back, remember these typical ones negotiate, in my visit in Egypt, beautiful photo Arwa! ! ! ! !
Ric.
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 5/6/2005
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great image.. he definitely does not look happy...seen some of these places in Saudi before and hope that they can be saved... excellent ps work, really enhances the image.. especially the colors... great capture
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 5/6/2005
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Wonderful mood! I like the lighting and color contrast .
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Kshitiz Anand
{K:4848} 5/6/2005
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Good image and composition arwa.. and i thank you for sharing the information about the place.. makes the photo more interesting..!
regards!
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Femke de Wit
{K:6020} 5/6/2005
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Very nice picture with good tones, good colours, Femke
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ahmed saleh
{K:414} 5/6/2005
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good shot nice composition
if you light a scene littile... may be
i like sandles arrange
good work
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/6/2005
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Khaled
did you know that they found remains that are 200,000 years old in Jeddah! And just next to our farm
It might not be the most modern city, or the most organized one but its different authentic and its my home and I love it!
Thank you for your comment :)
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Hakan AKIRMAK
{K:15913} 5/6/2005
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Great work! Congratulations Arwa!
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 5/6/2005
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I like how you composed it with all these slippers on the walls surrounding the 2 men..
I like the lighting and toning too...
Thanx for the information about the organisation Arwa, it's the first time for me to know about it.... may be the next time I visit Saudi Arabia (next June for Omra insha'Allah)I may contact the organization and arrange for a photography trip.
Bye Arwa,
Khaled.
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/6/2005
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Wonderful image! I love the colors in the background. Thanks for sharing. :)
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 5/6/2005
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Sounds fascinating, Arwa!
A colourful shot of this shoe shop.
Best regards, Chris
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