ladydesign photography

hey everyone, I'm typing while my eyes almost closing because i spent the whole two days just editing the photos of my book and try to figure out what's the best, I'm showing cousins some photos just to see how do they feel about them, sometimes you need to see it through people' eyes but of course artist eyes n_n. because it's my own work, I'm still not satisfied with any result yet but i started to like one or two photos I've done yesterday. I want to have also black and white photos in the book so let's hope the next shoot will be good.
i really want to show you some photos but i think i shall wait till my next post and to make sure no one will steal my idea till i publish it.

bye for now I really need to get some sleep after 5 hours editing for just 1 photo and it was just a try, I'm really must be crazy or something.

I decided to write almost daily about my book project, since everyone is asking me about it wherever I go, it's really nice to know many people around me really care about it. It's also funny when i go and ask some places for shooting for my book they ask me: ok, promise us a copy with your signature.... OK sure but let me finish it first. So the pressure now is getting worse, but i manage it.
I'm not even trying to think what fans and people are going to say about it or like it. In fact, I would be happy to publish my first book that actually is a photo story book. which reminds me somehow of my childhood books, when mom used to bring me thousand of books but i always end up with the books that contain photos, i used to enjoy.
The book also will contain some poems and since i didn't even write one after 1997, a famous person is going to help me out with it. Special thanks to him and his daughters, i will also do my best to translate some in English and some other languages.

The nice thing about this project that my parent really support me for it, they don't even argue of going out with me for shoot. ok because the whole family were with us. haha yeah because the two first shootings were in desert.

First, i went and studied the places before two years ago and this year, yes two years since the story of the book inside my head for almost 7 years and i decided it's the time to move it out to the world.


did i change some of the ideas about the book?

yes i did, because there are some scenes which are dangerous for the model to do, so i cut it out and we did more scenes in the desert for it.

first official day of shooting for my book:
complete disaster may i say.. the MUA and model were really on time at 2:30 pm, family split on that time into 2 groups, one of the group decided to go somewhere else in the last minute so we were late. we arrived at 4 and the place we went to supposed to prepare 2 camels for us, but the camels decided to go for a walk, so...... in somehow, I found out I forgot the memory card, since the assistant prepared all the things like we used to do before we go out, the memory was in the office, so i went back in the car with the model and assistant while i left the rest of the family and the mua waiting in the place.
with 1 hour left before the sun goes down, what shall i do? i should not lose that day i wouldn't give up this easily, arrived to the office got the memory card and went in the car. during our way to the place, we stopped in the desert somewhere near before the sun goes down, the model wa running and i was running and we took some shots before the sun goes down which was beautiful.
i know .. why do i do things in crazy way? i guess it meant to be.
anyway, we got back to the place.. and left after few mintues. we went back to the studio and i got some shots for her. which i think it will be lovely for the book. yes i have many comments of my work and i don't like it but it's normal thing since i want things perfectly but i think sometimes we need to let go and take it easy.

so of course we re done it again in the next day.

2nd official day of shooting for my book:
this time alone with mom helping, all came early, went to 3 locations, including the sea and the model wore two different lovely dresses. Special thanks to my aunt who gave us her two old traditional gowns from 40 yrs ago and still looking amazing and traditional gold.


So this is a very simple picture from first day shoot.
Right now, I'm trying to edit the photos which some of them i will add later on for print in deviant.

There is another shooting I'm planning for a month. Hopefully i am doing next week.
I will keep typing about it because i have about two months to finish it, I'm trying to give myself a deadline so i can finish it after all, and also to let you updated with the book project and for you all to encourage me, so... fighting!! and wish me luck n_

Happy New year everyone! I hope you all going to have a peaceful year and more success in your career and personal life.

and to those who didn't have a good year or didn't chase their dreams yet, there is always another day and another year and this year is your chance to move and do your best and never give up, if you fall, you can get up, again and again, you only have hope and hope makes you go on in the life, if you have a bad moment, always think about a good time you had which will make you feel better, envy other people won't change anything in your life, and if you have a life of your dream then you should know there are other people around you also seeking for the life of their own and you can only support them and not stopping them. it's a time to be unselfish and more understandable, Time is very important so use it wisely, and get away from gossips it will make your heart darker and will waste the time that you can do something good for your future.

be positive with everyone and have a big heart, stay away from friends who have negative thoughts and negative ideas, it will only make you lose time to accomplish your goal, always be a good friend for yourself and the most important is to trust yourself and love yourself.


As for or me this year was a very successful year for my future career, thank god, here are the list i did in 2009

- ESMOD Fashion University photoshoot for 10 different dresses for 10 designers.

- April: My first Solo Exhibition at ESMOD Fashion University as a first fashion photographer in my country who had an exhibition.

- June till July: 2nd Solo Exhibition at Wafi Mall, Dubai

-Featured in 3 TV programs:
Inside The National at AD TV program,
Women in Gulf program at Dubai TV,
Dubai this morning at Dubai TV,

-Featured in :
GulfNews
Emirates Today Newspaper,
Weekend Review at GulfNews
Fashion Rage Magazine
Layalena Magazine
KAO magazine
AL Roya newspaper

- I spent the last months doing editorials for fashion magazine and filming for big coming event i joined that will be announced in May 2010 that i am really really proud of being part of it.

maybe most of you think it was so easy for me to do all this but i will say it for first time it took 27 yrs dreaming of this and 10 years to do it finally. I knew that since i was a child that i born different and i will be different, to those who have zero freedom and think because of that they can't do it, let me be a good example that you can do it. Life for me is like a war, but a cold war, not shouting of what you need and want, "but" to be diplomatic and give some compromises of your freedom to have in return another space of freedom to work in your goal and to step forward.

Some of us choose what it's in the land and have a safe job and a safe life and be happy with it and some of us choose the sea, they could drawn and die, or they could find the treasure and see new places and new faces and seeking new knowledge and return to help the people in the land what they knew and saw. If we didn't choose the sea, we will always going to look at it till the day we get in the ship and start sailing. The idea will always be in our head no matter what other people say, sooner or later we will do it.

at the end i would like to thank my friends who were around me and support me for chasing my dream and my future career and my teachers through the year and the whole people in my city for being big supportive and helpful and respectful to my career and dream and being really proud of me. to the end to my parent who were the perfect judge for my work, and to my mom for giving her time going with me and assisted me during my film shooting.