Tag: mobile

Thank you LensCulture for the feature~

Post author By ~mimo~
Post date November 19, 2017
4 Comments on Thank you LensCulture for the feature~

Photo taken at the clock installation in Volksgarten, Düsseldorf

Thank you @lensculture for the feature! I am honored. #Repost @lensculture (@get_repost)

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We’re thrilled to open this year’s Exposure Awards, our search for the world’s best contemporary photographers! These Awards aim to discover and showcase the most inspiring images from the global photography community. Send in your strongest work today! More info in BIO link!

Winners will be shown in a London exhibition, featured in projections at international photography festivals, and included in our second major book, The Best of LensCulture, Volume 2. Also, a selection of these photographers will be invited to take over LensCulture’s Instagram feed for an entire week! This competition is open to all cultures, all points of view, with no age limit.

Deadline: December 19, 2017

Gently Approaching the New Year~ Germany

Post author By ~mimo~
Post date December 31, 2016
22 Comments on Gently Approaching the New Year~ Germany

After a puzzling 2016 to say the least, when almost nothing conformed to the ‘norm’ of life as we expect it to be, from world affairs, to weather, and strange phenomena; 2017 approaches and I find myself moving towards it with caution, deep thought, care, apprehension and hope for a shift towards higher standards and a world with saner priorities.

Wishing you all a peaceful transition and a bright new year!

With love from frosty beautiful Germany~

Tags bird, boat, care, fog, germany, hope, love, mobile, nature, new year, photography, shotoniphone7, standards, water

Photography Travel

The Best Things in Life are Hard to Reach~ Boracay

Post author By ~mimo~
Post date November 21, 2016
3 Comments on The Best Things in Life are Hard to Reach~ Boracay

Boracay, a green and white gem in the middle of a blue sea, blessed with a panorama of clouds and a ongoing theater of sky and water on and impossibly large canvas, is not easy to travel to. Almost like giving birth, painful as difficult, but still you would do it again and being there makes the journey all worth it.

Blue sea, yellow sun, green trees, inner peace…

Tags asia, beach, boracay, iphone, iphone 7, mobile, people, philippines, photography, sea, sky, travel, water

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Xitang~ An Old Water Town

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A 90 minute drive from the bustling Shanghai Metropolis, lies one of several old water towns where life carries on with a completely different rhythm. Water has this way of slowing things life down to a gentle meander, and it magically transforms reality into gentler ripples of dream like visions. Blue and soft in nature, it allows for a place in oneself of deep contemplation. The old walls seem as thought they are speaking to the visitors, telling tales of times that have been and predicting the tales that will inevitable come to be.

All images taken with iphone 7, edited with snapseed.

Tags canal, china, iphone, iphone 7, meditation, mobile, old, photography, reflection, snapseed, tradition, travel, water, water town, xitang

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Beirut: Impressions on the Run

Post author By ~mimo~
Post date February 26, 2016
9 Comments on Beirut: Impressions on the Run

the certain nature of uncertainty

when the mask drops

The urban spirit

when you have seen more than your share

tales of fading glory

on the road for handouts

a page from the Beirut sketchbook

sleepless nights and random sketches

some stories are best left vague

his imaginary girlfriend

time to leave

opening act

non-stop protest

Beirut nights

Beirut, beautiful, sophisticated, artsy, dirty, confused, decadent, mismanaged and always pulls on my every hidden emotion.

Tags beirut, home, impressions, iphone, iphone 6, lebanon, mimo khair, mobile, photography, travel

Photography Travel Uncategorized

6 Hours in Istanbul

It was 5:50 am, after a long flight from Shanghai to Beirut, 6 hours in Istanbul held 2 different promises: to sit in coffee shops staring at passing strangers, reading a book, watching my phone screen and drinking endless cups of coffee and tea; or getting a visa, finding my way into the old quarter and discovering a city I have always longed to see.

The answer was as vivid as the ornate roof of the Ayasofia. It was like stepping through a magic door into a world of wonder, domes, arches, well mannered people (it was early morning after all and too early for bad moods to reach anyone) and amazing foods and drinks to sample.

I love traveling so much and as far as photography goes, these lone journeys are moments of soul searching and discovery. So yes, I would take adventure and the unknown anytime over airport layovers.

Tags ayasofia, birds, blue mosque, iphone, iphone 6, istanbul, layover, magic, mimo khair, mobile, people, photography, street, travel, turkey, wonder

lebanon Photography Travel

Mobile Impressions From a Journey in an Old Land~ Lebanon

Post author By ~mimo~
Post date August 8, 2015
6 Comments on Mobile Impressions From a Journey in an Old Land~ Lebanon

some conversations are best had in shallow waters

For more of my mobile photography, follow my Instagram feed!

Tags apple, art, family, impressions, iphone, iphone6, lebanon, life, love, mimo khair photography, mimokhair, mobile, photography, shadow, square, summer, travel

parenting Photography

Took me by Surprise~

"a story like the wind"~ — A story like the wind

the complex webs we spin~_ — The complex webs we spin

Our children have this magical way of growing up without us even noticing. The greatest miracle of expansion from a little fetus to a wonderful human taking their place in the world, cannot be taken for granted. It is an amazing thing, growth. It’s a golden truth, magical in every way. It fascinates us, we gush over it and it catches us by surprise when our little baby turns 11.

Happy birthday little big girl~

Tags birthday, black and white, canon, child, dslr, family, girl, growth, hair, iphone, love, mobile, parenting, photography, portrait, window

CHINA Photography

Anhui Diaries~

From a recent journey to the old villages around Huangshan (yellow mountains) of China’s Anhui province, I was utterly inspired with the landscape, the feeling of calm that blankets the area and the mystical sense of being so far away from it all.

It made me think a lot about the nature of water, and reflections that are abundant in this place; the magic of seeing the world repeated, maybe for us to think twice.

A place I will happily return to.

Tags "yellow mountains", anhui, calm, china, diary, hongcun, huangshan, images, journey, longchuan, mobile, mountain, mystical, peace, people, photography, picture, pond, rain, reflection, river, travel, umbrella

Photography

Kinetic Life

Have you felt lately as though you keep on moving from one task to the next, from one place to another as if chased by your own shadow? It is as if we are all gripped by a fear of being caught standing still. We plan our year before it even starts and we project into our future leaving very little room for the unexpected. Our lives are preplanned and dictated in our phones that link to all our other devices that we allow to remind us that we are not free but bound inside our own self created prisons.

Tags freedom, life, mobile, partial, photgraphy, puddle, rain, reflection, schedule, shadow, shanghai, shoes, square