Comments for MUSTAFA DAVIS http://www.mustafadavis.com Filmmaker :: Photographer :: Creative Director Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on 6 Steps To Better Live Performance Photography by Mark Gonzales http://www.mustafadavis.com/2010/10/6-steps-to-remember-when-photographing-a-live-performance/#comment-257 Mark Gonzales Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:52:44 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?p=804#comment-257 You know what I love about this post? A) It is immensely informational, concise, and helpful. b) It subtly addresses an issue absent from too many photojournalists and the larger creative community - the establishing of RELATIONSHIPS with the community inside the camera frame that are often perceived only as content. Thank you for this again. *MGis You know what I love about this post?
A) It is immensely informational, concise, and helpful.
b) It subtly addresses an issue absent from too many photojournalists and the larger creative community – the establishing of RELATIONSHIPS with the community inside the camera frame that are often perceived only as content.

Thank you for this again.

*MGis

]]> Comment on About by almiskeenah » Blog Archive » …Ta’leef Collective ‘Down Under’…one… http://www.mustafadavis.com/about/#comment-256 almiskeenah » Blog Archive » …Ta’leef Collective ‘Down Under’…one… Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:49:59 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?page_id=2#comment-256 [...] ‘Jordan Richter Story’ by the renowned FILMMAKER/PHOTOGRAPHER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR Mustafa Davis, was the first event that we went to .It was about a skate boarder who embraced Islam in the mid [...] [...] ‘Jordan Richter Story’ by the renowned FILMMAKER/PHOTOGRAPHER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR Mustafa Davis, was the first event that we went to .It was about a skate boarder who embraced Islam in the mid [...]

]]> Comment on WHO AM I AND HOW DID I GET HERE? – Reflections Of An American Muslim by Snuze http://www.mustafadavis.com/2011/09/who-am-i-and-how-did-i-get-here-reflections-of-an-american-muslim/#comment-240 Snuze Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:14:39 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?p=1433#comment-240 Assalamu'alaikum and bravo for such eloquent sharing! As a Muslim living in Malaysia, I have never had to deal with such issues regarding my identity and am amazed at the spectrum of experience out there. What ever people may say about Islam, know that being a Muslim transcends ethnicity, culture, nationality and language. You may shape it the way you feel is right, as long as it is in line with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. Do not let others make you feel bad because you are not a Muslim out of their mold, for Allah SWT shapes us all in our different forms and norms, and He loves us as our fitrah dictates. Assalamu’alaikum and bravo for such eloquent sharing!

As a Muslim living in Malaysia, I have never had to deal with such issues regarding my identity and am amazed at the spectrum of experience out there.

What ever people may say about Islam, know that being a Muslim transcends ethnicity, culture, nationality and language. You may shape it the way you feel is right, as long as it is in line with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad SAW.

Do not let others make you feel bad because you are not a Muslim out of their mold, for Allah SWT shapes us all in our different forms and norms, and He loves us as our fitrah dictates.

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]]> Comment on SH. YAHYA RHODUS :: © Mustafa Davis Photography :: iPhone Photo Series by Zahir Abdul Latheef http://www.mustafadavis.com/2010/12/sh-yahya-rhodus-%c2%a9-mustafa-davis-photography-iphone-photo-series/#comment-237 Zahir Abdul Latheef Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:12:56 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?p=1069#comment-237 Love you yahya and Mustafa. You have that tareemi noor on your face. Love you yahya and Mustafa. You have that tareemi noor on your face.

]]> Comment on Wayward Son – Behind The Scenes by Jourdan Sungkar http://www.mustafadavis.com/2011/06/wayward-son-behind-the-scenes/#comment-225 Jourdan Sungkar Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:16:05 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?p=1367#comment-225 This is a really amazing video, I can totally relate. This is a really amazing video, I can totally relate.

]]> Comment on How To Get Sharp Focus With Portrait Photography by Sean J Connolly http://www.mustafadavis.com/2010/10/how-to-get-sharp-focus-with-portrait-photography/#comment-224 Sean J Connolly Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:23:53 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?p=513#comment-224 Great tips, and very simply put. Definately be remembering these. Great tips, and very simply put. Definately be remembering these.

]]> Comment on Blog by MUSTAFA DAVIS (FILMMAKER / PHOTOGRAPHER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR) « Riezaharry's Blog http://www.mustafadavis.com/blog/#comment-223 MUSTAFA DAVIS (FILMMAKER / PHOTOGRAPHER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR) « Riezaharry's Blog Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:07:15 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?page_id=16#comment-223 [...] Sutradara ini Samah banget dan baik banget mau bagi Tips dan Trik atau Ilmunya Ke Orang- orang yang ada disana Secara GRATIS. Mantap dah Kalo lo mau kenal dan tau ni Sutradara lo bisa buka Blog nya di http://www.mustafadavis.com/blog/ [...] [...] Sutradara ini Samah banget dan baik banget mau bagi Tips dan Trik atau Ilmunya Ke Orang- orang yang ada disana Secara GRATIS. Mantap dah Kalo lo mau kenal dan tau ni Sutradara lo bisa buka Blog nya di http://www.mustafadavis.com/blog/ [...]

]]> Comment on WHO AM I AND HOW DID I GET HERE? – Reflections Of An American Muslim by MsDieynaba http://www.mustafadavis.com/2011/09/who-am-i-and-how-did-i-get-here-reflections-of-an-american-muslim/#comment-222 MsDieynaba Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:16:52 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?p=1433#comment-222 Salam=) This is my first time reading your blog, and I'm surprised to stumble across such an article. What amazes me is how some people just love to define others, 'you're this and that', 'you're this, so you just can't be that', and so on. As a Frenchswomen of Mauritanian descent, I see myself in the same predicament as you. I know the village my parents and grandparents are from, the type of food we eat, the type of clothing we wear- I even mastered the melhafas, and this is no small thing! But I'm seen as this outsider, 'the girl who tries to be like us' and have to prove my love of West Africa. I'm asked to enumerate the traditional dishes I can cook, and the families that are kins to ours, the casts they're from. Even if I pass the test, they still won't accept me. Same problem with the French 'natives'. I'm the foreigner, darker skin, unusual name, different clothing, and what's up with that thing on her head?! Here again, I have to justify my 'Frenchness' and answer all kinds of crazy questions. So, I don't really know where I belong. I apologize for the rambling, your text is very moving, and it just mirrors the situation I find myself in. At least, I'm sure of two things: a. I'm a Muslim b. Allah SWT could care less whether I feel closer to my Mauritanian folks or the French. Salams, Dieynaba P.S.: You look great in traditional Mauritanian clothing=) Salam=)

This is my first time reading your blog, and I’m surprised to stumble across such an article.

What amazes me is how some people just love to define others, ‘you’re this and that’, ‘you’re this, so you just can’t be that’, and so on. As a Frenchswomen of Mauritanian descent, I see myself in the same predicament as you.

I know the village my parents and grandparents are from, the type of food we eat, the type of clothing we wear- I even mastered the melhafas, and this is no small thing! But I’m seen as this outsider, ‘the girl who tries to be like us’ and have to prove my love of West Africa. I’m asked to enumerate the traditional dishes I can cook, and the families that are kins to ours, the casts they’re from. Even if I pass the test, they still won’t accept me.

Same problem with the French ‘natives’. I’m the foreigner, darker skin, unusual name, different clothing, and what’s up with that thing on her head?! Here again, I have to justify my ‘Frenchness’ and answer all kinds of crazy questions.

So, I don’t really know where I belong. I apologize for the rambling, your text is very moving, and it just mirrors the situation I find myself in. At least, I’m sure of two things: a. I’m a Muslim b. Allah SWT could care less whether I feel closer to my Mauritanian folks or the French.

Salams,
Dieynaba

P.S.: You look great in traditional Mauritanian clothing=)

]]> Comment on WHO AM I AND HOW DID I GET HERE? – Reflections Of An American Muslim by Habiba http://www.mustafadavis.com/2011/09/who-am-i-and-how-did-i-get-here-reflections-of-an-american-muslim/#comment-221 Habiba Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:38:44 +0000 http://www.mustafadavis.com/?p=1433#comment-221 EXACTLY.... Well said.... EXACTLY…. Well said….

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