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Saad-A

Saad Alafaliq
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Artist
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Deviant for 16 years
  • He / Him
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My Bio
Just another guy who's living an endless love story with the sea & nature.

I just love to shoot them and would gladly "shoot" anyone who abuses nature or the sea.

Current Residence: Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia
Favourite genre of music: Blues, Swing, Rock
Favourite photographer: Frans Lanting, Art Wolfe, David Doubilet, Paul Nicklen, Alex Mustard
Favourite style of art: Underwater, Landscape, Wildlife, Still life, Abstract
Operating System: Leopard
MP3 player of choice: none at the moment.
Skin of choice: Ummmmm, mine .. I guess
Favourite cartoon character: Homer, Wile E. Coyote, Beavis & Butthead, Bender, The Martian "Where's the kaboom&quot
Personal Quote: Live like a rock star and sleep like a baby

Favourite Visual Artist
Claude Monet
Favourite Movies
Lord of the rings trilogy, Indiana Jones movies, Rocky 1-3, The Godfather
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Allman bros., Frankie Sinatra, B.B. King, Bob Dylan...
Favourite Games
Monkey Island series << ahhhhh good old days
Tools of the Trade
Nikon D300, Nikon F90x, Minolta 505si, Lomo & 2x Olympus C-7070's
Other Interests
SCUBA, photography, hiking, camping, politics, economics, history, ancient Arab literature
So, I got me a shiny new Canon 9000-something photo scanner. Yeah, congrats, thanks, moving on.. I mainly got it because my late father (God Bless Him) left us a large collection of old family photos. Of course, since sending them to a studio was too expensive in return for crappy web-size scans of poor quality, the option of a nice scanner was the best move. As I started working with old photos, I had these weird feelings. I felt a connection with every photo I hold. As if they were pieces of me. After giving it some thought, I found that holding a printed photo in your hand contributes greatly to those feelings. Those faded colors, wrinkle
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Ever since I started taking pictures, I was dreaming of International Photography Awards and looking at it as an inapproachable competition. I've been too afraid to even participate since I had this idea that my work wont even make it through the first elimination. This year, I had the cojones to enter and expect nothing. And nothing was what I got, only, they gave me an honorable mention in the non-pro underwater category for this photo: http://saad-a.deviantart.com/art/Chromodoris-lochi-171637219?q=&qo= It may sound like a ridiculous thing to be happy about, but to me, it means that my work was recognized in an event that I didn't even d
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Off We Go

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I did a bit of shopping lately to prepare myself for my next dive trip. This time, it's Puerto Galera, Phillpines. One of the capitals of underwater macro photography. I haven't dived since early December 2009 :s . Simply never had the time or the mood especially after the passing of my father RIP. Anyways, I've been trying to prepare myself to avoid the camera/housing/lighting failures that I had in Sharm. Those failures were very annoying and depressing. Therefore I updated my lighting system and did a few tests that turned to be awesome. Wish me luck, people. I'm not diving for fun this time, It's going to be a serious photoshoot. :D Pe
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I've featured some of your photos here: [link]
Thanks for the fav! :aww:
Thanks for the :+fav:!
thanks a lot for the watch and following my work. i really appreciate it.

have a nice day
Enchanting Artwork and Style!

Well Done!