namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 7 days ago35mm film in the streets of YerevanIt has been a while but I feel like the love and itch for shooting film has returned. With prices in Armenia for film being incredibly high, I never really bothered to buy any.…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 9 days agoPhotographing Armenia's Prime Minister I said recently that the chaos seems to follow me. Well, today it was more true than ever. I left my apartment around the time I usually do, not looking forward to the short walk…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 12 days agoPhotography during a stormAfter my little street photography session yesterday, I got caught up in a storm. Heavy rains that made everyone in the city immediately take shelter. Cracks of thunder above.…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 13 days agoA little street photography in black and white Still don't really feel like writing but I'm sitting in a cafe now escaping the sun a bit. Incredibly intense. And acter a few hours of running around the streets I felt like…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 16 days agoEmbracing the chaosThe tourist season is picking up in Yerevan, as are the temperatures. I have been getting out a lot while also trying to avoid some of those more touristic areas where the crowds…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 27 days agoClose EncountersYesterday Yerevan was packed with people for a day of Armenian dances. Streets closed off entirely. People everywhere. So much noise from speakers. The sun was intense. While I…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • last monthThe 111th Anniversary of the Armenian GenocideApril 24th is the remembrance day to the Armenian Genocide which took place back in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. In recent years the date has also grown to become a…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • last monthOn photography and luckYet again I find myself uploading a few photographs here and just sitting looking at them, incapable of finding some words to say. I guess you could call it writer's block, but…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 2 months agoOn Free WillFor the most part I think we don't actually have free will. A lot of our lives are predetermined based on where we live, how we're brought up, and the conditions we find…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 2 months ago35mm film street photographyWith another trip to Georgia out of the way, I feel absolutely awful. A lack of sleep from the past few days. Immense hay fever that sprung up out of nowhere leading to blocked…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 2 months agoPhotographing a 1950s Soviet Culture House's last performanceFinally I have something to write about that doesn't really require much thought! Still facing the writer's block, but yesterday I watched as a piece of history was lost. The…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 2 months agoCapturing the rainy streetsStill feels next to impossible to write anything. Whenever I think of doing so it feels like the biggest challenge I've had in years. I've usually been pretty good with it…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 2 months agoOn good bad news and rainy daysIt has been almost twenty days since my last post. That's the longest break I've had from Hive in a long time. Though, I still don't quite feel like writing and this certainly is…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 3 months agoOn hardships and moving onI don't really want to go too into details, but I recently found out that my mother has incurable cancer. In a few weeks, the family finds out generally how much time she has…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 3 months agoThe United Nations said no fun allowedI feel sick lately. Like I have been incubating a bit of a cold or something over the week. On and off days where towards the evening I start feeling a bit unwell. A cough is…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 3 months agoSoviet mosaics and cultural eventsI almost wasn't going to post today. I haven't in a week now. But I knew if I didn't force myself to do it, that break would only continue and I'd find more reasons and excuses…namiks (77)FILMMAKERin Movies & TV Shows • 4 months ago'Detectorists' is a fun, unique British showI never really watch anything British. I've mentioned in the past that the television industry there for the most part fails to really capture my attention, but sometimes…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 4 months agoRoaming old neighbourhoodsI had an hour to walk around earlier and decided to photograph a place that I have often walked through bu not taken any stills of. It's a quiet and old Soviet neighbourhood that…namiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 4 months agoThe excitement for springAfter a few weeks of really intense cold weather and snow, everything is starting to clear a bit. A little bit of rain here and there. The odd bit of snow that soon comes and…namiks (77)FILMMAKERin Movies & TV Shows • 4 months ago'Shogun' and well-made televisionI was having a conversation last night that wasn't exactly optimistic. It was one that detailed the struggle to find 'good' media these days. One that explored the fact that for…
