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Though henna is a girly thing but in villages of Bangladesh man use to redden their hands with hennas... I found that guy selling mangoes near the street who's nails were still hennaed and had a great smile on his face... When I pointed my camera on his hand he suddenly beckoned me to wait and took a mango and hold it in front of his face...
Although the mango hid his face but you can see his decent smile in his eyes and the fading reddish color on his nails......
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i don’t have strong feelings about tattoos. but the act of getting a tattoo—needle into skin—puts me ill at ease. so for this theme, i chose to get a henna tattoo. the end result is beautiful, fleeting art. and i found myself filled with glee when a guy at the grocery store said, “nice ink on your hand. where did you get it done?” for that short moment, it was a real tattoo.
ps: my initial plan was to walk into a local biker bar and hope for nice light on the liquor bottles—and a friendly bartender. i just didn’t have it in me this week. :)
[30:52, find a situation that puts you ill at ease and make an image]
When I first saw this bird in my lens, I thought this is strange a bird that looks like a Song Sparrow but with an orange head. Then I thought perhaps a Song Sparrow in breeding colors, When I got home and actually looked at the image on my computer. I realized perhaps this little Song Sparrow gave itself a pollen henna! :-) I googled Song Sparrow in breeding colors and saw no images with a orange head. So my conclusion is pollen.
Any thoughts??
Enjoy your day everyone! :-)
A friend got engaged over the weekend; this is the henna I did for her.
She was VERY good at following aftercare instructions and got a KILLER dark stain! =) I should have taken a couple of pics w/out flash...the stain here looks red/orange, wheras in real life, it was more of a dark cherry brown.
Lillie's hair after Henna. I can't believe how even and shiny it is! She had natural roots, then rose colored hair, and the ends had the remains of black dye in them. Yeah.
My pal Alex lent me her leg to do some bridal henna. I am so sorry,, but I have lost the artists name that gave me the inspiration.
I ran into Melissa at the renaissance faire today, and got to see the henna I did on her, about 4 days ago. She always stains sooo well!!
Abeer's hands were absolutely amazing...some of the most intricate henna I have seen thus far!
more at www.lynettej.com
This design was a commissioned piece for a woman writing a book about paisleys; the model is my former henna assistant, now henna artist Constance. I will post the photographer's shot of this which will show it paste-off.
We did this design in a Starbucks in Hell's Kitchen because the model couldn't come to my place and I could make it to hers. The manager kicked us out because he said that the customers were complaining about the smell of the henna. I use tea tree and niaoli in my paste. Most customers swoon over the smell of my paste, but I guess it doesn't go very well with the smell of coffee. Their loss!
More at www.kenzi.com
This was the first henna I did for a bride. She is a Turk, while henna for a bride in Turkey is tradition intricate henna designs are not. She told me that in the henna night the bride receives only a blotch in the middle of the hand to symbolize the bride prize paid by the groom. You can still see the round henna blotch in the right hand which she has got at her henna night.
Henna or mehndi is not a tattoo which is made with a needle to bring the color pigments beneath the upper layer of the skin and therefore painful and permanent.
To draw such fine lines the finely grounded laeves of the henna shrub is in a first step well sifted, than mixed with warm water. After several hours of let sit the paste the strained paste is filled in a cone or syringue to lay very thin and delicate strings on the skin, which will stain the skin red. THlS DOESN'T HURT AT ALL, but you have to be careful not to smudge the henna and also very patient, because henna needs between 6 to 8 hours to develop a color.
This picuture shows the mehndi after painting the henna on the hand. For that the henna rest moistened for several hours it is sealed with a coat of sugar water.
The patterns I do, are derived from the henna and khidab artwork I saw in Yemen two years ago. They are also known as gulf style or Khalidji. (Khalidj means in Arabic Gulf)
On my website www.henna-und-mehr.de (available in French and German) you can see several little videos how henna is mixed and applied:
1.) how the paste is prepared: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hzuberei_T1.mov
2,) how henna is applied with a syringe: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaauftrag_T1.mov
3.) how it is applied with a cone : www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaqidra2.mov
A friend recently got engaged; this is the henna I did for her.
design inspired by kiran of lovemhendi
henna by sumeyya; hennacraze
[Guess what? Took this pic with my cell phone... and used my black coat as the background, lol ] ;)
I think I could easily write some poem starting with this sentence.
I love trees.
Inspired by this. (Check this stream !)
Drew that in chemistry class. My friends thought it was henna :)
I love trees because they calm me. At least forests or huge trees do. I prefer the european trees to mediterranean ones though. I love how wind and light play with the leaves..
People's lifes are like leaves. Elles s'envolent en un clin d'oeil. Thought of doing a photo of the butterfly effect, but i think that these leaves can represent the same thing.
Ten.
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Henna I did for a photoshoot. The arabic calligraphy is "gharam" which is the "love that makes you cry like a whale". The original calligraphy is from "Les Cent Noms de l'Amour" by Malek Chebel and Lassaad Metoui
Casament Sahrauí;
..."La núvia es vesteix amb una melhfa de color negre, pinta les seves mans amb Henna i es cobreix amb elements de joieria moderna i tradicional, de plata...
...En la segona de les tres nits de noces les amigues de la núvia l'amaguen en alguna tenda veïna, en un desafiament al nuvi perquè la trobi en prova del seu amor. Mentre ella continua rebent regals i perfums, el nuvi furga i espia cerimonialment amb els seus amics"...
www.publiboda.com/bodas_originales/sahara/index.html
www.elpuercoespin.com.ar/2011/06/14/boda-en-auserd-sahara/
Campaments Refugiats Sahrauís - Dajla.
First of all, my hair's normally not that awful looking, but I just came out of the shower and my hair always gets really frizzy when it dries up outside D:
Second of all, you can't really see it here because I've made the colours even warmer in Photoshop ;), but my hair's not really red anymore :( Somehow, for the first time ever, henna failed on me! I do know why, I think, it's my own fault... but I decided that, for one time only, I'll dye my hair a bright red, like the red in the background, like this! :) Don't worry, my hair won't fall out, although I've been dying it a lot lately... But henna is actually GOOD for your hair! So the last time didn't really count ;) Plus I can already feel that my hair's feeling better because of the henna :) I'll be using it FOREVER after the red hairdye I've just bought.
I was hired to do a mommy-to-be belly as a surprise for the mommy-to-be, but she had an even bigger surprise when her baby came early. As there was no big belly to henna I did her hands instead. Her baby was still in the NICU at the time of the shower so mommy was able to get completely pampered. She was due to bring her baby home the next day.
This is an old selfie when I look surprisingly normal for that time, perhaps I am going to meet friends at a café and want to surprise them by looking mainstream, perhaps it is Jesus or Polizei I am talking to or Uncle Henna?
I do wonder if I could have snook in to the café without anyone noticing that I was there without make-up and flashy vividly colored clothing and my hair hidden under this wooly?
who knows since my memory can recall it :)
I guess the picture was taken when I was in my mid 20ies?
Peace of Noise!
/ MushroomBrain illusion of normality
This is some henna I didn for a bride who is getting married in Woodstock. She is wearing sandals with thin straps so that the henna is really visible. She only wanted her feet done so that they will peek out under the dress when she walks. The bride is half Puerto Rican and half Ashkenazi jew; she is beautiful and looks like she could be Indian, Brazilian or Moroccan.
More at www.kenzi.com
There are things that we take for granted sometimes because it comes cheap. A Henna session with a beautician from the local parlour costs 1 hour and about Rs. 1250, approximately US $ 25 or 30.
I'm floored by the fact how many people don't make notice of such subtle beautiful things in life.
I have a soft corner for henna, i've always loved to have it as a kid and its been ages since i had henna on my hands last. I wish someone would married in the family or in my friends circle and i could use that as an excuse to post self portraits of me hands with henna.
I'm sorry about the F/2.8. I wish i could have had the tripod and shot this at F/11 or F/13 with better lighting but i was rushed to have dinner the lovely people around me were like "Enough of pictures, when are you gonna eat, come get dinner...!"
Sigh, a photographers life is always a battle of love between his camera and his people who love him, im sure most of you can relate to what im saying on a very personal note. LOL!
Canon EOS 400D with the Canon EF 100MM F/2.8 USM Macro. Manual, F/2.8 at 1/80th of a Second, Hand held. ISO400, Canon Speedlite 430EX, Fill Flash Fired.
The wonderful photographer Nancy Rothstein took this photo of the henna I did for SriLalita. Please check out her work at www.nancyrothstein.com
Or for more henna designs, www.hennalounge.com
These are different views of the henna I did for a client who is undergoing a chemotherapy. Instead of waering a wig she wanted that I henna her bald head with flowers. She loves in particular hibiskus and so i created for her this design in which the hibiskus is prominent.
Henna or mehndi is not a tattoo which is made with a needle to bring the color pigments beneath the upper layer of the skin and therefore painful and permanent.
To draw such fine lines the finely grounded laeves of the henna shrub is in a first step well sifted, than mixed with warm water. After several hours of let sit the paste the strained paste is filled in a cone or syringue to lay very thin and delicate strings on the skin, which will stain the skin red. THlS DOESN'T HURT AT ALL, but you have to be careful not to smudge the henna and also very patient, because henna needs between 6 to 8 hours to develop a color.
This picuture shows the mehndi after painting the henna on the haed. For that the henna rest moistened for several hours it is sealed with a coat of sugar water.
The patterns I do, are derived from the henna and khidab artwork I saw in Yemen two years ago. They are also known as gulf style or Khalidji. (Khalidj means in Arabic Gulf)
On my website www.henna-und-mehr.de (available in French and German) you can see several little videos how henna is mixed and applied:
1.) how the paste is prepared: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hzuberei_T1.mov
2,) how henna is applied with a syringe: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaauftrag_T1.mov
3.) how it is applied with a cone : www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaqidra2.mov
This is some henna I did for a bride who is getting married in Woodstock. She is wearing sandals with thin straps so that the henna is really visible. She only wanted her feet done so that they will peek out under the dress when she walks. The bride is half Puerto Rican and half Ashkenazi jew; she is beautiful and looks like she could be Indian, Brazilian or Moroccan. (my cat sneaked into the photo)
More at www.kenzi.com
Henna I did at a fourth of july campout weekend 2 years ago. Summers on the way, so get ready people, go get some art!
mmm, jada's ass. I was lucky to have such a lucious canvas!
-- I was a bit drunk, the compass rose thing is off-center....it was a party.
The mom to be is a graphic designer and wanted paisleys in her belly henna..............I did matching hand designs for her partner :)
Henna I did at a fourth of july campout weekend last year. Summers on the way, so get ready people, go get some art!
film. sooc
infinity henna i had in december (:
so, i'm feeling really overwhelmed lately. i have SO much going on in school right now. so many assignments, deadlines... things to worry about. and i feel like i'm on the edge of a canyon about to totally plunge to my death lol. flickr is a big distraction, yes, but there's no way i'm giving it up. noope. i love it and you guys way too much ♥
Concerts in the park are fun, especially when the weather is fine.
It started as a sunny day -- a good idea to spend the day outdoors listening to music, we thought.
Henna Emilia and her band were onstage when we arrived at Alpipuisto in Helsinki. I liked her music and decided to approach her backstage once the concert was over. Meanwhile I took pictures and enjoyed the lovely weather, it didn't last for long though. A thunderstorm started just after the band was done and heavy rain kept falling for over an hour.
Lots of people pulled out umbrellas and remained sitting on the grass, some sought shelter under the trees. The music went on and then the sun came back again.
That's summer in Finland !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy_ZjQMNomI
When Henna was done with the concert, I walked around to catch her offstage. I waited for her to assemble her guitar and other instruments and then called out her name for her attention. She approached the fence and I asked whether I could take some pictures of her.
I told her about my photo project and asked a few questions to get to know her.
Henna Emilia, 32 y/o, has started her interest in music as a little girl. Already at the age of 17 she had her first music band. She has been into music ever since.
"When you want to do something in your life, do it." Henna answers my question about her message to the world.
"Don't be afraid to try things. As cliché as it may sound, it is the things you wanted to do and didn't that you will regret one day."
"What's your challenge at the moment, Henna?"
"To be more open, to allow myself be vulnerable."
It was a pleasure talking to Henna. I appreciated the time she gave me and promised to send her pictures which I already did.
"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take, relationships we are afraid to have and the decisions we waited too long to make."
This is my 480th submission to The Human Family group.
Visit the group here to see more portraits and stories: www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily.
Thank you to Erin Beach for allowing me to use these images of the henna I did for Dana's wedding. Check out Erin's work at www.erinbeach.com
This is the bridal henna I did for an Indian bride marrying an Afghani man; the henna party was a nice mix of both sides of the family plus friends from all over the world.
Henna I did on Nick feet...I do not care for it, the design or my execution of it. Oh well...live and learn.
Henna I did for a New Jersey bride. She picked out a bunch of photos from Flickr of my work as well as that of some of my favorite artists like Riffat, Darcy, Neeta etc. We had fun going through all the photos she picked out figuring out what she liked about them and then putting together all those things into coherent (I think) designs.
from right to left
1.chestnut
2.rosemary
3.rose
4.henna
I bought some pure wool yarns and dyed them in my kitchen.It's my first time trying natural dyeing,the result came out quite surprising.
I was tagged today by Puzzlemint (thanks girl) to list 25 things about me. I'm tagging five people too.
Here goes:
1. I am NOT a fan of summertime weather!
2. I wish I could eat cake & ice cream for breakfast every day!
3. I have been in weight watchers for 6 weeks to lose weight because I like sweets & french fries too much!
4. One night at work, on a quiet weather day, the electricity flickered on & off once quickly & I found out later that at that exact time my father passed away. I think he came to say goodbye.
5. I was a competitive gymnast until I was 15.
6. Every night before bed, I get on my ipod & feed the fish in my ten tanks on Tap Fish. I'm addicted!
7. I love ghost stories!
8. My husband lets me sleep in & takes the kids to school. I feel guilt but I hate mornings.
9. My tubes are tied but I sometimes wish I could have just one more. A daughter would be nice to add to my sweet family!
10. My husband helps me color my hair with henna. I love him for that!
11. I was a VERY shy as a kid, but made the cheerleading squad my junior year. I don't think I ever would have been crowned Basketball Royalty Queen had I been brave enough to try out for cheer. I was quite proud of that.
12. But I still feel ill at ease at social gatherings.
13. I'm DYING for a soda right now!!!!! It's been 6 weeks!
14. My life is GREAT right now. I'm just happy!
15. I got a 25% paycut recently & was crushed! But I know things will be all right.
16. I'm a die hard fan of America's Next Top model. I hate if I have to miss it! Seems like a silly show for a 41 year old to love but I don't care. ;0)
17. Just minutes ago, I finished making deviled eggs for the FIRST TIME. I have a feeling they aren't going to be good! ;0)
18. I'm hoping I don't have to get a new job (since I got the paycut) because I love having about 3 weeks off each month.
19. I went to see double features at the movies 2 weeks in a row & could have seen more! I love the movie theatre experience & even get teary-eyed during previews! I'm such a goob!
20. I've been to 40 of the 50 United States & seen 16 countries but haven't travelled in about 4 years. I'm READY for more!
21. Yesterday, my dog & I laid in the grass for about 20 minutes enjoying the sun & wind. The photo for this post is one of the photos I took while laying there. It was fabulous!
22. 2 days ago, the first thought I had when I wolk up was that it was my mom's birthday & I need to call her. I did & completely forgot to wish her a Happy Birthday. A few hours later at work, I felt so bad when I remembered that I rushed to the mall for a present & a cake & ran to her house. Bad daughter!
23. I love to buy new music for my ipod but I don't listen to it that often. NERD!
24. I wish I could take lots of art classes.
25. I love fruit smelling lotions more than flowery ones.
A really lovely bridal client from this summer wanted to throw a party for her girlfriends and had me come do henna. I love doing henna at gigs like this because I get to meet really cool women and I get to really take my time on each design.
10 (or so) things about me
I was tagged by the lovely Lolly and dear Katrin - Thank you ladies :)
1. I get ear shivers. If you get them too, you'll know what I'm talking about even if you call them something different (or don't name them at all!) When mine happen in the presence of other people, that's the explanation I offer ;)
2. My favorite food when I was a kid was Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. I could never have it at home - only at friend's houses or on backpacking trips when my folks would allow it as a treat. The irony of this is not lost on me as I now emulate the whole foods cooking and eating of my early childhood. I confess that I have enjoyed it at least once in the last year when trying to avoid a grocery run (There was a box in the camping gear. No idea how old, 2 years? 5? It got eaten. It was highly nostalgic and totally out of line with my food priorities. I'm grossed out by the fact that I enjoyed every stinkin' orange bite.)
3. Regardless of the Mac&Cheese love, food is very important to me (on many levels)! If it's been 3+ hours since my last meal, I'm not all that enjoyable to be around - ranging from unfocussed flightiness to downright grumpy-ass. Hence my fondness for Snacks :)
4. I have serious trouble remembering how old I am.
5. I married my high school boyfriend/best friend Tad (some of you know that one already) We've been together 17 years. Best thing I ever did.
6. We're "Transplants" - We live in North Carolina, USA but are from New Hampshire/Vermont - we were driven south by a particularly bad winter nearly 10 years ago. I'm starting to develop an accent, depending on who I'm speaking with. This amuses Tad immensely.
7. I went skydiving for my 30th birthday (how many years ago?) - I always wanted to go. Scared me absolutely out of my mind. I'm generally pretty good in emergency situations, but I lost all reason, and I think that is what terrified me the most. Glad I had the experience. Will NEVER do it again.
8. Tad and I are beginning to plan for our first trip out of the country since our first anniversary/belated honeymoon in Ireland in 1999 - We've been dreaming about this a long time - so much so that making a decision of where to go is going to be the hardest part
9. My hair is not really red (It's henna). I suppose it's a faux pas to confess this, but it's inevitably going to come out in my YIP, so I may as well out it now. I sometimes refer to it as my last shred of vanity. And speaking of my hair, this is the longest it has ever been in my entire life (by a good 5" or so). It's coming off in a couple weeks (I'm counting the days. It's incredibly thick and heavy and It's long enough to get myself stuck by laying on it in bed which freaks me out a bit).
10. I first went to college for music (voice) - But I didn't really want to teach, and painful stage fright as well as a rather mediocre level of skill finally convinced me that it would be in my best interests to change my major. I've never regretted it. And I still sing my heart out in my car ;)
I've tagged some knitterly and blog camp-erly friends, play along if you like!
Thanks to the mentions from Miss Buckle and others, I stopped being intimidated, broke out my camera manual and learned how to set the white balance manually - Weehooo! What a difference!! Even though the focus is a little off ;) And I have a dog hair on my shoulder (only one?)
I just love doing henna for pregnant ladies, it's a moment in time to share in the wonder all over again, and to feel the bub moving under my hand is just magic.
It is such a beautiful, feminine time of life, and what better way to celebrate than to adorn that womanly body with henna! I feel honoured every time.
There will be professional shots done of this in a few days time. Can't wait!