Travel and Photography | Picturesque Kota Belud Sabah

© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Kota Belud Sabah | Borneo

“Photography is a funny thing. It is a way to capture a moment, explore the world, create art and tell a story. Its beauty lies in the feelings it conveys to the viewer, which can differ vastly from person to person.

Yet a camera cannot truly capture all the human eye can see; the subtle changes of light, shades of colour and depth of our view can never be fully realised in a frame. And still, there is a beauty and magnificence that a single image can convey that is beyond description.

It is a paradox and a challenge that photographers have been chasing since Niépce produced his first photograph nearly 200 years ago. The passion of the photographer is in the chase for that perfect image, the moment when anyone who sees it sits in silent awe and the artist finally smiles in satisfaction. The chase never ends.”

– Adirondack –

I wish I can elaborate  some more, but I think those words from Adirondack has said it all. I can never do justice to this beautiful place in Kota Belud Sabah with my photograph. It doesn’t matter whether I use the most expensive camera ever available or the most greatest lens ever produced to captured the beauty of this place, it can never be done.

The best thing that I can do is to photograph this place with a great composition, waiting for the right moment and captured at its best when the lighting is great. If my image succeed in getting you here or at least inspire you to visit this place on your own, then I think, I’ve done something to this place.

One of the reason why people travel is because they get inspired by the photograph that they have seen on the internet, they get inspired by the photographs that they have seen in a glossy magazines and seeing it in prints is not enough, they need to travel there physically, seeing it with their very own naked eye. Otherwise why bother wasting times and money traveling here and there, when we can watch all of the beauty that this world has to offer on our computer screen, the experience will never be the same.