Adventure
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Travel Photography | Eyup | Istanbul Turkey
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Eyup | Istanbul Turkey “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Travel Photography | Children of Balat | Istanbul Turkey
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Children of Balat | Istanbul Turkey Balat is the traditional Jewish quarter in the Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located on the European side of Istanbul, in the old city on the historic peninsula, on the western bank of the Golden Horn. (Another Istanbul neighborhood deeply associated with Jewish settlement is Kuzguncuk on the Asian shore.) Today Balat is a working-class district on the shores of the Golden Horn. Though it once had as many as nineteen synagogues, only two of importance remain, the famous Ahrida, and the neighboring Yanbol. The site of a Jewish school is close by, and Or Ahayim Jewish Hospital…
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Travel Photography | Eyup | Istanbul Turkey
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Ferry Terminal Eyup | Istanbul Turkey © 2012 Wazari Wazir | People Line Up To Get Into Ferry From Eyup Ferry Terminal | Eyup Istanbul Turkey © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Eyup Sultan Camii | Eyup Mosque | Eyup | Istanbul Turkey Eyüp is a municipality (belediye) and district of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea. Eyüp is also the name of a prominent neighborhood and former village in the district, located at the confluence of the Kağıthane and Alibey streams at the head of the Golden Horn. The…
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Istanbul | Travel Photography Tips | Don’t Forget To Take An Establishing Shots
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Eminonu | Istanbul Turkey Have you ever read any travel photography magazines lately? Have you look at their centre spread? Normally most travel; magazines, especially when the article focus on one particular city or country will use a centre spread to put an establishing shot, normally it will involved a wide angle view of certain places, main attraction of that particular place, to put context to the photograph and also a way to introduce the viewers to the geographical location of a particular scene just like in the movie. This establishing shot does not look great in small size, because it is complicated, there is so…
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Travel Photography | Istanbul Turkey | Aya Sofya | Hagia Sophia in False Color
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Aya Sofya | Hagia Sophia | Istanbul Turkey I know that this kind of colors does not goes well for many travel photographer because, it was unrealistic but, Aya Sofya or Hagia Sophia has been photographs for more than a million times from every possible imaginable angle and I think this kind of false color treatment will bring a new look to this iconic building. When most visitors spend one or two hours here, inside the Aya Sofya, I spent more than four hours inside and try to photograph as much as I can because I cannot came here everyday and I don’t know when…