Art

  • Art,  Family,  Travel

    Making a Photograph | A Moment to Remember | Kota Kinabalu Sabah

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | My Family Having Dinner at Kota Kinabalu In my previous post, I’ve written about Making a Photograph and taking a photograph, so in this case I’m making a photograph while having dinner with my family at Kota Kinabalu Sabah. The location of this food stalls is just next to Kota Kinabalu Wet Market and not very far from the big iconic Marlin fish statue. Why I call this “making a photograph”? I chose the right location where I can get the fishing boats in view and also this area is quite bright for me to use the natural light without using flash, in fact I…

  • Art,  Travel

    Master Black and White Photoshop Editing

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Akasaka Place | Tokyo | Original Photograph © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Variety of Black and White and Sepia Editing If you have been following me all this while, you will noticed that I love doing black and white Photoshop editing, especially for my sons picture. Actually the method of my editing also can be applied to a wide range of subjects, not necessarily for portrait, you can also use it for landscape and architectural photograph like the photograph above. There are many ways to turn your picture into black and white in Photoshop and I’ve try most of the technique but the most important…

  • Art,  Family,  Life,  Moment

    Happiness | The Joy of Childhood

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Joy of Childhood “To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear…

  • Art,  Travel

    Once Upon a Time in Tokyo | Imperial Palace Guard

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Imperial Palace Guard | Tokyo Japan While waiting outside The Imperial Palace for the State Banquet to finished, I took a photograph of this great looking Imperial Palace Guard, it was quite dark here but what attracted me to photograph this man is I that, like the quality of light that falls on this man face. I’ve to increased the ISO to 4000 to get this shot with 24-70mm, zoom at 70mm and using f/2.8. With that EXIF Data, you can imagined how dark the place is. I can’t change my position because there is another photographers on my left and right hand side, waiting…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Kembara Fotografi | Istanbul Turkey

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kembara Fotografi | Istanbul Turki | Turkey Saya pernah ke Istanbul pada tahun 2009, atas urusan kerja mengikuti Timbalan Perdana Menteri YAB Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yang pada ketika itu menghadiri salah satu persidangan antarabangsa di sana. Bagi sesetengah orang mungkin beranggapan, kalau dah pernah pergi Istanbul, nak buat apa pergi lagi, pergilah tempat lain pula. Cukuplah sekali, bagi saya tidak, saya tidak puas dengan Istanbul, sewaktu mengikuti rombongan TPM, saya hanya dapat melihat sebahagian kecil sahaja Istanbul, hanya sempat sekali sahaja berjalan di atas Jambatan Galata, punya sedikit masa untuk jalan-jalan di dalam Spice Bazaar, begitu juga punya masa yang amat terhad di dalam Masjid Biru…