Assignment
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Photoshop Workshop | Kota Kinabalu Sabah
I will be in Kota Kinabalu Sabah from 13th to 20th March 2010 to visit my mothers-in-law or my wife family there, actually the whole family is coming here, me, my wife and my son, it’s been more than a year since my wife and my son came here in Kota Kinabalu. This coming school holiday, I think it is the right time to come and visit our family here. My son HaiQal is growing up already, and hopefully he will enjoy his holiday here. While I was in Kota Kinabalu I will conducted a small or Mini Photoshop Editing Workshop fro a small group of people. I’ve done this…
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Direct Flash Photography Syndrome
This is not a beautiful artistic picture that people normally will hang on their wall, some people may think this is just a snap shot picture, a piece of cake picture that everybody can take, well easier said than done, if only you know how many photographers are here struggling to get this shot, more than twenty photographers if I’m not mistaken are struggling to fit into a very crowded space with all members of Cabinet Ministers present here. It is very tough situation. I’ve already wrote about why PRESS photographers use “Direct Flash” before. In this situation it is not advisable to use bounce flash, to be safe and…
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Why Press Photographer Use Direct Flash
© 2009 Wazari Wazir | The Photographers Why PRESS Photographers use direct flash? Lately there is misunderstanding among my friends of photographers about why PRESS photographers especially doesn’t use “Bounce Flash” doing their coverage of news related matter. Some of them think that shooting with a direct flash considered to be unprofessional, there will be harsh shadows if we use direct flash compared to bounce flash, to some extend they are right about those harsh shadows when using direct flash especially when the distance between the person that we photograph and the background, the wall for an example is close. The number one reason why PRESS doesn’t use bounce flash…
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Steve McCurry Masterclass Workshops
Mentioning Steve McCurry and most photographers will immediately refer him to the famous Afghan Girl name Sharbat Gula who grace the National Geographic Magazine cover in 1985. It is an iconic image until this day. Most people especially photographers knows about the story and about how after seventeen years Steve McCurry manage to trace her again. I was very lucky to have the opportunity to attend his class, Steve McCurry Masterclass – Photography Workshop organize by Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in association with Epson Malaysia on 8th January 2010. I don’t want to write a long story here, just wanted to share something that I learn from his workshops. One…
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Built Rapport With The People You Photograph
I’ve the opportunity attending Public Talk by Steve McCurry at Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia Kuala Lumpur in conjunction with his latest exhibition title A Common Faith: Steve McCurry’s Travels through the Muslim World on 7th January 2010. Steve McCurry is very famous with his Afghan girl portrait but I’m not going to talk about that picture. What I’m interested is how Steve approach his subject or in this case, people he photograph. Steve tells us that we must respect the person we photograph, they are not a “Subject”, they are just a person, normal human being like the rest of us and deserved to be treat as one. Don’t just…
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