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  • 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…

  • Emotion,  Family,  Life

    Family Photography | A Moment to Remember

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | My Family Having a Great Time at KLCC Park | 50mm | f/1.8 |  1/2000 | ISO 200 “If these picture have anything important to say to future generations, it’s this – I was here, existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture” – Robin Williams –  (One Hour Photo Movie) Sometimes we have to make a photograph instead of take the photograph. Taking an picture is shooting a photo as a reaction, without any preparation, while making a photograph is a process. In this case, I’m making a photograph where I try…

  • Family,  Moment,  Portraiture

    Photography Tips | Simple Way on How To Get Great Bokeh

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son | 50mm | f/1.8 | ISO 200 | 1/250 “Bokeh” has evolved somewhat from its original meaning. Bokeh is now commonly used to refer to blurred lights or shapes within an image, where as, the term more accurately describes the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus area of a photograph. Therefore, it is possible to have ‘good’ or ‘bad’ bokeh, (although that is purely subjective), but in essence, it’s all about the area of an image that falls outside the depth-of-field. The term comes from the Japanese  word boke (暈け or ボケ), which means “blur” or “haze”, or boke-aji (ボケ味), the “blur quality”.…

  • 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,  Family,  Moment

    Family Photography | A Moment to Remember

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | A Moment to Remember “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”  – Henry David Thoreau –  “Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has yet to come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering”  – Ida Scott Taylor – “A Life is Measured by Moments Like These”…