Family
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Portrait Photography | Expression Beats Perfection
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son | Blue Valley | Cameron Highlands “Epression beats perfection any day of the week, and if you have the most perfect photograph in the universe it’s a zero if you have no expression from your subjects.” – Bambi Cantrell – When it comes to portrait photography, I’ve to agree with Bambi Cantrell quote above “Expression Beats Perfection”. If you are familiar with portrait photography, more or less the pose is almost the same but what makes each portrait differ from one another is the expression from the subjects, whether they are smiling, laughing, serious or sad looking face. There is so much…
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Photography Composition Tips | Negative Space
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Take a Break With Ice Cream | 50mm | f/1.8 | 1/640 | ISO 200 Basically Negative space is the space within a photograph which is left unused. Negative space is a great way to help add emphasis to your main subject. Negative space usually is an empty space, it is not an important part of the photograph and usually we don’t focus on that area and most of the times we leave the empty space out of focus or blur but nevertheless if we use it wisely it can have a profound impact to the photograph. Actually there are three main component when it comes…
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Basic Photography | Composition and Storytelling
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | My Son Having Fun at Independence Square | Dataran Merdeka | Kuala Lumpur Photographers always associate composition as The Art of Seeing, Composition is a key element of good photographs. How you compose your picture will have an impact on how it will perceived by the viewers. There is so much you can show and there is so little that you can show depending on your intention. If you just wanted to show your subject (portrait) then maybe using fast lens with big aperture will throw away the background and make your subject stand out, make it the main focus in the photograph. On the other hand if…
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Basic Photography | Why Using High ISO Does Matter
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Book Worm | 24mm | ISO 1600 | f/2.8 | 1/25 I believe that most of of you knows that the best ISO is always the lowest ISO like ISO 100 and below and using High ISO should be always your last resort when using Low ISO can’t do the job for whatever reason. As many of you already know, ISO number refer to the sensitivity of the sensor towards the light, the higher the ISO, the more sensitive the sensor towards the light and this will give you the advantage to use higher shutter speed compared to if you use Lower ISO which will…
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Kids Photography | How to Take Gorgeous Photos of Your Kids
© 2011 Digital Photography School | How To Take Gorgeous Photos of Your Kids | by Rachel Devine Personally for me this is among the best eBook about how to take gorgeous photos of your kids that I’ve bought, full with great ideas and inspiration, including something that have never cross mind mind, I wish Digital Photography School have produce this eBook when my son HaiQal was still a “newborn”. I believe if you have followed my blog for awhile knew that I love taking picture of my son and with this new eBook from DPS, I wish I can make it better using some of the suggestion. This eBook is…