Malaysia

  • Art,  Black and White,  Emotion,  Expression,  Malaysia,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Travel

    Child Photography | Curious About Life

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Langkawi “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths”. ( Walt Disney ) After spending my Eid-ulFitr with my family in Kuala Lumpur, we went to Langkawi Island for a short holiday. Just three of us, myself, my wife and my son HaiQal. Most of my friends and relative don’t know that we went to Langkawi, I know that we supposed to visit as many “open house” as possible but most of my friends “balik kampung” or went to visit their family away from Kuala Lumpur, where I live, since my…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Light,  Malaysia,  Travel

    Sunrise | My Hometown

    © 2006  Wazari Wazir | Sunrise | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo This photograph may seem like unreal or maybe surreal,but the truth is, it is real photograph, taken in 2006 at my wife hometown in Kuala Penyu Sabah, my wife hometown is my hometown also. There was a paddy field in the foreground but because I want to concentrate on the sunrise, I’ve to underexpose this picture a bit in order to get a rich sunrise tone and leaving the paddy field in dark area and can’t be seen in this photograph, but it was there in the shadow area. My hometown is rustic, tranquil, beautiful, very quiet, far…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Malaysia,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Black and White Photography Tips

    © 2007 Wazari Wazir  | Black and White Photography Please don’t be surprise, you are still at my blog, wazari wazir blog, I know it may come to most of you as a surprise when you see this kind of a picture, a pebbles, usually I don’t post this kind of a picture, to those of you who are familiar with my style, knows that I like to shoot portrait and this still life shot is not something that you would expect in my blog, the reason is, I want to share with you some of the secret recipe of great black and white photographs. I took the  picture above…

  • Assignment,  Face,  History,  Malaysia,  People,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Happy 53rd Malaysia Independence Day

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia Independence Day Parade | Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur Today 31st August 2010, is Malaysia  53rd Independence Day. This is file picture taken in August 2008 at Merdeka Square Kuala Lumpur. This year the celebration was taken place at Putra Stadium Bukit Jalil Kuala Lumpur, it was indoor stadium, just like last year, this year the Independence Day fall in Ramadan, fasting month for all muslim worldwide. To all Malaysian, I would like to wish Happy 53rd Malaysia Independence Day. As a Photographer or anyone who have interest in photography we can show our love for Malaysia through photography, by sharing what a beautiful country…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Emotion,  Face,  Hitam Putih,  Life,  Love,  Malaysia,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | A Picture is worth a Thousand Words | A Portrait of My Family A picture is worth a thousand words, we have heard this quote, time and time again, and it was so true, sometimes words just not enough, we need to show it visually, so people can understand a story without telling it verbally. The quote above is sometimes attributed to emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who said “Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours,” or “A good sketch is better than a long speech”. A picture above is a picture of my wife and my son, sharing a happy moment together, my wife try…