Portraiture

  • Art,  Expression,  Face,  Malaysia,  People,  Photoshop,  Portraiture,  Portraiture Workshops,  Workshops Photoshop

    Portrait Photography | Senior Portraiture | Close Up

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Senior Muslimah Portraiture This photograph were taken during Spylens Studio photography workshop held in Lok Kawi outskirts of Kota Kianablu Sabah. It was taken purely with just natural light, without reflector. I’m not doing any senior photography business but if I’ve free times and if I get an invitation from my photography friends, I will join them for fun. I like to get a close up shot of the person I’m photographing, just like a portrait of My son, I like to get really close and I’m not interested to get cheeky smiling face on my photograph. I like my subject to relax, maybe a…

  • Art,  Life,  Malaysia,  Photoshop,  Portraiture

    Basic Photoshop | How To Open JPG File in Adobe Camera RAW ACR

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Adobe Bridge Some people have asked me, how they can open JPG file in ACR or Adobe Camera RAW, some of you maybe don’t know that, you can open JPG file and edit it in ACR or Adobe Camera RAW. Actually it was very simple and straight process, you really don’t need to shoot in RAW to open your file in ACR but RAW have more data compared to JPG file but if you just wanted some basic editing control, opening the file in ACR will be good enough. Adobe Photoshop comes with Adobe Bridge, it was not to be purchase separately, if you have…

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    Children Photography Tips | Environmental Portraiture

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | My Son Having Fun at Kinokuniya Book Store | Suria KLCC My favorite lens for portrait photography is 50mm but when I need to include an environment for the subject I photograph, I will use wide angle lens but in this case, about the picture of my son above, I use Ultra Wide Angle Lens which is 10-20mm. The subject will look small in the frame but when we talk about environmental portraiture, it is more than just about the subject, it is about their surroundings also, where they lived, their work space, and their favorite place in a single frame. Environmental portrait is best…

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    Captivating Color | A Guide To Dramatic Color Photography by Mitchell Kanashkevich

    © 2011 Mitchell Kanashkevich | Captivating Color | A Guide to Dramatic Color Photography “Knowledgeable Use of Color is the Most Powerful Way to Grab the Viewer’s Attention.” – Mitchell Kanashkevich – Captivating Color is a new eBook from Mitchell Kanashkevich, an award winning travel photographer, I’ve been following his blog for quite sometimes and really inspired by his picture and not to mention his travel story especially when it involved portrait photography. He has made few eBook before this but I really like his latest eBook here which focus on color photography, how we can use it to our advantage. Understanding how colors can have an impact in our…

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    Child Photography | It Can Be Tough Sometimes

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Child Photography | HaiQal With Book Actually this is not the Photograph that I have in mind, my idea is to to photograph my son holding the book and show it to me. Bu he seems to be more interested with the chocolate than the book, maybe because that book is not for him, does not interest him at all because there is not many pictures in it, just words and more words. I just bough that book from Kinokuniya Bookstore in Kuala Lumpur. The title of the book is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. If I get the shot that I want,…