Travel
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Panduan Untuk Pelancong | Tips Memilih Beg Yang Sesuai
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Backpackers at Pahar Ganj, Main Bazaar | New Delhi | India Mengapa “Pelancong”, mengapa tidak “Pengembara”? Antara perkara yang agak sukar bagi saya sebelum menulis blog ialah memilih tajuk yang sesuai dengan intipati artikel yang akan saya tulis. Saya memilih untuk menggunakan perkataan pelancong kerana tertarik dengan tulisan Agustinus Wibowo dalam bukunya berjajuk Titik Nol, sebenarnya kita semua adalah “pelancong”, mungkin ada yang akan mempertikaikan tentang ini tetapi baca dulu apa yang nak saya kongsikan. Memang ada benarnya apa yang Agustinus tu tulis, bagi saya dia menulis dengan nada bersahaja, mungkin sedikit sinis, sebabnya mudah, ke mana sahaja kita pergi terutamanya ke negara yang memerlukan…
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Travel Photography | Which Lens is Best for Travel Photography?
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Photographer Shukur Jahar Surrounded By Curious Onlooker at Bhaktapur | Nepal “Photographers like Cartier-Bresson would only use one or two lenses, and work mostly in available light. I think the simplicity in this approach creates a timeless quality. To focus overly on the technical approach detracts from the power of the image in its own right.” – Steve McCurry – First thing first, are you hoping to become the next legendary National Geographic Photographer, Steve McCurry? If you have no idea who the hell he is, and have to Google his name, I think it’s going to be hard for you. Anyway Steve McCurry is…
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Travel and Photography Tips | Light is Language
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Boudhanath Stupa | Kathmandu | Nepal © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Blue Hour | Boudhanath Stupa | Kathmandu | Nepal “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer – According to Oxford Dictionaries; Language means the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, and according to WikiPedia; Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, and a language…
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Travel | Kathmandu | Backpackers Heaven
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Children Looking at Kathmandu Valley From The Monkey Temple Travellers and backpackers normally will refer Kathmandu as backpackers heaven. I don’t know what, they called it heaven, this city is not beautiful or breathtaking, in fact it quite difficult to breath here without wearing a mask. Maybe they called it heaven because there is so much things happening here, “heaven” sometimes can be very subjective matter. Yes, if you are trekkers and backpackers this is among the best place to hang around, the accommodation is among the cheapest in Asia, if you like trekkers, this is a heaven for you, you can easily find trekking…
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Travel Photography Tips | Capturing The Perfect Moment
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Monk Circling The Boudhanath Stupa | Kathmandu | Nepal | 24 mm Among the skills that most professional photographers have is the “anticipation skill”, this usually comes from the experience, they know what to expect, in order for them to capture the perfect moment that best tell the story. The other thing is that, we must be patient, most of the times we need to wait in order to captured the right moment. Take a look of the photograph of the monk circling the Boudhanath Stupa there, to those of you who have been there, knew that, there are hundreds or sometimes thousand of people…