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Nothing Wrong With Snapshot | It’s The Moment That Matters
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | My Son Raphael Crying at His Great-grandfather House | Kuala Penyu Sabah “A Perfect Photo That is Empty of Any Feeling Will Never Equal a Blurred Photo Full of Emotion.” – Olivier Föllmi – I’ve written about making a photograph and taking a photograph lately, so the picture above falls on “Taking a Photograph” category, Why? Because I’ve never make any preparation for the photograph, I just heard my son crying at my father-in-law kitchen(I was upstairs at that time) and I just took the picture without thinking so much about the background, the messy background and the troublesome backlighting. In this photograph, it’s the…
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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…
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Adventure is Out There | Why Travel?
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir Why? “‘Why do you do it?’ friends often ask, perplexed, Brows raised, minds sorely vexed. ‘The world out there is dangerous! Aren’t you scared? Why do this? You need steady work, a house, two cars! You have only a motorbike, and sleep under stars!’ Dear friend, if you must ask, you cannot know This curiosity that drives me so. To you it is hidden; in me rises unbidden! But one day the world I’ll have ridden By iron steed, then perhaps this need Will have vanished, finally vanquished! That day will find me on deathbed, With no regrets for…
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Travel Photography | Topkapi Palace | Istanbul Turkey
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Gate of Salutation | Topkapi Palace | Istanbul Turkey The Topkapı Palace (Turkish: Topkapı Sarayı or in Ottoman Turkish: طوپقپو سرايى) is a large palace in Istanbul, Turkey, that was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years (1465-1856) of their 624-year reign. As well as a royal residence, the palace was a setting for state occasions and royal entertainments. It is now a major tourist attraction and contains important holy relics of the Muslim world, including Muhammed’s cloak and sword. The Topkapı Palace is among the monuments contained within the “Historic Areas of Istanbul”, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
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Master Black and White Photoshop Editing
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Akasaka Place | Tokyo | Original Photograph © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Variety of Black and White and Sepia Editing If you have been following me all this while, you will noticed that I love doing black and white Photoshop editing, especially for my sons picture. Actually the method of my editing also can be applied to a wide range of subjects, not necessarily for portrait, you can also use it for landscape and architectural photograph like the photograph above. There are many ways to turn your picture into black and white in Photoshop and I’ve try most of the technique but the most important…