-
Family Photography | A Moment to Remember
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | My Family Having a Great Time at KLCC Park | 50mm | f/1.8 | 1/2000 | ISO 200 “If these picture have anything important to say to future generations, it’s this – I was here, existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture” – Robin Williams – (One Hour Photo Movie) Sometimes we have to make a photograph instead of take the photograph. Taking an picture is shooting a photo as a reaction, without any preparation, while making a photograph is a process. In this case, I’m making a photograph where I try…
-
Travel Photography | Don’t Forget Self Portraits
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Istanbul I’m not a travel photographer but I’m a photographer who like to travel a lot. Normally as photographers, we often forget to put ourselves in front of the camera. Most of times I travel with my friends and most of them are also like to take pictures, so even though we travel together, our interest is not the same, I mean I maybe like certain places or angle and my friends like to go to some other places and we end up walking alone when we reach a certain location. For an example while traveling to Istanbul recently, when…
You May Also Like
Traveling Trans-Siberian Railway Alone
-
Photography Tips | Simple Way on How To Get Great Bokeh
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son | 50mm | f/1.8 | ISO 200 | 1/250 “Bokeh” has evolved somewhat from its original meaning. Bokeh is now commonly used to refer to blurred lights or shapes within an image, where as, the term more accurately describes the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus area of a photograph. Therefore, it is possible to have ‘good’ or ‘bad’ bokeh, (although that is purely subjective), but in essence, it’s all about the area of an image that falls outside the depth-of-field. The term comes from the Japanese word boke (暈け or ボケ), which means “blur” or “haze”, or boke-aji (ボケ味), the “blur quality”.…
-
Happiness | The Joy of Childhood
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Joy of Childhood “To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear…
-
Once Upon a Time in Tokyo | Imperial Palace Guard
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Imperial Palace Guard | Tokyo Japan While waiting outside The Imperial Palace for the State Banquet to finished, I took a photograph of this great looking Imperial Palace Guard, it was quite dark here but what attracted me to photograph this man is I that, like the quality of light that falls on this man face. I’ve to increased the ISO to 4000 to get this shot with 24-70mm, zoom at 70mm and using f/2.8. With that EXIF Data, you can imagined how dark the place is. I can’t change my position because there is another photographers on my left and right hand side, waiting…