• Expression,  Face,  Family,  Moment,  People,  Portrait

    Children Photography | A Moment to Remember

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | A Moment To Remember | Mother and Son       “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained”    – Winston Churchill –  This is not the latest picture of my second child Raphael, it is my first son HaiQal, in case you miss the caption up there, it was taken in 2008 when he is one year old. It was truly a moment to be remembered. For those of you who have been following my blog or my flickr, will notice…

  • Art,  Family,  Moment,  People

    Basic Digital Photography Tips | How To Choose The Right ISO For Your Digital Photography

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Joy of Reading | ISO 1000 | 1/60 | f/5.6 | 10-20mm UWA Lens © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Jumping With Joy | ISO 5000 | 1/125 | f/4.8 | 10-20mm UWA Lens Before I go further I would like to let you know what is ISO stand for. ISO is International Standard Organization or The International Organization for Standardization. In plain English it  is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Enough about that, I don’t want to go deeper about that organization, all I wanted to share with you here is the relation of ISO with photography, photographers often talk about ISO,…

  • Art,  Expression,  Family,  Moment,  Portrait

    Newborn Photography Tips | Adding a Touch of Retro Style

    @ Wazari Wazir | Newborn Photography | My Son | Raphael According to Wikipedia Retro is a culturally outdated or aged style, trend, mode, or fashion, from the overall postmodern past, that has since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of “retro” style iconography and imagery interjected into post-modern art, advertising, mass media, etc. It generally implies a vintage of at least 15 or 20 years. Personally I like the outdated look, for me it have character, add weighted to the photograph, that’s why you will see a lot of photographers especially those who call themselves as an artistic portrait photographer like to add a little…

  • Art,  Editing,  Family,  Photoshop

    Basic Photography | When To Use Spot Meter?

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | RAW Original File | Unedit © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Minor Editing | Just Color Enhancement There is a reason why camera manufacturer provide us with different set of metering mode, it is to make our job easier in order to get nice exposure, well balance exposure. It was not difficult to change a camera mode in your camera, but some people just don’t know how or when to do it or why they need to change the metering mode. If you take your time to read the Manual, you will find out that there are many type of metering that your camera offer. Among…

  • Expression,  Family,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Basic Photography | Tips & Technique | How To Get Sharp Images With 50mm Lens

    50mm Lens can be considered as the most popular portrait lens, I think most people have one in their camera bag. The reason is simple, 50mm lens is the most affordable lens with good quality glass. The most popular one is 50mm f/1.8, whether you are Nikon or Canon owner, this is the most affordable one and a little bit expensive one is 50mm f/1.4 or Canon f/1.2 ( Expensive ), at the moment of writing Nikon does not produce new 50mm f/1.2 manual lens, they only have 50mm f/1.2 manual lens, maybe they will have it in the future. Another reason why 50mm is the most favorite lens is…