• Art,  Editing,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Basic Photography | RAW vs JPEG | Why I Shoot RAW and Why You Shouldn’t

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Blue Mosque | Istanbul Turkey I don’t want to write a lengthly post about this RAW vs Jpegs, I don’t want to waste your time and my times writing something that unimportant here. First of all I would like to make things clear that Great picture is a great picture, it is not necessarily shot in RAW format, it is just a file format which have it’s advantage and disadvantage. Yes I shoot RAW but I don’t shoot RAW all the times, before we go further and before you asked me what is the benefit of shooting RAW vs Jpeg, I would like to point…

  • Art,  Emotion,  Family,  Moment

    Family Photography | The Most Precious Gift of a Lifetime

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Family Photography | My Family | My Wife, HaiQal and Raphael (Newborn) “No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?” – Lee Iacocca – Sometimes as a busy woking photographer, we tend to take our family for granted, we spent so much time to make other people look great in front of our camera, we spent so much time taking picture of other people family be it for business purpose or pleasure but none of our very own family and then we regret…

  • Art,  Family,  Historical Moment,  Life,  Love,  Malaysia,  Moment,  Photojournalism

    Newborn Photography | Raphael | A New Addition To Our Family

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Raphael | Newborn Photography | iPhoneography | University Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HUKM) I was a little bit busy these past few days hence left my blog in the dust. Just would like to let you know that Thank God, “Syukur Alhamdulillah” we have a new addition to our family. He is born on 7th of June 2011 at University Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HUKM) at 10:30 PM, I was beside my wife when she delivered our precious second baby boy. There is a sense of excitement that I can’t put it into words witnessing that miracle happens in front of my eyes. He was born prematurely,…

  • Art,  Expression,  Life,  Love,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Photography | A Moment Captured

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | A Portrait of My Son | A Moment Captured There is a great joy for me whenever I mange to take a picture of my son, I’ve written again and again, how difficult it is to take a picture of my son lately, he is so active and I’ve to obey when he said “No” to photograph, he is a big boy now, he can hide and he can run but I will definitely get his photograph no matter how hard it is. As many people who have been following my blog already knew that, I’m a full time working photographer for the Government of…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Editing,  Emotion,  Hitam Putih,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Portrait Photography | Black and White Photography Tips

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Portrait of My Son | Mr Big Eyes When it comes to black and white portrait photography, I will always try to keep it simple. Uncluttered background, less distraction element. Black and white will not work well for every picture, only certain picture will really look great if we convert in into black and white photography. When I took this picture of my son in 2008, I have a clear idea, what the photograph will end up to be, I mean the finished product. I want to convert the photograph into black and white, so I will make sure all the element are there, I…