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Black and White Photography Tips
© 2010 Wazari Wazir | Black and White Photography | A Portrait of HaiQal “Life is like a good black and white photograph, there’s black, there’s white, and lots of shades in between.” ( Karl Heiner ) First thing first, not all picture will look great in black and white, don’t get into the idea that everything will look great in black and white. I’ve a lot people asking me whether I change my camera setting and shoot in in black and white mode. No, I’ve never done that. All my pictures are taken in colors, I use Photoshop to turn it into black and white. Most of my pictures…
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Portraiture Tips | The Importance of Location
In portraiture, do not under estimate the important of a location, unless you are shooting portrait in the studio, that’s a different thing but if you planning to shoot outdoor, take your time to scout some good location before the photo shoot. Look where the lighting is coming from, be alert, anticipate, look what time of the day that the lighting is very good, whether it is in the morning or afternoon, but in this case where this picture is taken inside Kuala Lumpur Railway Station the time of the day is not so much important because I was shooting inside, as long as there is bright light during the…
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Tips On Child Photography
© 2008 Wazari Wazir | A Portrait of My Son | HaiQal I’ve been photographing my son for more than two years already, even before my son was born, I’ve done few research on the internet looking for tips and tricks about children photography. In this post I just want to share you just one tips, it’s about clothing, most people doesn’t care so much about clothing but for me, when I want to photograph my son, the clothes that my son will wear for a photo shoot is among my top priority. The clothes can make or break a photograph, I mean the right clothing will make the picture…
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Heartfelt | December 27
December 27th 1975, where I was born into this world, there is so much story I want to share here but first I want to apologize to all my friends, especially o all my photographers friends who invite me for photo outing, in fact I’ve three invitation for photo outing today on my birthday, among the most happening one is “Pulau Ketam Fotowalk” organize by Eshazli, friend of mine where more than hundreds and fifty photographers are confirm to be there. To all photographers who are hoping to meet me there please accept my sincere apologize. The truth is, I just want to spent my time with my family, there…
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Artistic Portraiture | Self Expression
© 2009 Wazari Wazir | Self Expression “I think your picture is not sharp”, “I think your picture is a little bit dark”, I think your highlight is blown out”, ” I think you picture has too much noise”. For me this is all “funny comments” not from photographers but I would call them a “Technicgraphers” why? Simply because these kind of people who like to comments about technical aspect of photography fail to realize what photography is all about, a picture is not like an engine or a building where you can measure or judge their performance by technical aspect. Great photography or great picture will work even if…