• Art,  Life,  Moment,  People,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Newborn Photography | Capturing The Decisive Moment

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Newborn Photography | My Wife and My Son Raphael | Decisive Moment “To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson – The photograph above will be quite ordinary if my son Raphael just sleeping in the comfort of my wife arm. What makes this picture memorable or special is when my son open up his little mouth “yawn” and I took the picture and freeze it forever. That is a decisive moment, a peak moment…

  • Art,  Emotion,  Family,  Love,  Malaysia,  Moment,  Portrait

    Newborn Photography Tips | Raphael | Precious Gift

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Newborn Photography | My Son, Raphael I’ve done this same set up with my first son HaiQal, almost exactly the same, I like to show how small my son in relation with the size of my wife so when he grows up, he will know how small he is and how much he have grown. Talking about sense of scale here so the viewers will get the idea about the size of my son Raphael. Basically tips for taking newborn picture is like normal photography, I’m not an expert on this one but I can share what I like to do, the thing that we…

  • 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,  Assignment,  Moment,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Basic Photography | Composition | Using Repetition and Patterns in Photography

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | 51st Anniversary of Independence | Malaysia National Day Celebration | Kuala Lumpur I have nothing much to write here, just wanted to share with you a little bit about composition, which is using repetitive patterns for composition. The photographs above were taken in 2008 during our National Day Celebration here in Kuala Lumpur, I purposely choose a higher angle to get this shot, you will never get this kind of patterns if we shoot from the ground, same eye level with them, the only way os to shoot from above so that you can see the patterns. Using a longer lens help to make things…

  • Art,  Black and White,  eBook,  Editing,  Emotion,  Family,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Portrait Photography | Black and White Photography

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Portrait Photography I’ve always enjoy doing black and white photography, sometimes I like to get super deep rich black and sometimes I just like a lighter version of it, a little bit softer black and white or some people might called it as a shade of grey. Some people have asked me, what make good black and white picture, for me it is not an easy answer. It is personal and base on individual preference, we can choose whether we like super deep rich black and white or just a shade of grey. I think there are two type of a people who view…