• Art,  Family,  Life,  Moment

    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…

  • Adventure,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Children of Himalaya | Kashmir

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmiri Children Wearing a Phiren (The Kashmiri Cloak)  | Photograph Taken With 24mm Prime Lens To some people this photograph is messy, cluttered with messy background but to me each and everything in this photograph give context to the photograph, they tell the real story about the subject, photographers usually called this an environmental portrait because it does not only shows the person in the photographs, they also tell where this picture is taking, the mountain and the snow shows that this photograph were taken during cold winter. During my recent visit to Kashmir on February 2012, I take a lot of environmental portrait more…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Expression,  Portrait,  Travel

    Children of Heaven | Mabul Island | Sabah

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children of Heaven | Mabul Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo “We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”  – Franklin D. Roosevelt – “Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children don’t usually act in such a manner. If they feel…

  • Art,  Family,  Melayu,  Travel

    Basic Photography Tips | Using Leading Lines for Captivating Composition

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Pantai Sawangan Jetty | Kuala Penyu Sabah © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Playground | Lake Garden | Taman Tasik Perdana | Kuala Lumpur Taking picture is easy but to really get a beautiful picture in term of having an aesthetic value that was pleasing to the eye is not as easy as pressing the shutter button on the camera. That’s why it is good if we have some basic understanding about something that we used to called it as “The Rule of Photography” even though I like it to be called as a “Photographers Guide” rather than rules. In term of composition, there is…

  • Art,  Life,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Choosing The Right Lens

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | KLCC Kuala Lumpur City Centre Park | Children’s Pool | 10 – 20mm Sometime having the right lens does matter in term of story telling especially in travel photography. Most of the times in travel photography, we want to include all the landmark that we can fit into the frame. In this case, I need to include the Petronas Twin Tower behind as my backdrop, so people will know where this picture is taken, which is at KLCC children’s pool area. To someone who haven’t visit here will also know that this area is close to the tower and to the foreigners  can relate the…