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Adventure is Out There | Why Travel?
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir Why? “‘Why do you do it?’ friends often ask, perplexed, Brows raised, minds sorely vexed. ‘The world out there is dangerous! Aren’t you scared? Why do this? You need steady work, a house, two cars! You have only a motorbike, and sleep under stars!’ Dear friend, if you must ask, you cannot know This curiosity that drives me so. To you it is hidden; in me rises unbidden! But one day the world I’ll have ridden By iron steed, then perhaps this need Will have vanished, finally vanquished! That day will find me on deathbed, With no regrets for…
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Master Black and White Photoshop Editing eBook
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Master Black and White Photoshop Editing “Black and White Photography is like chiseling a diamond, it discards the inessential to reveal the substance,” – Carol Devillers – Finally my Master of Black and White Photoshop Editing eBook is done and available for purchase. I’ve to admit that this ebook is not perfect, it will never be perfect because there are hundreds of way or maybe more on how you can convert your color photograph into black and white and over the years I’ve try few of them. Some definitely work better than the other because certain colors when turn into black and white will produce…
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Travel Photography | Dal Lake | Kashmir | Paradise on Earth
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Dal Lake | Kashmir “No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath. We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn’t it?” – Donald Miller – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Photography and Photoshop Editing | Before and After | It’s a Matter of Taste
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Shikara and Dal Lake | Srinagar Kashmir | Left – RAW SOOC | Right – After Photoshop Editing Sometimes, when we are talking about editing, it’s a matter of taste. On the left side of the picture is a RAW file or SOOC, straight out of the camera, just convert it to JPEG and on the right after minor adjustment in Photoshop. I did clone out and clean out the image and enhance the colors. Yes there is a slight magenta, green and yellow caste in the edited image but like I said sometimes editing is a mater of taste and there is no point…
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Travel Photography | Kashmir | The Road Less Traveled
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Travel Photography | iPhoneography | Dal Lake | Srinagar Kashmir “The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore … unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible … it is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors … to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown.” – Ferdinand Magellan – “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them…