• Adventure,  Art,  Life,  Malaysia,  Travel

    Basic Photography | Composition | Rule of Thirds

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Sunset at Kota Kinabalu Sabah In my previous article I’ve wrote about basic rule of thirds and how we can create a pleasing image by position our subject a little bit off centre from the frame, either close to the right or to the left, same goes for landscape photography, where you position the  horizon does make a lot of different. Basic composition rules is, never put your horizon in the middle of the frame and please be remind also, this rule are not carved in stone, it is just a guideline only where people usually follow to create pleasing picture especially in landscape photography.…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Photojournalism,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Basic Photography | Composition | Rule of Thirds

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Royal Langkawi Yatch Club I don’t want to talk about editing here, instead I want to talk about composition here. I want to talk about basic composition that people always associate with photography and paintings, it’s about “The Rules of Third”. I don’t want to write a long post about it but if you want to know a long version of it, you can head over HERE where there is graphic illustration to make you understand better. I’m trying to make it easy for you here, especially to those of you who just pick up a camera and suddenly people said that your picture does…

  • Life,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    India | Catatan Perjalanan VI

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Old Delhi Train Station | India | Travel Photography Kembali meneruskan kisah pengembaraan kami di India. Jangan marah yer kalau agak slow menulis kisah perjalanan kami ni, bukannya apa agak sibuk, kalau ada masa pun tak boleh nak tumpukan perhatian. Kepada yang telah mengikuti siri catatan perjalanan saya pasti ingin mengetahui kisah selanjutnya. Sebelum ini saya bercerita tentang pengalaman kami membeli tiket keretapi di International Travel Bureau di Stesen Keretapi New Delhi dan bagaimana kami hampir ditipu oleh agen penjual tiket di sana dan Syukur Alhamdulillah dengan bantuan buku Lonely Planet kami telahpun menjangkakan perkara sedemikain akan berlaku. Yang penting kini tiket sudah di tangan.…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Life,  Tourism,  Travel

    Travel and Photography | Life is a Journey

    © Ahmad Shukri | Me and Taj Mahal | Life is a Journey First of all before I start my rant and rambling, I would like to let you guys know that this article is not for the rich or famous, this article is not for millionaire, who have more than enough. This article is for those of you who always said “I wish I have the money so that I can travel the world”. This article is for normal people, for common people on the street who barely have enough but still have steady of income, not rich but steady. I’m a government servant, I’m a lower grade government…

  • History,  Malaysia,  Moment,  Photojournalism

    Sports Photography | The Importance of High ISO and High Speed

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Thomas Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur  | ISO 5000 | 1/1250 | f2.8 | 300mm Lens Before this I have wrote a little bit about “How to choose a DSLR” depending on your needs and requirement. Now I’m going to write about the importance of having a camera with High ISO capability, I mean a camera that can shoot at a higher ISO more than just ISO 3200 that most entry level camera have. Most importantly is to have a camera that is capable of producing “clean” image with less visible noise at higher ISO. Sports event doesn’t happen all the time in the outdoors, in…