• Travel

    Travel | Amsterdam | The Secret of Happiness

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | Netherland A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men.  The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was looking for.  However, instead of finding a holy man, our hero entered a room and saw a great deal of activity; merchants coming and going, people chatting in the corners, a small orchestra playing sweet melodies, and there was a table laden with the most delectable dishes of that part of the world.…

  • Assignment,  Travel

    Photojournalism | Muslims Celebrate Eid Al-Adha In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Muslims Sat On A Street Before Performing Special Eid Al-Adha Prayer Here in Kuala Lumpur, October 5, 2014. Eid al-Adha, or the Sacrifice Festival, is one of the major Islamic festivals. It falls on the 10th  Zulhijjah on the Islamic calendar. Muslims all over the world are celebrating the festival of sacrifice, one of the most important holidays in Islam. Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, by Muslims worldwide. The photographs above were not taken for my assignment, I just wanted to captured the spirit of Eid Al-Adha among the muslims foreigner living in Kuala Lumpur, especially…

  • Assignment,  Emotion,  Life,  Travel

    Final Farewell | Malaysia Airlines MH17 | Coming Home

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Army personnel carry a coffin to a hearse during the arrival ceremony of Malaysia Airlines MH17 victims at the Kuala Lumpur International airport in Sepang. Five remains of Malaysian victims on Malaysia Airlines MH17 arrived today from Amsterdam, October 3, 2014. ” Almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure, these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to…

  • Adventure,  Travel

    Catatan Sebuah Perjalanan | Secebis Kisah Dari Kiev Ukraine

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Ar-Rahmah | Ar-Rahman Mosque | Kiev Ukraine Kalu nak diikutkan cerita saya ni, bagi pandangan saya la, agak menarik juga untuk dikongsikan tetapi malang sekali kerana saya kurang berkemahiran dalam menulis. Sama seperti bidang photography, ada masanya kita pergi ke sesuatu tempat yang bagi pandangan seorang photographer berpengalaman bakal menghasilkan gambar yang menarik sekiranya di compose dengan baik, dengan pencahayaan yang menarik serta dengan rakaman moment yang baik maka hasilnya menarik, berbeza pula dengan seseorang yang tiada ilmu dalam bidang photography, hanya sekadar berbekalkan sebuah kamera, dia merakam begitu-begitu sahaja, hasilnya gambar kurang menarik perhatian. Saya dalam bidang penulisan  ini ialah ibarat seorang yang memiliki kamera…

  • Art,  Family

    Family Photography | Brothers

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Raphael and HaiQal Playing Together I’ve been very busy lately, so even though I’ve thousand of a photograph to shared with you, hardly any of them made it into my blog. Yes, I do know there are others photographers who are hundred times busier than me but still manage to put few words or entry into their blog, to be honest with you, I really envy with them. Anyway this is among the latest photograph of my children taken just outside my house. What attract me to take this photographs is not just to captured the moment they played together but because I like the…