• Art,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Photoshop Tips | Selective Editing | Dodging and Burning

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Traditional Sarawak Cultural Show | Annah Rais Longhouse | Sarawak In traditional photography during film days, dodging and burning were done inside the lightroom under the enlarger, where we burn certain part of the area to make it darker  and dodge certain part of the area to make it lighter. Under the enlarger, if we put more exposure “burn” certain part of the area which falls on the paper under the enlarger, that part will be darker and if we put less exposure “dodging”, that particular area will be lighter, yes it is reverse result if we printing from a negative film. The reason why…

  • Art,  Family,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Family Photography | It’s The Moment That Matters

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son | Family Photography It’s been awhile that I play around with texture in my photograph, at one time I’m obsessed with texture and I find it very hard to get it right and after awhile, after I know how to get it right, I no longer find it challenging and that’s the reason why nowadays I rarely playing with texture in Photoshop. Anyway this photograph of my family, my wife and my son Raphael, still can stand on it’s own, with or without the editing, the reason is that it’s the moment that matters. Even though if I took this photograph with…

  • Photojournalism,  Politic,  Uncategorized

    Photo Editing Tips | How To Make Color Temperature Adjustment in Adobe Camera RAW

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Original Photograph | Unedited | Shoot in RAW © 2012 Wazari Wazir | After Color Temperature Adjustment in Adobe Camera RAW The photograph above were taken without flash, during the launch of Prime Minister Najib Razak latest book titled “The Islamic Agenda in Transforming the Nation” at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) Kuala Lumpur on June 25th 2012. I  just use available light and my camera were set on Auto White Balance Mode. Just to let you know that Auto WB is not a full proof, meaning that we cannot depend on Auto WB in critical lighting condition, that’s why Most cameras include white balance presets for different…

  • Adventure,  Photoshop,  Travel

    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

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Kashmir The Land of Mystery

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmir | The Land of Mystery In my personal experience, Kashmir is truly The Land of Mystery, some people use to called Kashmir as Paradise on Earth. You can learn about Kashmir by reading magazines, books andy watching the news on your television but it will never be the same as being there by yourself. I spend seven days here in Kashmir and still can’t get enough of it, yes it is still a mysteries to me and to be honest with you Kashmir is beautiful, in fact the photograph will never be able to do justice to how beautiful Kashmir are. A lot of…