• Art,  Emotion,  Family,  Love,  Malaysia,  Moment,  Portrait

    Newborn Photography Tips | Raphael | Precious Gift

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Newborn Photography | My Son, Raphael I’ve done this same set up with my first son HaiQal, almost exactly the same, I like to show how small my son in relation with the size of my wife so when he grows up, he will know how small he is and how much he have grown. Talking about sense of scale here so the viewers will get the idea about the size of my son Raphael. Basically tips for taking newborn picture is like normal photography, I’m not an expert on this one but I can share what I like to do, the thing that we…

  • Art,  Expression,  Life,  Love,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Photography | A Moment Captured

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | A Portrait of My Son | A Moment Captured There is a great joy for me whenever I mange to take a picture of my son, I’ve written again and again, how difficult it is to take a picture of my son lately, he is so active and I’ve to obey when he said “No” to photograph, he is a big boy now, he can hide and he can run but I will definitely get his photograph no matter how hard it is. As many people who have been following my blog already knew that, I’m a full time working photographer for the Government of…

  • Art,  Black and White,  History,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism

    Photojournalism | Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations at Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations usually took place on the very first Saturday of June each year, which in this year fall on 4th June 2011 at Merdeka Square or “Dataran Merdeka” Kuala Lumpur. This event normally last for about an hour from the moment the King arrive at 8 AM until 9 AM. The photographs above were shot with 300mm f2.8 lens because the distance was quite far away, we can use 70-200mm lens but you will never get this tight. I’ve seen photojournalist who are using 400mm lens to get this shot, its all depends…

  • Art,  Expression,  Face,  Family,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Portrait Photography | Retro Muted Colors

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Portrait Photography | Vintage Edition | Retro Muted Colors Basically muted colors is fade color, less contrast. You can get this type of look in so many ways, among the easiest way is to drop the saturation in Photoshop. Bit for me it goes through a little bit of work, usually I will start with normal editing, then I will add another layer with the same picture or simply copy the layer below and turn the picture into black and white. You can either use black an white adjustment layer or simply convert it into greyscale or desaturate it under image adjustment. Then what…

  • Art,  Assignment,  Moment,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Basic Photography | Composition | Using Repetition and Patterns in Photography

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | 51st Anniversary of Independence | Malaysia National Day Celebration | Kuala Lumpur I have nothing much to write here, just wanted to share with you a little bit about composition, which is using repetitive patterns for composition. The photographs above were taken in 2008 during our National Day Celebration here in Kuala Lumpur, I purposely choose a higher angle to get this shot, you will never get this kind of patterns if we shoot from the ground, same eye level with them, the only way os to shoot from above so that you can see the patterns. Using a longer lens help to make things…