• Art,  Black and White,  Editing,  Emotion,  Hitam Putih,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Portrait Photography | Black and White Photography Tips

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Portrait of My Son | Mr Big Eyes When it comes to black and white portrait photography, I will always try to keep it simple. Uncluttered background, less distraction element. Black and white will not work well for every picture, only certain picture will really look great if we convert in into black and white photography. When I took this picture of my son in 2008, I have a clear idea, what the photograph will end up to be, I mean the finished product. I want to convert the photograph into black and white, so I will make sure all the element are there, I…

  • Art,  Expression,  Face,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Advanced Photoshop Tips | Adding Texture To A Photograph

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | A Portrait With Texture Basically adding texture to a photograph is not really a difficult process, all you have to do is find a texture that you like and then choose a photograph that you want to add a texture into it and just blend it together in Photoshop, you can choose Overlay, Screen or Soft Light blending option under layer palette and you are done, it is that simple. Sound that easy right? Same like taking picture, anybody who have a camera, be it iPhone camera, compact or DSLR can take picture, even a toddler can press a shutter button and take picture, the…

  • Art,  Black and White,  eBook,  Editing,  Emotion,  Family,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Portrait Photography | Black and White Photography

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Portrait Photography I’ve always enjoy doing black and white photography, sometimes I like to get super deep rich black and sometimes I just like a lighter version of it, a little bit softer black and white or some people might called it as a shade of grey. Some people have asked me, what make good black and white picture, for me it is not an easy answer. It is personal and base on individual preference, we can choose whether we like super deep rich black and white or just a shade of grey. I think there are two type of a people who view…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Editing,  Expression,  Hitam Putih,  Photoshop,  Portraiture

    Fine Art Portraiture | Black and White and Texture Photography

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Fine Art Portrait Photography | A Portrait of My Son “Photography is a craft. Anyone can learn a craft with normal intelligence and application. To take it beyond the craft is something else. That’s when magic comes in. And I don’t know that there’s any explanation for that.” – Elliot Erwitt – It’s been a hectic week for me from last Friday during my Photography and Photoshop Workshops with Spylens Studio held in Kota Kinbalu Sabah. I really need along break but still I like to play around with editing, something that I really like to do whenever I’ve a lot of free time which…

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    Portrait Photography | Senior Portraiture | Close Up

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Senior Muslimah Portraiture This photograph were taken during Spylens Studio photography workshop held in Lok Kawi outskirts of Kota Kianablu Sabah. It was taken purely with just natural light, without reflector. I’m not doing any senior photography business but if I’ve free times and if I get an invitation from my photography friends, I will join them for fun. I like to get a close up shot of the person I’m photographing, just like a portrait of My son, I like to get really close and I’m not interested to get cheeky smiling face on my photograph. I like my subject to relax, maybe a…