-
Newborn Photography | Raphael in The House
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Raphael in The House Syukur Alhamdulillah, Finally after spending more than a week at the NICU, my son Raphael is ready to meet HaiQal his big brother and my mother, Raphael Grandmother. There is a minor scar on the cheekbone of my son due to many “wire sticker” at the hospital but that thing will heal itself, I don’t need to clone that thing in Photoshop. I’ve so much to share, so much to tell but at the moment, I share with you this Instagram photos first. I’ve yet to get a “decent” picture of my son, still scouting for a “new camera”.…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…