• Art,  Black and White,  Emotion,  Expression,  Face,  Malaysia,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Words That Kept Me Going | A Letter From Grandma

    I got this email in November 28 2008, from Kathryn B. Foytack | Thomasville, Georgia, USA To this days I still felt so touch by her observation, thank you for your kind words, I really don’t know what to say. You give me so much inspiration and really kept me going. Here is her original email to me without any alteration, I did asking her permission prior to sharing it here in my Blog. I so admire the quality of your photos of your beautiful son.  The new one of him running with his head down is just too perfect…so like a little boy.  The ones where his mom is…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Emotion,  Expression,  Face,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Black and White Photography Tips

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Black and White Photography | A Portrait of HaiQal “Life is like a good black and white photograph, there’s black, there’s white, and lots of shades in between.” ( Karl Heiner ) First thing first, not all picture will look great in black and white, don’t get into the idea that everything will look great in black and white. I’ve a lot people asking me whether I change my camera setting and shoot in in black and white mode. No, I’ve never done that. All my pictures are taken in colors, I use Photoshop to turn it into black and white. Most of my pictures…

  • Emotion,  Expression,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Portraiture Tips | The Importance of Location

    In portraiture, do not under estimate the important of a location, unless you are shooting portrait in the studio, that’s a different thing but if you planning to shoot outdoor, take your time to scout some good location before the photo shoot. Look where the lighting is coming from, be alert, anticipate, look what time of the day that the lighting is very good, whether it is in the morning or afternoon, but in this case where this picture is taken inside Kuala Lumpur Railway Station the time of the day is not so much important because I was shooting inside, as long as there is bright light during the…

  • Art,  Life,  Malaysia,  Moment,  People,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Tips On Child Photography

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | A Portrait of My Son | HaiQal I’ve been photographing my son for more than two years already, even before my son was born, I’ve done few research on the internet looking for tips and tricks about children photography. In this post I just want to share you just one tips, it’s about clothing, most people doesn’t care so much about clothing but for me, when I want to photograph my son, the clothes that my son will wear for a photo shoot is among my top priority. The clothes can make or break a photograph, I mean the right clothing will make the picture…

  • Art,  Emotion,  Expression,  Face,  Moment,  Portrait,  Portraiture,  Tender

    Heartfelt | December 27

    December 27th 1975, where I was born into this world, there is so much story I want to share here but first I want to apologize to all my friends, especially o all my photographers friends who invite me for photo outing, in fact I’ve three invitation for photo outing today on my birthday, among the most happening one is “Pulau Ketam Fotowalk” organize by Eshazli, friend of mine where more than hundreds and fifty photographers are confirm to be there. To all photographers who are hoping to meet me there please accept my sincere apologize. The truth is, I just want to spent my time with my family, there…