• Adventure,  Art,  Life,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Istanbul | Turkey 2012

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Photograph Taken From Galata Tower | Istanbul “Either I conquer Istanbul or Istanbul conquers me.” – Fatih Sultan Mehmet – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel

  • Art,  Black and White,  Editing,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Istanbul, Once Upon a Time

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Istanbul Turkey “If the earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.”  – Napoleon Bonaparte – “If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” – Alphonse de Lamartine – “If they say “you have your last chance to look at the world”, I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.” – Alphonse de Lamartine – “All other cities are doomed, but I imagine that as long as people exist, Constantinople will exist.” – Petrus Gyllius – “Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Photojournalism,  Reportage Photography,  Tourism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | The Right Camera Gear Does Matter

    Some photographers will say, gear doesn’t matter, it’s the person behind the camera that matter. A camera is just a tool to take a photograph, a camera is just an idiot box which can’t take a picture itself. Depending on who you ask that question you will get a different answer. If you asking that question to professional photographers who make a living with photography you will get a different answer than those who take a photography just as a hobby. I want to talk about travel photography here, let’s just say that the only lens that you have is just 50mm lens. Yes you still can take a picture…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Expression,  Photojournalism,  Street,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Istanbul | Istiklal Caddesi | Life On The Street

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Istanbul Turkey | Istiklal Caddesi This is not my latest picture, but a photograph taken last year, November 2009 at Istiklal Caddesi. Located in the Beyoğlu district in the modern part of Istanbul, Istiklal Caddesi (Independence Street) is the most famous pedestrian street in Istanbul. This three kilometer long avenue stretches from Taksim Square to Tünel, the world’s second-oldest subway. This place is visited by nearly 3 million people in a single day over the course of weekends. I’ve already share this very same picture in this blog before but in colors, back then I don’t have the time to play around with different kind of editing…