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Kashmir | The Road Less Traveled
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Sonamarg Kashmir | The Road Less Traveled Why? “‘Why do you do it?’ friends often ask, perplexed, Brows raised, minds sorely vexed. ‘The world out there is dangerous! Aren’t you scared? Why do this? You need steady work, a house, two cars! You have only a motorbike, and sleep under stars!’ Dear friend, if you must ask, you cannot know This curiosity that drives me so. To you it is hidden; in me rises unbidden! But one day the world I’ll have ridden By iron steed, then perhaps this need Will have vanished, finally vanquished! That day will find me on deathbed, With no regrets…
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Travel Photography | Children of Sonamarg, Kashmir | Curiosity of a Stranger
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Children of Sonamarg Kashmir “I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.” – Eleanor Roosevelt – “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney – “Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. The great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.” – John Locke – Tweet news…
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Travel Photography | Friday Prayer at Hazratbal Mosque | Srinagar Kashmir
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Kashmiri Man and Women Perform Friday Prayer at Hazratbal Mosque | Srinagar Kashmir | 3rd February 2012 It is indeed a rare experience for me to perform Friday Prayer here in Hazratbal Mosque, Srinagar Kashmir. The Hazratbal mosque is situated in Srinagar only 8 Kms from Lal Chowk, on the western banks of the picturesque Dal Lake. Facing the beautiful Nishat Bagh, the mosque offers a spectacular view of the lake and the mountain afar. The building which is known as shrine today was actually built as a pleasure house by Sadiq Khan, subedar of Shah Jahan in 1623. When Shah Jahan came to…
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Photography eBook | Exposure for Outdoor Photography by Michael Frye
© 2012 Craft and Vision | eBook | Exposure for Outdoor Photography by Michael Frye There is more to exposure than just getting the right amount of light into the camera. Every exposure also creates a specific aesthetic. Exposure For Outdoor Photography is about natural-light photography and the creation of exposures that are not only technically perfect, but aesthetically compelling. This 50-spread PDF ebook, tackles the basics, and goes on to discuss the different ways of accomplishing different exposures to bring about different aesthetics. It covers metering modes, exposure modes, histograms, high-contrast scenes, depth of field, shutter speeds, and exposure blending, and more, and includes 10 case studies, and beautiful photographs, to…
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Travel Photography | India | New Delhi | Kashmir | Agra | Part V
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Floating Vegetable Market | Dal Lake | Srinagar Kashmir Next morning on 3rd February, we decided to visit floating vegetable market at Dal Lake, actually we had already arrange with Mr Ashraf to pick up us at the shikara station around 6AM, but the night after Ashraf send us back, we had a little discussion with Mr Rauf, Swiss Hotel Manager, he told us not to go too early, it is not safe and furthermore it was very cold in the early morning and we follow his advise, so we only met Mr Ashraf around 7:30Am, it was bright already and he told us that…
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