• Adventure,  Assignment,  Travel

    Travel And Photography | The Making Of Bario Salt | Sarawak

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Lubang Garam Pa Umor is one of the best-known Bario salt springs. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Lubang Garam Pa Umor is one of the best-known Bario salt springs. The main salt spring at the hut where they source the water for the salt. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | The spring water, containing brine from lubang Garam Pa Umor, is boiled for 24 hours before the salt is extracted. The Bario salt spring looks just like an ordinary spring. The only difference is the water from the spring is salty. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | The salty water is boiled until all the water is evaporated,…

  • Art,  Family

    Malaysia 57th Independence Day | Malaysia, Here Lies a Love | Di Sini Lahirnya Sebuah Cinta

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Mother And Daughter | Happy Malaysia 57th Independence Day “I will not be “famous,” “great.” I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one’s self,  to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.” – Virginia Woolf – I wish I can have much more beautiful settings, I mean taking a photograph of my children holding a Malaysian Flag while running towards a beautiful Mount Kinabalu or running across a stunning rice field or even silhouetted against a beautiful sunset at the beach. Anyway all of those imagination can only happen…

  • Art,  Assignment,  Portrait

    Portrait Photography | The Secret for Getting Razor Sharp Photos With 50 mm Lens

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Portrait of Arianna My Daughter | ISO 400 | f/2 | 1/160 | 50 mm “Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode from the snapshot to the decisive moment to multimedia montage, the intent and purpose of photography is to render in visual terms feelings and experiences that often elude the ability of words to describe. In any case, the eyes have it, and the imagination will always soar farther than was expected.” – Ralph Gibson – I’m quite busy this past few days, actually I’m very busy this month,…

  • Photojournalism,  Travel

    Raptai Sambutan Hari Kemerdekaan ke-57 | Dataran Merdeka | Malaysia 57th Independence Day

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Raptai Sambutan Hari Kemerdekaan Ke-57 Di Dataran Merdeka Banyak sebenarnya gambar raptai yang saya rakam tapi macam suratkhabar jugaklah, dalam beribu-ribu gambar yang dirakam oleh sang photographer, adalah sepuluh keping atau sekeping sahaja yang keluar di dada akhbar. Saya bukan tak nak kongsi banyak lagi gambar tapi jadual saya agak sibuk, lagipun bandwidth broadband saya dah menjerit semput, maklulah broadband ni bukan company yang sediakan, so nak guna quota bandwidth untuk perkara lain lagi seperti baca blog-blog travel dan tengok harga tiket kapal terbang. Just nak beritahu gambar “Human Pattern” yang ramai-ramai tu saya rakam di jejantas LRT Bandaraya yang menghala ke SOGO, kalau sesiapa yang…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Assignment,  Travel

    Travel Photography | The Early Bird Gets The Worm

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Beautiful Early Morning Mist at Bario Sarawak “And I walked for hours, imagining the mist growing thick and swallowing me whole. The thought of disappearing like that, so simply, made me so happy.”  – Jay Asher –  “The Early Bird Gets The Worm”. I think everyone knows that and when it comes to photography, those who rise early definitely have a chance to get a better photographs. Normally the best lighting when it comes to natural light is during early morning and late afternoon when the sun is low in the sky. We often refer it to the golden light, but there is also a…