• Assignment,  Historical Moment,  Travel

    Photojournalist Covering The Arrival Ceremony of Malaysia Airlines MH17 Victims

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | The Photographers At Bunga Raya Complex KLIA Waiting For The Special Aircraft © 2014 Nazri Rapaai | The Photographers Covering The Arrival Ceremony of Malaysia Airlines #MH17 Victims KLIA © 2014 Wazari Wazir | The Photographers Covering The Arrival Ceremony of Malaysia Airlines MH17 Victims at KLIA Another hectic schedules for me and my colleague here in Malaysia on 22nd August 2014, covering the arrival of the first 20 bodies of Malaysian MH17 victims here in Malaysia.  This is The first repatriation of victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to the country, our government has urged people to wear black and observe a minute of silence and…

  • Assignment,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Ramadan Festival 2014 | Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur

    2014 Ramadan Festival along Dataran Merdeka and Jalan Raja were organised by Ministry of Tourism and Culture’s National Department for Culture and Arts (JKKN) and Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).  The festival was a spiritually-based programme to make Ramadan a month to foster the Islamic culture and arts among the general public. Actually this festival does not organised specifically for muslims only, tourist and passers by also can join this festival, they can join the queue and take some of the foods provided by the organiser and join the crowd. Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Photography Tips | The Importance Of Negative Space in Composition

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Daily Life at Bario | Sarawak Robert Capa once said, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” It is about getting closer to the subject, get intimate with them, fills the frame , but then, every situation is difference. Sometimes you need to to get a little bit far away from your subject to tell the story better. Sometimes a distance subject, a smaller subject in the frame can makes a powerful looking photograph. Some people who saw this photograph might said that, why don’t I get closer to the man and the dog and just focus on him and the reflections…

  • Art,  Expression,  Family

    Photography Tips | Children Close Up Portraiture

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Close Up Portraiture of My Daughter Arianna “I always felt like the close-up portrait was the most essential, the most valid picture out there, it was just all about the person, not about their clothes, not about the environment, not about their background, not giving any hints to their social status.” – Martin Schoeller –  Lately I like to do some kind of environmental portraiture shot for my family picture, I like to have some kind of background story about whereabout my subject, the places they have been to, for an instance, but in doing so, the portrait, I mean the face of the person in…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Life is a Journey | Road Less Traveled | Bario Sarawak

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Road Less Traveled | Bario | Sarawak “The Road Of Life Twists And Turns And No Two Directions Are Ever The Same. Yet Our Lessons Come From The Journey, Not The Destination.” – Don Williams Jr – It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction.  We get lots of information about life but little education in life from parents,teachers, and other authority figures, who should know better from their experience.  Information is about facts.  Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.  But no matter how much advice you get, you are the one who chooses which train to board.…