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The Pros and Cons of Traveling Solo For Photographer’s
© 2012 Ahmad Shukri | A Photograph of Me Standing (Posing) on a Hanging Bridge in Langtang Valley | Nepal To begin with, I’ve never done any solo traveling before but I can share with you guys what I think about solo traveling, it’s pros and cons, and to begin with, I will never get the photos of myself above standing on that hanging bridge in Langtang Valley if I were traveling alone, the picture above were taken by my traveling companion, Ahmad Shukri, we takes turn photographing each other. Traveling solo or alone is not for everyone, and if you ever wanted to try solo traveling, I highly recommended…
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Travel and Photography | Istanbul | Yeni Camii | The New Mosque
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Yeni Camii | The New Mosque | Istanbul The Yeni Camii, The New Mosque or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Turkish: ‘Yeni Cami, Yeni Valide Camii’) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is situated on the Golden Horn at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. It is one of the best-known sights of Istanbul. The construction of the mosque first began in 1597. It was ordered by Safiye Sultan, who was the wife of Sultan Murad III. The original architect was Davut Ağa, an apprentice to the great Mimar Sinan. However, Davut Aga died in 1599…
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Into The Wild | Langtang National Park | Nepal Himalaya
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Langtang Valley | Langtang National Park | Nepal “So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing…
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A Sense of Place | Finding Your Eye At Home And Abroad
© 2012 Craft and Vision | Younes Bounhar | A Sense of Place | Finding Your Eye At Home and Abroad “Most travel photographers make pictures to convey the appearance of a place. I try to make them to convey a “Sense of Place.” What exactly is a “Sense of Place?” To me, a “sense of place” means not just what a place actually “looks like,” but rather, how it feels, what it represents or once represented, and what it might mean to us. Making images that capture a “Sense of Place” usually involves expressing symbolic ideas central to the meaning of the place, instead of just descriptively recording its…
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Travel and Photography | Istanbul | Grand Bazaar On Instagram
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Grand Bazaar Istanbul | Photograph Taken With iPhone | Edited With Instagram The Grand Bazaar is located inside the walled city of Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighborhood (Turkish: Mahalle) bearing the same name (“Kapalıçarşı”). It stretches roughly from west to east between the mosques of Beyazit and of Nuruosmaniye. The Bazaar can easily be reached from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci by tram ( Line “T1”, tram stop “Beyazıt-Kapalıçarşı”). The construction of the future Grand Bazaar’s core started during the winter of 1455/56, shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. Sultan Mehmet II had an edifice erected devoted to the trading of…