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Photojournalism | Choosing The Best Point of View
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | An elephant leads the procession of the arrival of Malaysia’s outgoing king Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin and queen Nur Zahirah (unseen) before departing for their home state of Terengganu, at an airport in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur on December 12, 2011. Sultan Mizan, Malaysia’s 13 king, proclaimed in 2006, completed his reign on Monday (Dec 12, 2011) after a five-year rotation period. Sultan Mizan is the sultan for the northeastern state of Terengganu. What is point of view? Basically it is the position, direction, heigh of the camera that will define the point of view of a picture. If you asked me what is the…
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Photojournalism | Malaysia Day and Independence Day Celebrations
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak waves his hand towards the crowd, during the double celebrations Malaysia Day and Independence Day in Kuala Lumpur September 16, 2011. Malaysia celebrated the 48th anniversary of the union of Malaysia as well as the 54 years of the countrys independence. On the background is the clock tower of historical Sultan Abdul Samad building, among Kuala Lumpur famous landmark other than Petronas Twin Tower © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak ( standing second from left on the platform ) raise his hand and shout “Merdeka” during the double celebrations Malaysia Day and Independence Day in Kuala…
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Basic Photography | Composition | Simplicity
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son | Paddy Field | Sekinchan Selangor “As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.” – Sam Abell ( National Geographic Photographer ) – This photograph may look too simple , just a picture of my wife holding my son on his arm, if I tell you that the background is a wall with giant paddy field picture on it, you might believe it because it was too simple, the background is too plain. The truth…
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Basic Photography | Capturing Blue Hour Photography
© Wazari Wazir | Petronas Twin Tower at Kuala Lumpur City Centre ( KLCC ) | Blue Hour Photography According to Wikipedia The Blue Hour comes from the French expression “l’heure bleue,” which refers to the period of twilight each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. The time is considered special because of the quality of the light at this time of day. The time just before sunrise or after sunset. Among the most favorite subject for Blue Hour photography is landscape, building or cityscapes. I’m not an expert on this subject because I rarely shoot landscape, building or cityscape but nevertheless I do know that the best time to…
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Photoshop Tutorial Editing eBook | iPhone and iPad User Friendly
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Look Great On iPhone Home Screen © 2011 Wazari Wazir | My Photoshop eBook | iPhone & iPad User Friendly Currently I’ve produce Three Photoshop Tutorial eBook to cater for different people with different interest in Photography and editing, those are Photoshop Tone eBook, Photoshop Texture eBook and Master of Colors eBook. All of them can be viewed easily through iPhone or iPad and with new Apple iBooks apps, it looks quite nice sitting on the iBooks shelf and off-course it looks great on any computer screen. © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Original Photograph Before Editing With The Tone © 2010 Wazari Wazir | After Editing…