• Adventure,  Life,  Travel

    Life is a Journey | Explore, Dream, Discover | Adventure is Out There

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Road Less Taken | Sonamarg Kashmir © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Taj Mahal | Agra Die Slowly He who becomes the slave of habit, who follows the same routes every day, who never changes pace, who does not risk and change the color of his clothes, who does not speak and does not experience, dies slowly. He or she who shuns passion, who prefers black on white, dotting ones i’s rather than a bundle of emotions, the kind that make your eyes glimmer, that turn a yawn into a smile, that make the heart pound in the face of mistakes and feelings, dies slowly. He…

  • Adventure,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Children of Himalaya | Kashmir

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmiri Children Wearing a Phiren (The Kashmiri Cloak)  | Photograph Taken With 24mm Prime Lens To some people this photograph is messy, cluttered with messy background but to me each and everything in this photograph give context to the photograph, they tell the real story about the subject, photographers usually called this an environmental portrait because it does not only shows the person in the photographs, they also tell where this picture is taking, the mountain and the snow shows that this photograph were taken during cold winter. During my recent visit to Kashmir on February 2012, I take a lot of environmental portrait more…

  • Art,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Photography and Photo Editing

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Beyoglu | Istanbul Turkey | After Editing © 2012 Wazar Wazir | Beyoglu | Istanbul Turkey | SOOC | Before Editing When people ask me, I mean when new photographer or someone who just find an interest in photography ask me whether to edit or not their pictures, my answer will always “it depends”. Sometimes it depends on your clients requirement or maybe your own preference or simply you like to make your pictures look better than what they actually are. For those of you who have been following my blog for awhile, knows that I like to play around with Photoshop, sometime I like…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Kashmir The Land of Mystery

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmir | The Land of Mystery In my personal experience, Kashmir is truly The Land of Mystery, some people use to called Kashmir as Paradise on Earth. You can learn about Kashmir by reading magazines, books andy watching the news on your television but it will never be the same as being there by yourself. I spend seven days here in Kashmir and still can’t get enough of it, yes it is still a mysteries to me and to be honest with you Kashmir is beautiful, in fact the photograph will never be able to do justice to how beautiful Kashmir are. A lot of…

  • People,  Photojournalism,  Reportage Photography

    Photojournalism | A Moment to Remember | Deputy Prime Minister Walkabout at Pekan Sungai Besi | Kuala Lumpur

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (plain white shirt), Today Went on a Walkabout With Local Residents at Pekan Sungai Besi, 14 June  2012 Normally I don’t share this kind of a picture but to me this is something different, I grew up here in Pekan Sungai Besi, this is the place that I received my first education, this is the place that I learn ABC from the primary school nearby and this is the place that I normally take my family to have lunch, dinner or just to buy some grocery items. It is my great pleasure and feel honored to be…