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Basic Photography | When and Why Do You Need Fast Lens?
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son at Kinokuniya Book Store | 50mm | f/1.8 | 1/125 | ISO 1000 Before we talk about when and why do you need a fast lens, lets get to know what is fast lens for those of you who doesn’t know about it. Basically “Fast Lens” refer to the lens that have big aperture at its maximum aperture. Usually any lens that have its maximum aperture which start at f/2.8 and below is consider a fast lens. The reason that a lens with a big maximum aperture is referred to as fast is that it lets more light in and therefore you can use…
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Basic Photography | Point of View in Photography
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | HaiQal | Untitled Expression Basically POV or Point of View refer to the position from which the camera take the photograph. Are you taking the picture from above, looking down on the subject or are you taking the picture from lower angle, looking up at the subject and how close or how far between you and the subject. Normally most photographers took picture from their eye level, it is natural to do so, all we have to do is just raise the camera to our eyes and start composing the shot but sometimes this normal point of view tend to create a mundane or boring…
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Basic Photography | Tips For Natural Light Photography
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Newborn Photography | My Son Raphael | 50mm | ISO 200 | f/2.0 | 1/1600 It is no secret that I use natural light for most of my son pictures, I don’t like using flash when it comes to photographing my son, I like to keep it natural and even though I know that flash can help me in certain situation when the lighting is bad, I choose not to use it. I take picture of my son just for my family, I don’t do business taking picture of other people children. So I can choose when to shoot and when not to shoot, when…
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Travel Photography | It’s Not About The Camera
© 2008 Wazari Wazir | Mabul Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo I think this behind the scene picture tells more story than the close up picture of the subject, I mean the end result. Here you can see how the photographer interact with the subject and you can see also the person reaction when he is being photograph with his daughter. Travel photography is not for everybody, I mean when it involved human as your main subject, it is not suitable for a “shy guy” because more often than not, you need to interact with local people, unless your main interest is to photograph a landscape, seascape, buildings,…
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Basic Photography Tips | Using Leading Lines for Captivating Composition
© 2010 Wazari Wazir | Pantai Sawangan Jetty | Kuala Penyu Sabah © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Playground | Lake Garden | Taman Tasik Perdana | Kuala Lumpur Taking picture is easy but to really get a beautiful picture in term of having an aesthetic value that was pleasing to the eye is not as easy as pressing the shutter button on the camera. That’s why it is good if we have some basic understanding about something that we used to called it as “The Rule of Photography” even though I like it to be called as a “Photographers Guide” rather than rules. In term of composition, there is…