• Family,  Travel

    Travel and Photography | Once Upon a Time On The Beach | Kuala Penyu

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Family Trips at Tempurung Beach Kuala Penyu Kuala Penyu is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is one of the gateways to Pulau Tiga National Park, where Survivor: Borneo was set. Kuala Penyu is also famous for its beaches, especially Tempurung beach, Sawangan beach and Sungai Labuan Waterfront. Sungai Labuan, as the name implies was taken from the name of a river flowing in the heart of Kuala Penyu. “Pesta Rumbia” is a special celebration for “Sago” trees which are only planted widely in the district. This festive season targets to promote ” sago” as traditional…

  • Family,  Travel

    Family Photography Trips at Kota Belud Sabah

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Family Outing at Kota Belud Rice Field | Sabah Malaysia North Borneo I’ve always wanted to get a photograph of my family against a beautiful backdrop of paddy field, I like the rustic feeling of it. The closer that I can get it from Kuala Lumpur is heading to Sekinchan or Sungai Besar located at Selangor approximately two hours drive from Kuala Lumpur, but after five month, since my third child were born, we didn’t manage to get there. So when we are on a holiday in Sabah, visiting my mother-in-law, my friend, Azman Jumat suggested to us to visit Kota Belud and here we…

  • Art,  Family,  Travel

    Children Photography | Once Upon a Time in Cameron Highlands

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | My Children at Cameron Highlands Tea Plantation Nowadays I try as much as I can to take a photograph of my children with an environmental background,  something that add context to the picture, something that have story to tell. When I’ve my first child HaiQal, we didn’t have any mean of transportation, I mean we don’t have a car, so it can be quite difficult for us to going somewhere using a public transportation, that’s why most of HaiQal pictures back then were taken around my house, normally just a close up portrait of my son alone or with his mother. To be honest with…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Travel and Photography | Once Upon a Time In Kashmir

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir “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 horizon, for…

  • Art,  Travel

    Travel and Photography | Tips on Natural Looking Travel Portraits

    © EyeVoyage | Mitchell Kanashkevich | Natural Looking Travel Portraits eBook “In portrait photography, communication is often a must. Some people simply won’t agree to be photographed without knowing our intentions; even those that agree will usually feel more comfortable with some level of interaction. A comfortable person in front of the camera almost always leads to a more natural looking portrait.” – Mitchell Kanashkevich – Mitchell Kanashkevich is among the few of travel photographers that I like, I like his style and I like his writing as well and this time around Mitchell gave us free eBook about how you can get a natural looking travel portraits. With years…