• Art,  Black and White,  Expression,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Portrait Photography | Expressive Portraiture

    20/09/2010 /

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | A Child and His Penguin | Langkawi This is among my favorite picture taken at Langkawi, I know it’s not a picture about Langkawi, I can easily take this picture at home, no need to fly hundreds of kilometers just to get this close up shot. There is a story attached to this picture, there is a story to tell, I took this picture at Tengah Beach Langkawi and then again you can’t see the beach here. We bought the cuddly little penguin at Langkawi Underwater World after we finish the tour, I mean visiting the underwater world. My son like to watch Madagascar the…

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  • Art,  Black and White,  Family,  Life,  Moment,  Photojournalism

    Portrait Photography | Environmental Portrait

    19/09/2010 /

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Looking for Books | Kinokuniya Suria KLCC An environmental portrait is a portrait executed in the subject’s usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subject’s life and surroundings. The term is most frequently used of a genre of photography. By photographing a person in their natural surroundings, it is thought that you will be able to better illuminate their character, and therefore portray the essence of their personality, rather than merely a likeness of their physical features. It is also thought that by photographing a person in their natural surroundings, the subject will be more at ease, and so be more conducive…

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  • Art,  Life,  People,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Location Portraiture

    14/09/2010 /

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Langkawi Island | Royal Langkawi Yacht Club “And that’s the wonderful thing about family travel, it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind”. ( Dave Barry ) Portraiture is not about head and shoulder, sometimes we need to show our subject with it’s surroundings, where the picture is taken and what was the surroundings look like. If we travel as a tourist try to find a great background and is possible a landmark about that particular place, your subject may look small in the frame, that’s ok because the main purpose is to show where the…

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