• Adventure,  Art,  Black and White,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Travel

    Portrait From Kashmir | The Mountain Man

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Mountain Man of Sonamarg | Kashmir | February 2012 When Jack London had his portrait made by the noted San Francisco photographer Arnold Genthe, London began the encounter with effusive praise for the photographic art of his friend and fellow bohemian, Genthe. “You must have a wonderful camera…It must be the best camera in the world…You must show me your camera.” Genthe then used his standard studio camera to make what has since become a classic picture of Jack London. When the sitting was finished, Genthe could not contain himself: “I have read your books, Jack, and I think they are important works of…

  • Art,  Editing,  Photoshop

    Photoshop Tips | How To Create Custom Borders and Frames in Photoshop

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Raphael at Kinokuniya Bookstore There are many ways to create a custom borders or frames in Photoshop and what I’m trying to share it here is among the few ways that you can do it in Photoshop. Here I will show you how to get just the same border like the picture above. © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Change Your Background and Foreground Color STEP 1 : Before we get start, please make sure that you change the background color into white because we wanted a white border to frame our picture, yes you can have any color you like but for this tutorial and…

  • Adventure,  Life,  Travel

    Travel Photography | India | New Delhi | Kashmir | Agra | Part VI

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmiri Muslim devotees participate in a procession to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Pahalgam Srinagar, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Pahalgam in Winter | Kashmir On Sunday Feb 5, we decided to visit Pahalgam, which is approximately two hours drive from Dal Lake Srinagar. The night before we have a little bit of discussion with the hotel manager Mr Rouf, we ask his advise and telling him bout our interest in Photography. At first he suggest us to visit Gulmarg which is famous for ski resort but I told him that we are not very interested with skiing and…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Kashmir | The Road Less Traveled

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Travel Photography | iPhoneography | Dal Lake | Srinagar Kashmir “The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore … unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible … it is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors … to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown.”  – Ferdinand Magellan – “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them…