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Photography | Photojournalism and Photoshop
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Official Visit of Her Excellency Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of The Kingdom of Thailand to Malaysia | 20 February 2012 | Putrajaya Someone asked me about my photography editing workflow when it comes to photojournalism, actually it was pretty straightforward, the editing process were kept to minimal. The most important things is to get the right picture inside the camera. To those of you who are interested to join photojournalism line, don’t worry i you are lacking in Photoshop skills, it not the most important skill to have, and just wanted to like you know that not all photojournalist use Photoshop for their editing,…
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Travel Photography | Friday Prayer at Hazratbal Mosque | Srinagar Kashmir
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Kashmiri Man and Women Perform Friday Prayer at Hazratbal Mosque | Srinagar Kashmir | 3rd February 2012 It is indeed a rare experience for me to perform Friday Prayer here in Hazratbal Mosque, Srinagar Kashmir. The Hazratbal mosque is situated in Srinagar only 8 Kms from Lal Chowk, on the western banks of the picturesque Dal Lake. Facing the beautiful Nishat Bagh, the mosque offers a spectacular view of the lake and the mountain afar. The building which is known as shrine today was actually built as a pleasure house by Sadiq Khan, subedar of Shah Jahan in 1623. When Shah Jahan came to…
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Family Outing | Cameron Highlands | A Moment to Remember
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | My Wife and Raphael | Cameron Highlands | Pahang Malaysia “What are Raphael’s Madonnas but the shadow of a mother’s love, fixed in permanent outline forever?” – Thomas Wentworth Higginson – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Photojournalism | Featured in Malaysia Aperture Photography Magazine
I’m not very good at blowing my very own horn or promoting myself, actually this interview with Aperture Magazine, Malaysia very own photography magazine was held in early January this year for February 2012 issues. I was interviewed by Mr Joe Aperture Magazine editor himself. They want me to share some of my experience working as one of Malaysia Official Government Photographer covering Malaysian history through photography. Actually it was quite a long interview and some of them get edited to fits the magazine. They asked me to give them some of my favorite pictures but only this few one got published, anyway if you wanted to see some of…
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Photoshop Editing | Playing With Color Tones
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | (Left) Original | (Right) After Editing With Photoshop I’ve wrote once that if we wanted to sell our pictures to the magazines or any publication, whether it is online or printed version, try to keep the color as natural as possible, it was very simple, the magazines, especially the travel magazine wanted to tell the truth, they don’t want to present false information. If the sky is blue, let it blue and if the grass is green, keep it green. On the other hand if you wanted to experiment with colors, play with portraiture or lifestyle photography, or simply for your very own personal blog…