• Art,  Black and White,  Editing,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Portrait Photography | Black and White | Retro Look

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Black and White | Portrait Photography Just like color photography where we can play with the tone, black and white photography is no exception, I mean there are variety of black and white tones, some may prefer it to be solid from pure white to deep solid black white some others just like a “shade of grey” kind of thing. Some people prefer the back and white to be grainy, while others like it to be clean, some people like their black and white to have a film look like they are taken with Kodak Professional TRI-X 400 Film. It doesn’t matter which type you prefer, it’s…

  • Art,  eBook,  Editing,  Photoshop

    Photoshop | How To Make Your Own Photoshop Preset

    The truth to be told is I rarely use Photoshop Preset, simply because most of my pictures need a different treatment, need a different adjustment, but for those of you who have purchase my Photoshop Tone eBook and wanted to know how to “Save” those adjustment especially “Tone Curves Adjustment”, so every time you wanted to get that same color tone, you don’t have to manually adjusting them, instead you just choose from custom preset and hit the button and you’re done. In this tutorial, I will share how to make your own Curves Preset in Photoshop. I’m not going to tell you how to make a beautiful Tone Curves…

  • Art,  Black and White,  East,  Emotion,  Malaysia,  People,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Omadal | Portrait of Innocence | Black and White Portraiture

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Portrait of Innocence | Omadal Island | Sabah Malaysia North Borneo Some people find it hard to locate Omadal on a Malaysian map, it’s there but it is not famous like Langkawi or Tioman Island in the Peninsular Malaysia or Sipadan and Mabul in Sabah Malaysia North Borneo. Omadal does have a beautiful stretch of beach along its coastline but it is not popular, you can’t find five star resort there, just a small village there mostly  from the people of “Bajau Laut” tribe or  better known as Sea Gypsy. You can get there from Semporna by small boat approximately about 45 minutes to get…

  • Assignment,  Malaysia,  People,  Photoshop,  Portraiture Workshops,  Travel,  Workshops Photoshop

    Mini Photoshop Workshops at Kota Kinabalu

    © 2010 Mini Photoshop Workshop | Kota Kinabalu © 2010 Mini Photoshop Workshop | Kota Kinabalu Mini Photoshop Workshops? Why I use the words Mini? Simply because it was a small scale Photoshop Workshops, more relax, just like having a cup of coffee while do our editing. Usually my Mini Photoshops Workshops only for about three to five peoples the most but here in this case in Kota Kinabalu Sabah, there were eight participant, I do need a helping hand here and thanks to Azman Jumat my friend from Kota Kinabalu who organize this Workshop for helping me out. I cannot do it alone, it will be tire some for…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Assignment,  East,  Malay,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Photoshop,  Portraiture Workshops,  Workshops Photoshop

    Photoshop Workshop | Kota Kinabalu Sabah

    I will be in Kota Kinabalu Sabah from 13th to 20th March 2010 to visit my mothers-in-law or my wife family there, actually the whole family  is coming here, me, my wife and my son, it’s been more than a year since my wife and my son came here in Kota Kinabalu. This coming school holiday, I think it is the right time to come and visit our family here. My son HaiQal is growing up already, and hopefully he will enjoy his holiday here. While I was in Kota Kinabalu I will conducted a small or Mini Photoshop Editing Workshop fro a small group of people. I’ve done this…