• Black and White,  Family,  Hitam Putih,  Travel

    Children’s Photography | Once Upon a Time at Kuala Penyu Sabah

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | My Sons HaiQal and Raphael With  His Nephew (Left Photo) Playing With Sampan I still have a lot of photographs taken during Eid ul-Fitr celebration at my  father-in-law house in Kuala Penyu Sabah yet to be shared here on my blog. Actually once I got back here in Kuala Lumpur, I was very busy with my work especially a week before Malaysia celebrate his independence day, which falls on 31st August 2012. Anyway, this photograph were taken at my  father-in-law house and he own that sampan, the colour is bright yellow, it was brand new, handmade by none other than my  father-in-law himself. Less than an hour after…

  • eBook,  Photoshop,  Travel,  Uncategorized

    Master Black and White Photoshop Editing eBook

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Master Black and White Photoshop Editing “Black and White Photography is like chiseling a diamond, it discards the inessential to reveal the substance,” – Carol Devillers – Finally my Master of Black and White Photoshop Editing eBook is done and available for purchase. I’ve to admit that this ebook is not perfect, it will never be perfect because there are hundreds of way or maybe more on how you can convert your color photograph into black and white and over the years I’ve try few of them. Some definitely work better than the other because certain colors when turn into black and white will produce…

  • Art,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Photoshop Tips | Selective Editing | Dodging and Burning

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Traditional Sarawak Cultural Show | Annah Rais Longhouse | Sarawak In traditional photography during film days, dodging and burning were done inside the lightroom under the enlarger, where we burn certain part of the area to make it darker  and dodge certain part of the area to make it lighter. Under the enlarger, if we put more exposure “burn” certain part of the area which falls on the paper under the enlarger, that part will be darker and if we put less exposure “dodging”, that particular area will be lighter, yes it is reverse result if we printing from a negative film. The reason why…

  • Adventure,  Life,  Travel

    Life is a Journey | Explore, Dream, Discover | Adventure is Out There

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Road Less Taken | Sonamarg Kashmir © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Taj Mahal | Agra Die Slowly He who becomes the slave of habit, who follows the same routes every day, who never changes pace, who does not risk and change the color of his clothes, who does not speak and does not experience, dies slowly. He or she who shuns passion, who prefers black on white, dotting ones i’s rather than a bundle of emotions, the kind that make your eyes glimmer, that turn a yawn into a smile, that make the heart pound in the face of mistakes and feelings, dies slowly. He…

  • Art,  Culture,  Moment,  Travel

    Photography Tips | Low Light Conditions Without Using Flash

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Sarawak Cultural Show | Annah Rais Longhouse Sarawak | 24-70mm | ISO 200 | f/5.6 | 1/200 © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Sarawak Cultural Show | Annah Rais Longhouse Sarawak | 24-70mm | ISO 2000 | f/2.8 | 1/250 I’ve to admit that I’m the one that hate using flash during any photography assignment but sometimes I’ve no other option but to use flash because I’m not working for myself, and since my department require good photographs in the sense of sharp looking image and well lit subject, whereby artistic looking image are not welcome. Anyway back to the photograph above, if you have read…