• Art,  Black and White,  People,  Photoshop

    Youthnity Festival 2011 Titiwangsa | Photography Exhibition

    © 2011 Momotarosan | Youthnity Festival 2011 @ Titiwangsa | Photography Exhibition Just a quick update, I was a little bit busy these past few days, this photograph were taken on May 31st during my Youthnity Photography Exhibition 2011 which held in Taman Tasik Titiwangsa Kuala Lumpur. As the name suggest, this event is for the youth but it has a great program for all walk of life, it is a family festival actually where parents can get to know about their youth. This is the first time I join a photography exhibition which took place from 1st – 3rd June 2011. Thanks a lot to Apai Biszign, Macha Farizal…

  • Art,  Expression,  Face,  Family,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Portrait Photography | Retro Muted Colors

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Portrait Photography | Vintage Edition | Retro Muted Colors Basically muted colors is fade color, less contrast. You can get this type of look in so many ways, among the easiest way is to drop the saturation in Photoshop. Bit for me it goes through a little bit of work, usually I will start with normal editing, then I will add another layer with the same picture or simply copy the layer below and turn the picture into black and white. You can either use black an white adjustment layer or simply convert it into greyscale or desaturate it under image adjustment. Then what…

  • Art,  Assignment,  Moment,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Basic Photography | Composition | Using Repetition and Patterns in Photography

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | 51st Anniversary of Independence | Malaysia National Day Celebration | Kuala Lumpur I have nothing much to write here, just wanted to share with you a little bit about composition, which is using repetitive patterns for composition. The photographs above were taken in 2008 during our National Day Celebration here in Kuala Lumpur, I purposely choose a higher angle to get this shot, you will never get this kind of patterns if we shoot from the ground, same eye level with them, the only way os to shoot from above so that you can see the patterns. Using a longer lens help to make things…

  • Art,  Expression,  Face,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Advanced Photoshop Tips | Adding Texture To A Photograph

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | A Portrait With Texture Basically adding texture to a photograph is not really a difficult process, all you have to do is find a texture that you like and then choose a photograph that you want to add a texture into it and just blend it together in Photoshop, you can choose Overlay, Screen or Soft Light blending option under layer palette and you are done, it is that simple. Sound that easy right? Same like taking picture, anybody who have a camera, be it iPhone camera, compact or DSLR can take picture, even a toddler can press a shutter button and take picture, the…

  • Art,  Black and White,  eBook,  Editing,  Emotion,  Family,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Portrait Photography | Black and White Photography

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Portrait Photography I’ve always enjoy doing black and white photography, sometimes I like to get super deep rich black and sometimes I just like a lighter version of it, a little bit softer black and white or some people might called it as a shade of grey. Some people have asked me, what make good black and white picture, for me it is not an easy answer. It is personal and base on individual preference, we can choose whether we like super deep rich black and white or just a shade of grey. I think there are two type of a people who view…