-
Photojournalism | Choosing The Best Point of View
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | An elephant leads the procession of the arrival of Malaysia’s outgoing king Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin and queen Nur Zahirah (unseen) before departing for their home state of Terengganu, at an airport in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur on December 12, 2011. Sultan Mizan, Malaysia’s 13 king, proclaimed in 2006, completed his reign on Monday (Dec 12, 2011) after a five-year rotation period. Sultan Mizan is the sultan for the northeastern state of Terengganu. What is point of view? Basically it is the position, direction, heigh of the camera that will define the point of view of a picture. If you asked me what is the…
-
Photojournalism | Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations at Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations usually took place on the very first Saturday of June each year, which in this year fall on 4th June 2011 at Merdeka Square or “Dataran Merdeka” Kuala Lumpur. This event normally last for about an hour from the moment the King arrive at 8 AM until 9 AM. The photographs above were shot with 300mm f2.8 lens because the distance was quite far away, we can use 70-200mm lens but you will never get this tight. I’ve seen photojournalist who are using 400mm lens to get this shot, its all depends…
-
Photojournalism | Telling Story With Picture
© 2010 Wazari Wazir | Official State Visit President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Photojournalism is all about telling a story with a pictures, if we tell a tory with words, then we are journalist, minus the “photo”, that’s why it is very important to get all the element right in one single frame whenever is possible. The picture above were taken recently during State Welcoming Ceremony at Parliament Square in Kuala Lumpur for the Official State Visit of His Excellency Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Madame Keosaychay to Malaysia on November 24, 2010. This kind of shot, I mean from this angle, from…
-
Malaysia & Palestine | The Official Assignment
Kuala Lumpur | May 27 2010, Yang di-Pertuan Agong ( King of Malaysia ) Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin had a 30-minute audience with Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas at Istana Negara. Just a quick update about my “Normal” job, this is what I do for a living as a government photographer ( I’m not the only one ) , I’m not going to talk about “World Issue” here but just wanted to share about this assignment at National Palace or Istana Negara in Malay. Usually when there is a world Leader visiting Malaysia, we will get their itinerary few days in advance, so we can plan our assignment, where to go…
-
Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2010 | Congratulations
Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel