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The Photographers | Imperial Palace Tokyo Japan | Behind The Scene
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Photographers at The Imperial Palace | Tokyo Japan Just wanted to share with you guys some random shots that I took inside The Imperial Palace Tokyo, before we were release to get into our position for the welcoming ceremony for The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Malaysian King) Official Visit to Japan recently. Before we enter the Imperial Palace compound, we were scanned throughly, including our camera, where they (the security) tell us to take a few blank shot wit our camera to prove to them that they are really a genuine camera and not a weapon, each time when we have an assignment here, inside…
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Travel Photography | It’s Not About The Camera
© 2008 Wazari Wazir | Mabul Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo I think this behind the scene picture tells more story than the close up picture of the subject, I mean the end result. Here you can see how the photographer interact with the subject and you can see also the person reaction when he is being photograph with his daughter. Travel photography is not for everybody, I mean when it involved human as your main subject, it is not suitable for a “shy guy” because more often than not, you need to interact with local people, unless your main interest is to photograph a landscape, seascape, buildings,…
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Photojournalism | The Bang-Bang Club Book
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | The Bang-Bang Club | Book at Kinokuniya Book Store When I finished my assignment at Putrajaya covering the Welcoming Ceremony of Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, I went back to the office to finished the album for the Prime Minister and after that head straight to Kinokuniya book store at Kuala Lumpur City Centre or KLCC my favorite place, actually I went here to pay some bills and later on decided to drop by here at Kinokuniya books store. As I walk past a “New Arrival” book shelf, my eyes were attracted to this book which I have read the review online before and now…
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Portrait Photography Tips | The Props
© 2008 Wazari Wazir | Senior Portrait Photography | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia We have to admit that posing does not comes naturally for most of us. As a photographers sometimes we find it hard for us to direct a model or a person how to pose in front of the camera, unless we are photographing a professional model with years of experience in modelling. Among the most difficult part to pose is the position of the hand. It may look among the smallest part on the human body but most of the times the hand position can make or break a good portrait shot. Sometimes we have no idea…
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Photography | Camera Settings | Which is Our Priority?
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Camera Setting | Manual Mode One of the reason why people bought a DSLR camera is because they have more choice in term of creative expression with their camera. Unlike some entry level compact camera, you can’t do many customization to your liking, there is a thing you can do and there is a thing that you can’t do or decide on your own and have to let the camera make a decision for you. That’s why those who are serious with photography will try to save enough money to get a DSLR, so they can express themselves better if only they know…